Thomas Land Weekends at Drayton Manor 2016 Review
I can’t be the only one who is willing Spring to hurry up and make an appearance!! Warmer days, longer evenings and the chance for more family days out, I can’t wait! Thomas Land and Drayton Manor’s 2016 season is about to start in earnest (the full park reopens 12th March) but before all the thrill rides are back Drayton is hosting two Thomas & Friends Weekends events. Last Saturday the park invited lots of bloggers including my family to the first weekend, so today is our Thomas Land Weekends at Drayton Manor 2016 Review!
As usual we had a wonderful time, despite a chilly start. The park is looking as good as ever and there’s loads of new additions coming soon. The Tamarin Trail opens just before Easter and offers you the chance to get up close to some moustached marmosets as you walk through the new enclosure, so this year promises to be better than ever!
The park partially reopened for the Thomas and friends Weekends event which is also running on the 5th & 6th March. Thanks to Thomas Land’s expansion in 2015 plus the zoo, farm, cinema, carousel and so on there’s still plenty to do, in fact we were exhausted when we got back home.
Thomas Land is great for all ages but it’s really aimed at families (and kids at heart) so here’s what my mini train conductors thought:
Little Miss Train Driver:
There are loads of animals at Drayton, I love riding Thomas and watching the other trains. Rides like Jeremy (Jeremy’s Flying School) and Troublesome Trucks are really epic! They always make me laugh and Troublesome Trucks makes my eyes water when you go round the fast bit! Toby’s amazing because he swings round and goes up and down, once I went on him seven times in a row! I really want to go back soon, especially when the new monkey trail opens in the zoo 🙂
Mini Controller
Thomas Land has a water bit which is really fun because you spray water at a house which is on fire (Flynn’s Fire & Rescue). Then there’s also another water ride that you can go on (Captain’s Seas Adventure) and sometimes you can spray onto the walls and sometimes you can get really wet! There’s a driving school (Terrence’s Driving School) where you can drive Terrence around a track, I’m the only one small enough to go on it and it’s great.
The Biggest Signalman (who in the pic above is illustrating how not to dismount a horse)
The rollercoasters are great, Cranky is awesome when you drop up and down fast, that’s definitely one of my favourite rides. I really like Rocking Bulstrode the Tug Boat as well, it spins really fast which make us laugh. Although the first ride I always go on is Troublesome Trucks, they go really fast and I love rollercoasters! Plus Mummy loves the Carousel (it’s true I do!)
As you can tell we always have a great time when we visit but just in case you need more convincing watch our short video which captures some of our favourite rides, plus a flamingo or two and a talking Cockatoo!
For more information
Tickets for the Thomas & Friends Weekends Events are priced at just £15 (pre-booked) for ages 12-59 with concessions available. Check out the event page here.
Visit Drayton Manor online for more details of upcoming events and attractions and to book early bird price tickets.
Disclaimer: We were provided free tickets to the event but all opinions are my own.
I love the video, that parrot is so cute!
He was such a lovely cockatoo, obviously loved the attention!
I’m really hoping we can visit here this year, I love the big rides but the kids would love Thomas
I’m sure you would all love it, I even did a video on how much there is to do if you don’t like rides
Looks like you had a brilliant day, some great photos there. We love Thomasland too x
It’s definitely worth a trip if you can 🙂
We love Thomas Lane, my sons keeps asking to go back, I’ll show him your video
I hope enjoys it and you can get back there soon
It looks great. Brilliant pics. We’d like to visit one day.
Thanks it was a really good day 🙂
It really is the perfect place to spend some time as a family isn’t it, with so much to see and enjoy it looks like you had a great time.
It definitely is, I think there’s something for everyone
My nephew would love this pace with all the trains.
If he likes trains then he would love it, there’s also the Polperro Express just outside of Thomas Land in the main park
How cute is that cockatoo! I didn’t even know they had a zoo
My first comment didn’t show up, so trying again
How cute is that cockatoo, I didn’t even know they had a zoo
Some great photos there, it looks like you had a great time. We were there on Saturday too and it was a lovely day.
Ah were you 🙂 I managed to speak to a few peeps, it was a great day
Looks like you had a really fun day. We used to love going to Thomas Land and the Dinosaur Park.
My youngest loves the dinosaur trail, we have to answer the question every time we go round! 🙂
Love the video, such a nice way to show the fun
Thanks 🙂
Fab video, love seeing the rides in action! Been a while and I think we are overdue a return trip x
Thanks, I think it’s a good way to give a feel for what’s there 🙂
Hi, just popping over from the SoFab hub to say hello! I love this post, looks fun. My nephew would definitely love this place as well!
Thanks for popping over Jo, I’m sure your nephew would love Thomas Land
This all looks great fun, deffinately a place to visit withe the Grandchildren.
A great day out for the family 🙂
I love the video, it helps to give a proper impression of the park.
I’m so pleased it helped to give a feel for Drayton 🙂
Thomas Land has to be one of our favourite destinations. I love seeing their faces when they see their favourite trains
It’s magical watching the kids reactions isn’t it
Awesome talking parrot!
He was great 🙂
Looks like you had a great day! Boo loves Thomas so hopefully we can visit soon
We really did, hope you can visit it soon
My boys LOVED Thomas Land when they were younger. It is perfectly pitched and so much fun. I love that there is so much for kids to do and then the trill rides
I think it’s very well thought out to cater for many ages 🙂
That looks like a fab day!
We used to love Drayton Manor when our two were younger x
It really was. So many people have happy memories of Drayton