Oakwood Park, Pembrokeshire Reviews
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★☆☆☆☆
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Written on: 01/07/2012 by KatyKatHarryJ_xx_ (2 reviews written)
I went to Oakwood a few years ago which happened to be a day before a girl died on a ride there. I went again last week and I was appauled to see the toilets were blocked. When I went on the Pirate ship it went too high and I was 1/4 people on it and we were all shouting stop and he just made it go higher. I went on Megafobia which was fun but was very creaky and a quite alot of the wood was rotten. The golf was meant to be free but actually cost a pound each! About 4 of the rides were... (read more)
★★★★☆
“Great fun if everything is working”
Written on: 29/12/2011 by coasterjamie (17 reviews written)
Oakwood is a great theme park! It has a lot of big rides and then some more hidden away (well they are easy to find, but come as a good surprise) like spooky 3D. The only problems I have with this park is that not all the rides were open, and they only run one train on each ride which leads to HUGE queueing times. For example on speed, their biggest ride they only had one train on, and it only takes eight people around it on one ride when full. I think that their four must-do big rides are... (read more)
★★★★☆
“Fantastic!”
Written on: 31/07/2011 by 21SOPHIE21
I loved Oakwoods it was really fantastic. the rides were very good especially the treetops rollercoaster that is my favouite ride of all time!!! and me and my friend went on it about 30 times!!! it was so much fun. I LOVE IT! The only let down was all the birds trying to get all your food but i didn't really like the food so it didn't really matter other than that oakwoods is AMAZING!!! (read more)
★★☆☆☆
“Shocking ...”
Written on: 24/07/2011 by LindaElizabeth
I have visited Oakwood quite a few times, and has been able to enjoy it with out any inconvinience. However, this time I visted Oakwood has been a mayjour let down, the toilets were a discrace, they were very dirty, and smelt of uirin. 4 rides were only manned by 2 people, this caused many problems, We couldn't get on the rides we wanted to, however, aswell as having a little child, this is not the standard i would expect to have for the money i paied. It certainly isn't worth it anymore. ... (read more)
★★☆☆☆
“Very disappointed with the park in 2011”
Written on: 18/07/2011 by markplews (1 review written)
Just returned from a day out at oakwood and have to say i was rather disappointed, I have lived in the county for over 17 years and have been going every year but this year has been a major let down, the park is in a dreadful state with most of the woodwork needing sanding and painting, the rides needing a good clean as they are covered in algae . The toilets next to speed stinks inside of sewerage that you don't want to use them and the smell walking past the toilet is just horrendous and... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Disgraseful”
Written on: 20/06/2011 by mikearcher (1 review written)
This park has gone seriously downhill, it's had to know where to start.. 1) The golf is advertised as free, but after paying £1 deposit per player, when you return they point to a sign which says '£1 deposit 50p returned', yeah, 50p may be a minor amount but it's still decietfull and just a small indication of how this park rips off it's customers 2) The toilets near speed had something wrong with their drains, the smell was bad, walking neer ther area made me feel sick, it became... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Have not been for a few years, Bounce was closed yet...”
Written on: 06/05/2011
Have not been for a few years, Bounce was closed yet we still had to pay full price for entry which quite frankly is disgustingly high for what they have there compared to other parks !!! Only had one of everything on tracks so even though not that bust, made queues for some up to an hour, ridiculous. Snake river falls only had one of each slide open so we queued for 3/4 of an hour for that, they had 5 boats on !!!!!!!!!!! 5 !!!!! Shocking. My burger was charcoaled on one side so much i... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Wow what has happened to oakwood. After been for a few...”
Written on: 03/05/2011
Wow what has happened to oakwood. After been for a few years, sister came home for weekend and we thought going to oakwood would be a good idea. First bounce was closed reading another review it's been closed since April. Just not good enough. Overpriced what i paid for was way to high.The place is dirty and looks old, snake river falls had only 2 slides working but it took ages to get the boats up to top. food was overpriced and burger I had was burnt. The hole place needs a make over or... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“We decided to take my two brothers today to oakwood...”
Written on: 19/04/2011
We decided to take my two brothers today to oakwood park. 1st if cost £65 for two adults and two children to enter, we were lucky to have had a 20% voucher to have the entry cheaper. the park today was a huge disappointment as the following were issues-
1. Bounce was closed
2. the water slide was closed
3. jake's gold mine food area was closed
4. only two out of the 4 slides on snake river falls was open.
5. the toilets were appalling.
6 the food was over priced (£6.50 for a jacket...
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Mel St D's Comment
Written on: 26/04/2011
I found this review helpful because...I visited last year and although my children enjoyed I felt the whole place needed a good clean and scrub up. I won;t bother going back now I know this still hasn't been done.
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★★★★☆
“I visited this park when I was about 11, and it...”
Written on: 13/04/2011 by heeidiii (2 reviews written)
I visited this park when I was about 11, and it happened to be a couple of weeks after a girl died when she fell out the hydro water ride (as it was closed off).
I don't remember much as it was quite a long time ago, but the park had a serious problem with wasps. They were EVERYWHERE. We took our own picnic, tried to sit down to eat but they were around our food, it was horrible! We didn't eat the whole day just because we couldn't.
This obviously put a downer on our whole day. The rides...
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★☆☆☆☆
“Place was littered with rubbish even early in the...”
Written on: 19/08/2010
Place was littered with rubbish even early in the morning, the toilets were unhygenic to say the least, there was a number of rides were short staffed.
long waits on rides to be told shoulders to big for some. mini golf holes had inner bits missing could have casued accident if someone fell as foot could get stuck, tesco club card vouchers not be used by family ticket had to buy individual. advertsied free return vissit when enquired only for kids with full paying adults, Never to return,...
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★★☆☆☆
“As a family of four, we was really looking forward to...”
Written on: 14/08/2010
As a family of four, we was really looking forward to going to oakwood park as my children have gone many times on school trips and have had brill times..we thought for a family day out oakwood was the place... how wrong was i, the place is dirty and could do with a make-over, the staff is miserable and couldn't be bothered and omg the toilets i will say no more...
and to top it all off... after waiting over a hour for hydro being told i'am to big for the ride, iam not stick thin and iam...
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★☆☆☆☆
“I have been going to Oakwood for the last 20 years and...”
Written on: 13/08/2010
I have been going to Oakwood for the last 20 years and must say this is the worst time I have ever had there the place was lifeless dirty and the staff could not be bothered
£56 2 adults 1 child NOT VALUE FOR MONEY
Brer Rabbit..... No sounds going in No H&S info Most of the items not working
Hydro........ not starting til 2.00 pm not advised before going in should have had reduction !!
Megaphobia........ 30 min wait when it got down to 20mins reduced trains to 1 so then had to wait 45 mins...
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★★☆☆☆
“I would recommend Oakwood to a friend but I would warn...”
Written on: 10/08/2010 by Millyvista (1 review written)
I would recommend Oakwood to a friend but I would warn them of the following . . .
The park is not a patch on the well loved place that the last owners kept! £20 each to get in and £15 for over 3s is very expensive. We only went as we had the Tescos days out vouchers, which Oakwood won't except as of the end of August.
The park looked like it needed a make over! All of the rides looked old and uncared for. The staff were miserable and looked like they didn't want to be there at all!
The...
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★☆☆☆☆
“been going to oakwood for a lot of years. the park is...”
Written on: 06/08/2010 by andreahowe (1 review written)
been going to oakwood for a lot of years. the park is in need of a make over. the toilets are dirty. the seats fall off. the dryers are falling off the wall. the rides are manned by miserable people or old miserable people.the food is over priced £5.55 for a hot dog. you have to queue for the rides and when you do get on them they are old and dirty.the small childrens park is un manned and stinking. for £20 entrance fee per person over 12 you expect more from a park. (read more)
★★★★☆
“I had a good day here and I thought it was very good....”
Written on: 19/07/2010 by Heidix (22 reviews written)
I had a good day here and I thought it was very good. I was about 12 or 13 at the time, can't remember when it was I actually went there, it was a few years back. However we couldn't eat or drink anything as there were wasps everywhere! It ruined some of the day but we tried to enjoy ourselves anyway! They probably don't have a problem with the wasps anymore, so if you're thinking of going, I would strongly recommend it! (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“The price you pay is ok if not for the following, The...”
Written on: 28/06/2010
The price you pay is ok if not for the following, The toilets are so shabby,smell terrible and have ingrained dirt on the floor, and have not had a good clean in a VERY long time, the walls have cobwebs,spiders and flaking paint (maybe could of got away with it in the haunted house).The staff just do not want to be there, they should smile now and again, and make visitors feel welcome. The rides are dirty, with mould growing on the dingys, crazy golf impossible due to condition of the... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“I have been going to Oakwood since I was a young child...”
Written on: 21/06/2010
I have been going to Oakwood since I was a young child so it was a must-see for myself and friends whilst back in the UK.......what a dissapointment! Half of the rides were closed, the other half were only open on rotation (30mins here and there). The staff did not seem interested - one of them came clean and confessed that the new owners would not pay the staff to operate all of the rides.....So why did we pay full price with no notice of the fact it was half a theme-park!?
If all of that...
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★★★★☆
“Kids couldnt wait to get here they loved it plenty for...”
Written on: 30/08/2009
Kids couldnt wait to get here they loved it plenty for all ages. Had to wait a while for some rides as day went on but thats always the way. Oakwood Park staff were friendly enough cost me and my two daughters £33.00 to have a go on vertigo ride as you enter the park but other than that all rides included in fee and loved every minute of it in fact we visted chesington on the way to wales and kids liked Oakwood better would have liked to no a little more about height restictions before we... (read more)
★★★☆☆
“Fantasic value for money the rides are brill. Go on...”
Written on: 15/08/2009
Fantasic value for money the rides are brill. Go on speed best ride ever! Make sure to go in Easter because its busy. They have a bad wasp problem but don't let that put u down if u go to Pembrokeshire dont miss Oakwood park.
7/10.
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★★★★☆
“I didn't give this park a good rating because of how...”
Written on: 29/07/2009
I didn't give this park a good rating because of how good it is compared to every park. It does have the usual problem with litter, and the theaming is slightly out of whack.
However I will say this. Concidering that the is in Wales which aint exactly the best country in the United Kingdom, I thing it's most likely to be the best place to visit in south Wales. If you're visiting south Wales, don't forget to visit Oakwood Park.
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★★☆☆☆
“Oakwood Park, Pembrokeshire has a lack of magic .i had...”
Written on: 12/07/2009 by hondaxl
Oakwood Park, Pembrokeshire has a lack of magic .i had only 1 thing in common with staff neither of us wanted to be there.alot of rides in kids section closed and in need of a couple of gallons of paint.not everything is included in entry £1 for golf ball as deposit to which you only got 50p back .now also opens at 10 and closed at 5pm unlike before theme bars food amd fireworks till 10pm (read more)
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“Really bad customer service. Watch out for dirty rides...”
Written on: 29/08/2008 by Lawrence Burns (1 review written)
Really bad customer service. Watch out for dirty rides I had oil spilt on my clothes from a ride and had to leave early and they offer no refund even though they admit it was their fault. Take your own food, they don't serve what you ask for and we had to clean our own table. The park is run down with lightbulbs missing in key dark areas. The paint is peeling off rides. Overall I must admit that their standard of service is diabolical.
I would not recommend you waste your money on this park
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★★★★★
“All in all I think Oakwood in an amazing Theme park...”
Written on: 06/08/2008 by lilmizzbeth (1 review written)
All in all I think Oakwood in an amazing Theme park and deserves to be one of the top theme parks in the UK. It's not as good as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Alton Towers or Thorpe Park though, but it is still a super theme park. (read more)
★★★★★
“Oakwood is an outstanding park with a world class fast...”
Written on: 27/07/2008
Oakwood is an outstanding park with a world class fast rides that you can't stop going on them. I would vote oakwood the world's no. 1 best themepark. Great day out for families. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“This theme park is the only decent one in Wales and...”
Written on: 17/07/2008
This theme park is the only decent one in Wales and that's hard to stomach or say on it's own. The price hits me every time I have the sudden -insane- urge to go. And I'm talking about the entrance price alone. The food is poor and so is the pricing.
Environment wise, it's a what I would call typical British theme park with typical British teenagers running around, there is little control from the staff.
Ride wise, only two rides really stick out, they are Bounce and Megaphobia, having...
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Hello18's Comment
Written on: 23/11/2008
You clearly haven't been to many other theme parks because if you think Oakwood is expensive then you're in for a shock at some of the other parks' prices across the UK.
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★★★★★
“At Oakwood Park, Hydro is the joint tallest water ride...”
Written on: 25/05/2008
At Oakwood Park, Hydro is the joint tallest water ride in the world. Speed has the steepest drop in Europe. Megafobia is the 2nd best ride in the UK according to Coasterforce. Bounce and Vertigo are good if you're not afraid of heights. (read more)
★★★★★
“Rides all exciting at Oakwood Park, varied in fear...”
Written on: 30/03/2008
Rides all exciting at Oakwood Park, varied in fear factor and duration and rides for all ages. Good catering and we enjoyed going on the rides in the dark with the lights! Can't think of any bad points. As all rides are exciting and mostly original-like the sledging one for instance, maybe Oakwood could consider another park? (read more)
★★★★☆
“Lots of different rides to suit all the family at...”
Written on: 29/03/2008 by dizzydebs
Lots of different rides to suit all the family at Oakwood Park, Pembrokeshire. Best to visit during the week during school times if possible to avoid long queues. Food is expensive, best value food is to be had by speed, hot dogs and bacon butties £2, if you like tea, take your own it is dire!! The park is fairly hilly and people with walking difficulties could struggle. (read more)
★★★★★
“Oakwood theme park has some of the best thrill rides...”
Written on: 05/07/2006 by supersion
Oakwood theme park has some of the best thrill rides in the world.
It has the UK's steepest rollercoaster with a 97 degree drop, reaching speeds of 95pkh! Hydro is Europe's fastest, steepest and highest water ride, with a massive 45 foot splash. Megafobia is the wooden rollercoaster, which is always high up in the tables for best wooden coaster, and it has been voted for many things. The bounce, a great fun shot and drop tower. Vertigo, the only ride that you will need to pay extra for, on...
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★★★★★
“The Oakwood theme park is amazing, and when I went the...”
Written on: 03/06/2006 by tanky70
The Oakwood theme park is amazing, and when I went the queues were tiny! There are good food stands and cool rides, such as Speed Hydro Megaphobia Bounce. The only bad thing about the theme park is the chicken stand and Spooky 3D. (read more)
★★★★★
“Oakwoods in Wales is one of the best theme parks I...”
Written on: 31/03/2006 by emmarald27 (11 reviews written)
Oakwoods in Wales is one of the best theme parks I have ever been to! We went in peak season (August) and the queues were still tiny compared to somewhere like Thorpe Park, Alton Towers... It boasts the largest wooden rollercoaster and the best ride - Hydra's Revenge! It is the tallest water ride in the UK and a truly breathtaking experience. There are, of course, many other rides, some large, some small. As a result, there is plenty to do for all ages and all likes of rides. Definitely... (read more)
★★★★★
“Oakwood is a brilliant theme park and a brilliant day...”
Written on: 24/06/2005 by hello18 (6 reviews written)
Oakwood is a brilliant theme park and a brilliant day out. It's the only theme park in Wales and boy do I love it! I've been there four times now and every time I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. The four main rides are Vertigo, Hydro, Megafobia and Bounce. Vertigo is an extreme flight experience which looks absolutely terrifying but when you ride it, you'll be proud of yourself. Hydro, is the fastest and wettest water ride in the world and is absolutely brilliant! It is a must ride!!!! I... (read more)
★★☆☆☆
“When I went out to Oakwood the price to go in was all...”
Written on: 10/06/2005 by Sara Grinter (3 reviews written)
When I went out to Oakwood the price to go in was all right not cheap but not expensive
The thrill rides (megafobia, bounce, vertigo, hydro) are all good white knuckle rides which leave you with a hunger for more and to get back on them but, out of at least 20 rides there only 4 main ones which I think lets the park down as going there as a teenager you would be bored in about 2 hours.
The cleanliness of the park leaves a lot to be desired as across all the path ways there are chips paper...
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★★★☆☆
“Oakwood is the only park i've been too in Wales, it's...”
Written on: 11/05/2005 by luveeyore15 (2 reviews written)
Oakwood is the only park i've been too in Wales, it's quite good, i still really enjoyed my self when I'm there! It has the best wooden roller coaster called Megafobia, and you don't have to que for ages. (read more)
Hello18's Response to luveeyore15's Review
Written on: 24/06/2005
I think Oakwood is absolutely brilliant and another thing mate, Oakwood is THE ONLY theme park in wales anyway so dont go looking for another one! And I think they do have thrilling rides! Didn't you go on Hydro, Vertigo, Megafobia and Bounce???????
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Guest's Response to markplews's Review
Written on: 22/08/2011
Just come back from Oakwood 21/08/11 and would like to echo all the comments on here.I have been going to Oakwood for the last 15 years with both my children and was very disappointed with this visit.The park looks dated,only 2 carriages on the train to take guests into park, not all of the rides were open and were operating on a rotation basis,drenched only opens from 2pm, toilets were disgusting, chicken diner in western world shut down,shops in western world shut down,goal striker,waterfall ride not working,looks like the park is running down?. Needs money spent from new owners Aspro!.No comment cards available for feedback, Saying that staff were very pleasant but on this weeks showing I won't be going back for a long time.Ian