One of the UK’s most affordable theme parks reveals new ride for 2024 – and has seven days for the price of one
A THEME park in Cornwall is offering visitors the chance to book seven days for the price of one.
With the half term holidays drawing ever closer, it pays to find cheap ways to keep the kids entertained.
One way in which they can do that is by visiting Flambards Theme Park in Helston, Cornwall, where getting a ticket for a week is the same price as getting a ticket for a day.
Flambards Theme Park is offering a further six consecutive days from the date of the first admission with every full-price ticket.
Families will also be able to nab a further 10 per cent off the price of their ticket when tickets are booked in advance online.
The amusement park has been described as “Cornwall’s best value theme park” by saving experts BravoVoucher.
In a recent study, factors such as ticket price, star rating, review sentiment and the number of rides and attractions were used to determine the theme parks with the best value.
Well-known theme parks like Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures were listed as some of the most affordable, with Flambards Theme Park taking sixth place.
According to the research, visitors to Flambards Theme Park will enjoy a below-average cost per ride at around £1.09 per go, if visiting for just one day.
The theme park has been positively reviewed by holidaymakers, with a 3.5/5 star rating on TripAdvisor.
One person wrote: “A great day for our children, they absolutely loved it.”
Another person added: “It provided everything we had hoped for, fantastic ride experiences contrasted with a great and immersive Victorian Village and Britain in the Blitz exhibition.”
Someone else wrote: “We found an offer in a leaflet that allowed us to get a seven day pass for the price of one day ticket – it was an absolute bargain.”
There are plenty of rides and attractions at Flambards, including The Thunderdome – the theme park’s newest ride.
Located in the heart of the park, The Thunderdome is a Wurlitzer-style ride.
Other rides at the Cornish theme park include the Hornet Rollercoaster, SkyRaker, Thunderbolt and the Colorado River log flume.
The adrenaline-packed Sky-Force is one of the most thrilling rides at the park.
The “giant ‘white knuckle’ experience” takes up to 40 people, 25 metres above the ground, exerting a force of up to 3G whilst simultaneously spinning 360 degrees.
In addition to the rides and rollercoasters, there are indoor attractions too, including the Victorian Village, the Chemist Shop Time Capsule, the Britain in the Blitz reconstruction and a replica Concorde flight deck.
For younger visitors, there’s also Ferdi’s Funland with kid-friendly attractions like the spinning Tea-Cup ride and the Dino Express.
Meanwhile, Ferdi’s Indoor Play is a soft play area featuring a Play area, a Toddler Zone and a Mini Street.
Adult tickets, including the seven days for the price of one offer, are £20.66, while children’s tickets cost £16.16.
Infants under 95cm tall get into the park for free.
Plenty of other theme parks across the UK have also increased their offering for 2024, including Legoland Windsor.
Other theme parks in the UK
Earlier this year, Legoland opened Minifigure Speedway – resort’s brand-new double-track coaster ride.
The amazing attraction cost a cool £10million to build and features two unique duelling coasters, so you can battle it out with family and friends.
Reaching speeds of almost 35 miles per hour, the one-of-a-kind design was inspired by the world’s great Speedway circuits.
Riders are divided into Team Legends and Team Allstars and each team’s cars race on two separate but intertwined tracks.
What’s more, the coasters zoom both forwards and in-reverse for the ultimate high-octane thrill.
Meanwhile, Paultons Park will be opening a brand-new water ride just in time for the summer holidays.
Splash Lagoon, the theme park’s brand-new water ride, will open to the public later this month.
Set to open on May 18, 2024, the Jurassic-themed flume ride will take park-goers through meandering rapids before heading down a final drop into a ‘prehistoric’ lagoon.
Use these tips on your next theme park trip
Next time you visit a theme park, you may want to use our top tips to make the most of your adrenaline-inducing day out.
- Go to the back of the theme park first. Rides at the front will have the longest queues as soon as it opens.
- Go on water rides in the middle of the day in the summer – this will cool you off when the sun is at its hottest.
- Download the park’s app to track which rides have the shortest queues.
- Visit on your birthday, as some parks give out “birthday badges” that can get you freebies.
- If it rains, contact the park. Depending on how much it rained, you may get a free ticket to return.
Hyperia, the UK’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, is set to open at Thorpe Park this year.
Here are the five new rides and rollercoasters that are opening in the UK this year.
