Butlins, Minehead Reviews

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Just come back from butlins minehead. When i read the reviews on here i was worried about our holiday and dissapointed about what people said about it.

The first thing we did when we got there is go swimming. The changing rooms were viel. It was just one room, no seperate cubicals, so i suggest you put your swimwear underneath your clothes. When we got in the pool it was good, but a huge, and really fun looking part of the pool was closed. The slides were fun. Our faveourite was the masterblaster, and the space bowl. The waves were good aswell.

We stayed in a silver room. It was clean and nice and we had no problems. There was no point complaining about a room, since all you do really is sleep in it, but yes ours was fine.

The pavillion was so fun. We spent ages in there and had fun, in the arcades, restraunts and watching the all day entertainment. There arnt many things free in there, but everything, was money well spent.

The fair was good aswell. The rides were good aswell, and FREE. There was a cage that spun around very fast, waltzers, a pirate ship and other rides, that are not exactly suitable for younger children.

The entertainment of a night was amazing, but its not the sort of thing that you will dress up for, so we felt a bit out of place with our dresses and heels, but then again some people do dress up. We watched the Micheal Jackson tribute, it was amazing, and we really enjoyed it, the guy looked and sounded like him, he was amazing. Centre stage smelt a bit like sick, so we went in the reds, never got seats, (iff you want them be in there for 5) but we didnt mind standing.

So iff your a bit of a holiday snob, maybeye this isnt the holiday for you, but we had a good time, it was a laugh, and we had fun.

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Just arrived back from Minehead Butlins. After reading some of the reviews on this site about damp and smelly I thought I would brave it anyway as my Asmatic wife cant get enough damp and mold.

Firstly we arrived in the dark which can only be classed as a small mercy. We stopped in holincote village where there were rows and rows of auschwitz style accomadation. The rooms were damp and basic although they were functional. The beds were a throwback from the 40's and I can only ...

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We booked three Silver Plus apartments for September this year and having not been to Butlins for at least 20 years, we read some of the previous reviews on this site. We were really appalled by some of them and I therefore wrote to Butlins outlining some of our concerns. We received a very nice letter within a couple of weeks in which they tried to allay some of our fears. However, we were still almost dreading what we would find on arrival only to find extremely clean apartments (one of whi ...

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Just arrived Back from an 80's Adults Weekend with my partener and 2 friends Ive been to serveral of these adult weekends at the Skegness Venue and Have a Brilliant time so was expecting the same level of Standard at Minehead

On arrival all seem to be good and we were Upgraded from Silver accommodation to Gold for free so was expecting a lovely apartment Like the gold Appartments in Skegness, But was dispointed as the rooms were dirty and smelt definatley no were near the gold standard That I' ...

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I have recently returned from a week long break at Butlins Minehead with my family (2 adults, 2 children aged 4 & 11). I have to say I was relieved to get back home and will not be returning any time soon.

On arrival, we checked in without a hitch, and were directed to our silver apartment. It took us a good 10 minutes to walk there...it wasn't worth the wait. The accommodation was small, smelt of stale smoke and the kitchen area was dirty. The windows looked as though a small push would have h ...

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Stayed at a caravan on the site at butlins-caravan.piczo.com and it was brilliant, and great value for money.

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After reading some of the many negative reviews, I was really apprehensive about Butlins Minehead, However I couldnt fault it! Our silver apartment was a good size, well furnished and above all spotless. We were self-catering and found there to be a good choice and vareity in the park and Minehead itself. Entertainment excellent, especially the stars of britains got talent. Loads and loads for kids to do. Pool brilliant. A good cheap break! We paid £211 for 5 for fri-mon and we were ...

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have been to butlins, minehead 9 years on the trot and every time we have been it has been fantastic. This year we went dbb and thought the food was amazing, accomodation a bit small but clean and tidy. the pool was excellent and was not crowded, entertainment was brilliant as always, and i would recommend hotshots as bowling and snooker/pool is great with a massive screen with sports on.

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I made the mistake of reading a few reviews for Butlins Minehead and it very nearly put me off before I'd even got there!
All I can say is we had a brilliant time,the accomodation (silver) was perfect and the food was good enough.I think that the people who have had problems while visiting either had extremely bad luck, or were expecting too much for the money they paid.
In fact the only thing I noticed was the extreme rudeness of some of the guests and the mind boggling greed of some people in ...

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just got back from butlins, minehead and had the best holiday ever. we had standard accommodation, paid just over £100,with vouchers from the sun, it was clean and very well equiped and comfortable. after reading some of the reviews wondered what we'd let ourselves in for but it was amazing. lots to do for our 3 year old grandaughter never a dull moment would definatley go back again

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dont go to butlins, minehead, total waste of money, everything dirty thats the staff as well. the arcade a total rip off. the company that run the arcade leisure link have to give butlins almost 60% so they have rip you off. food sold you be lucky to live after. please please dont go...

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We stayed at Butlin's Minehead a very pretty seaside resort,we were lucky enough to catch the raft race when we were there.
Great effort had gone into building the raft's, what a laugh it was.We stayed at the Oyster Bay accomodation,and on arrival was greeted with a dirty entrance that was before we opened our chalet door,The carpet's were filthy, the handle fell off the door,the furniture was ingrained with dirt,the lead of the kettle was melted there was a punch hole in the door,the window' ...

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I have just returned back from butlins minehead and had a very busy wonderful time. We stayed in a silver room on a dbb package. The room was very very clean spacious and more than we expected. it was basic but just what we needed. The bins were emptied daily and the area we were in pacific wharf was clean and lovely and quiet. In fact we noticed just how clean the whole area was. The staff we came into contact with were amazing. Firstly our meals were in the ocean drive restaurant. Now we are n ...

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My family and I have just returned from Butlins Minehead; (Myself, My Wife and our 2 Year old Son. The check in process is quite simple but on arrival at our room (silver accomodation) the smell of damp was over powering; we reported this immediatly and where told they had problems with damp previously however this smell was nothing compared to before! In all fairness they did shampoo the carpet for us, however the smell did not disapear the whole four nights of our stay! The food hall is very b ...

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We went to minehead butlins for the first time and was told by the adviser on the phone its the place to be and accomondation is clean and nice. Staff were great and activities were good there is no doubt about that but the accomondation was awful discusting it smelt of smoke and the the carpets were horrible. More to that the sockets were broken with wires hanging out. I immediatly made a complaint and a engineer had come to replace only one socket and said they will be back tomorrow. The socke ...

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i love butlins i have been goiung for about 6 years and i still love it. its clean, everyone is nice. the entertainment is allways good and the fair is amazing we are going again next week and i cant wait. what i dont like is that i only go once a year. so i would deffinatly reccomend a holiday at butlins

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This was our third holiday at Butlins and my 15th holiday there and this time was a real dissapointment and for reasons which could have been easily prevented.
Ok, so we went standard so we didn't expect a lot but...Nor did we expect a smelly chalet, rips in the curtains, and a view of 15 empty cans of lager outside our window (There on the day we came and on the day we left).
Also the cafe in the main tent closes early and they dim the lights which is ridiculous. Not all families want to sit i ...

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Me and my parents and sister have gone to Butlins 6 years in row. We love it. the redcoats are mega friendly. If you go half board the food is lush. It is well worth the money and a beach right across the road. All I've got to say is go.

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me and parents and sis have gone Butlins, Minehead 6 years on the trot one of the best holidays we have gone on.the food is great and the redcoats are mega fun if i had 2 recommend it i definatly say GO

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us as a family hadnt been on holiday for 4 years,so we booked a week at butlins minehead,we booked a caravan instead of the chalets,it turned out to be a wise choice our caravan was beutiful and a real home from home,you dont have to book a chalet at butlins and i would recomend a caravan,as the chalets look a little rough to say the least,we got settled in straight away and its been a fantastic week,minehead is a beutiful place with the butlins resort being right opposite the sea,we used to wal ...