Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park Review

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Guest's Review of Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park

7th Sep 2009

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Ages suited for
    Under 12
  • Date of visit (month/year)
    august 2009
  • Other info / Tips?
    Not supplied

first the good bits of Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park - the sealion show was fantastic and the animals we actually got to see were in decent enclosures. now for the not so good - the entrance is a steep incline which tails back about 5 cars before you find yourself queuing on the main road. our clutch started to smoke (so did about 2 other cars ) and i started to panic, when we got to a parking spot the attendant had heard it all before and confirmed that many people suffer the same fate as the entrance is badly positioned. then we attempted to scale the extreme slope to get into the place which unnerved my elderly mother more so the realization she would have to try to get back up later on - little did we know the whole park suffers from this problem, DO NOT BOTHER GOING IF YOU HAVE PUSHCHAIRS OR SOMEONE UNSTEADY ON THEIR FEET ONLY MOUNTAIN GOATS WOULD ENJOY THIS EXPERIENCE. the first thing you see are then kiddy amusements which you have to pay for which sticks in the throat when you have just forked out ( in our case) £50 to get in! thanks very much. even my gullible 4 year old was not taken in by the dinosaurs (only redeemed when one spurted water out at her)and the space light show was more akin to a 70's disco. the pharaohs tomb was just embarrassing both in its quality and tackiness finishing as it did in the gift shop - how blatant. and if anyone in your party needs the toilet do not stray from the entrance as that is where the only one is unless the kiosk lady at the far end of the park takes pity on you and lets you use a disabled one next to her stall.it did not help that the weather was terrible but there was little shelter with people crammed under awnings and trees to avoid the monsoon - which made the paths even more treacherous.we might have enjoyed the wolf show but the seating was soaking and the wolves were hiding from the rain. all in all this rates as typical rip off Britain and how the owner got past health and safety with these alpine walkways i will never know. we were advised to complain but the helpless staff in the information center were too busy listening to people who got there before us .shame on you for ruining our children's day as we could not afford to go anywhere else afterwards.

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