Take your kids here if you want them to get cancer and want to re-mortgage your house in the process. The entrance fee is astronomic (not sure why I was surprised by this as it is excluded from their leaflets) particularly given the attractions inside. To be fair, the main play area is one of the better around; but at over £35 for 2 adults and a child one would expect more animals in larger compounds and a larger selection of other attractions.

Don't take a buggy as although this is aimed at young families they gravel the entire site making it extremely hard work to push this around.

Also make sure you bring a packed lunch as you will then not need to eat at the café, where staff are allowed to smoke in the external dining areas. So your children can have their intake of tar and nicotine along with their (deep fried) fish fingers. And the prices here are more exorbitant than the entrance fee! But if you forget your lunch then you should know that Maxi Snaks is inexplicably 50p cheaper than the café on all items.

The rides are not staffed all the time meaning unnecessary waiting times, as well as unnecessary waiting as they forgot to put the fish fingers in the deep fat fryer. And when the staff return to the unmanned rides, they feel it acceptable to amble along and stop for a chat with colleagues en route.

My partner complained to Sue, who was lovely and very understanding and didn't disagree with any of our views. She asked that she complain to Graham, who runs the café and snack bar. He was extremely rude, glared at her, called her "luv" repeatedly and saw no problem with his staff smoking in the family dining areas as it was "outside".

I am somewhat surprised by the number of positive views as the attraction represents to my mind extremely poor value for money. That said, my daughter had an great time but then she, a 4 year old, has no concept of either the entry fee or the damage to her health caused by nicotine and deep fried food.