We didn't have the best journey down as Freddy objected fiercely to the idea of going straight from waking up in the morning to being put straight in a car seat. He is a boy who has a lot of energy to expend so we had to let him run some of it off before leaving, delaying my 'crack of dawn' travel plans! Not yet old enough to understand the lure of going to see Peppa Pig, he was still unimpressed but after we sang through our entire repertoire of kids' TV theme songs, he finally fell asleep for the last part of our 200 mile journey.
We arrived at lunch time and although the place was really busy, the car park was just a short walk to the main entrance. Freddy instantly woke up, forgot all his woes and was raring to go! We collected our tickets and began our adventure.
We headed straight for Peppa Pig World to let Freddy run off all that steam that he had built up in the long 3 hours preceding our arrival. As we approached, the colourful and iconic images were met with huge excitement as Freddy shouted "Piggy" and made oinking noises!
The attention to detail that has gone into the design of Peppa Pig World is not dissimilar to that of the separate areas of Disneyland. The buildings, the sounds, the rides and the characters beautifully bring to life the world of Peppa Pig, allowing children to immerse themselves into their favourite TV show. And were the kids loving it! It was so busy! Hundreds of pre-schoolers were having the best time going on rides, meeting the characters and playing around the buildings. The queues were quite long for little ones who were chomping on the bit to get on Daddy's Car, Grandpa's Train, the Windy Castle Ride, Peppa's Balloon Ride, George's Dragon Ride, Grandpa's Boat or Miss Rabbit's Helicopter. Consequently Freddy only got to ride the Boat and the Train due to him getting fed up whilst queuing and trying to climb over the fences...but the rides he did go on, he totally loved!
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| Choo-Choo Train |
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| Grandpa's Boat |
There were so many activities for little ones in the playground, Freddy was spoilt for choice. It was by far the best toddler playground I had ever visited. He was in his element so we weren't at all worried about only doing two of the seven rides. Other theme parks could take a few lessons from Paulton's Park. The amount of play areas and attractions suitable for toddlers was amazing.
The shop sold more Peppa Pig merchandise than I had ever seen in one place before. From clothing to toys to jewellery there was so much on offer.
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| Peppa tees! |
There was not one bit of Peppa Pig Land that hadn't been carefully designed to pay homage to Peppa and her pals. I adored the fountain, the murals and the displays of Peppa Pig related items around the area.
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| Freddy says hello to George. |
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| Daddy Pig's Car Ride's Garage Display |
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| Fill em up! |
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| You're never too old! |
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| Peppa and George Fountain |
Because the girls were so good allowing Freddy to play to his heart's content, we let them have the last two hours to do what they wanted. Thankfully because everyone seems to be focused on Peppa Pig, the big rides did not have huge queues. They were able to go on everything they wanted to including the Cobra Rolllercoaster, the Log Flume and the spinning Edge ride,which finished the day wonderfully leaving everyone happy!
I would highly recommend Paulton's Park and Peppa Pig World. There is so much for little ones to do. We only covered a fraction of the attractions and the zoo animals and immaculate gardens went unexplored. But we were all completely happy with our day.
You can book your tickets or Peppa
Pig World breaks online and give the kids a real treat!
*We were given tickets for the purpose of this review but my opinions are unbiased. I genuinely loved it!!*