I attentended my daughters class mates 5th birthday party at World of Wonder (WOW) this morning…read more WOW opened before Christmas and was the idea of the owners of the Loughshore Hotel. It's a big indoor soft play area which has four private party rooms and different packages for parties as well as single use entry fees. It can accommodate upto 200 kids and adults with ample seating and eating facilities. It's also in a prime location. After the kids played the cake was cut and the kids were ready for cocktail sausages, fresh chicken nuggets, chips, sandwiches, pizza and crisps, with water and juice to wash it down. I would have liked to have seen some fruit and carrot sticks also. That being said both kids and adults were well satisfied-it would be great if there was something like this for adults only!!!!

Bought a group booking for 10. Feel totally ripped off and disappointed in what was expected to…read morebe a great day out with family. As has already been said from as far back as 2015 ( so no hope of anything changing) the queues are just horrendous . Pre paid online for the tickets and still had to wait in a massive queue to obtain the vouchers for the rides. Noticed a staff member standing at the side who was actually scanning codes and giving out the vouchers. No formal line directing you toward him , just standing at side trying to get the queue down a bit with people approaching him and asking if he was giving out vouchers. While I expect to queue for the main /popular rides , this was on another level. After a full hour queuing for the Waltzer it was draining to realise nearly every ride was the same. The kids rides weren't much better. It was so crowded it was overwhelming and hot . We ended up frittering vouchers away on the stalls with no hope of winning anything just to use them up. We gave the remaining ones away . All food and drink was overpriced. £4-£5 for a single cone, £7.80 for x 3 kids Fruitshoots for example. This carnival has been running for years and it's hard to believe that a better operating system hasn't been introduced. It has everything there to make it fun and enjoyable and on a quieter day it probably is. Today it just felt as if the objective was more on getting as many bodies through the door as possible . Edit; I live within 20 miles not in Ca as the address weirdly shows ? I wish I did live there.

i visited the carnival today and the queue length was atrocious then waited 2 and a half hours just…read moreto get our tickets I was the disgusted at the way we got questioned about being carers and the way we proved id but that wasn't good enough for the staff at the carnival and also the queue wait for the rides was diabolical we waited 1 hour for a ride that lasted 2 minutes the busyness of the place was ridiculous and I will not be returning because the way and the money is ridiculous thanks but no thanks

Most rides are gone 2024 season made up for it with the 2 new thrill rides I thought it was good…read moreday out for kids

M & D's. There are…read moreworse places to spend your time, but it's not worth raving about. The actual rides are on a small scale and too few. The staff are also on the wrong side of 18 working for pennies and are as enthusiastic as you would expect. You also have to go over 11,000 speedbumps to get there. On a warm day, there is also a 70% chance of being robbed. The indoor complex is decent, with good bowling, a pool hall and loads of arcade games. They also have a really good crazy golf. It's in Strathclyde Country Park which, on a good day, helps alot. Worth going to, but it's nothing worth taking your camera for.

Well, I wouldn't exactly call this an amusement park, but it was the closest label available, so…read morewe'll go with it. Bangor has had a funfair for as long as I can remember, although it was always located in Castle Park (which, in my mind, was a far better place, but what do I know?) and was continuously brimming with people. This newest version of the fair is now situated along Bangor seafront, and is a great deal smaller and less interesting than the previous fairs over the years. My two siblings and I had visited last year during the summer, so my me and my sister decided to relive the 'fun' we'd had that day, seeing as it was such a beautiful sunny day. Our first choice was the 'big wheel', from which we had spectacular views, and got a tad windswept. Not too bad, and it was only £1.50 each for numerous spins (not literal spins...but you know what I mean). The second ride of choice was a giant swingy thing (yes, my descriptions are impeccable), which provided so much windswept-ness that my eyes began running frantically. It was slightly more expensive at £2 each. The other rides consist of a few kiddies ones, a little roller-coaster, Mad Mouse (one of those spinney roller coasters...and I mean literally spinney this time) and dodgems. There are few fair games and eating huts, but apart from that, there's not a whole lot to it. Plus it wasn't even that busy when we were down on the Bank Holiday Monday. It's certainly not Alton Towers, that's for sure...

Pickie Park is worth a trip to Bangor for sure. There's so much to do that you can easily spend a…read morewhole afternoon here, but be warned - you will need to have quite deep pockets. The play park itself is free. It's huge and very well equipped with some great slides, climbing frames etc, but lots of them are quite high so you will need to keep a close eye on young kids. The paddling pool is also free and on a hot day, kids have a ball jumping in and out, some of them in their underwear in true Belfast tradition. So all of that you can do without parting with any cash. Then there are the attractions which you have to pay for - the Pickie Puffer mini train, the swan boats on the other bigger pool, and the bouncy castles and go karts. They are all great fun but if you have 2 or3 kids all wanting to go on everything, you'll soon go through £30, especially if you go into the café for ice cream or drinks. You could go for a walk around the marina looking at the fab cabin cruisers or out along the coastal path instead to keep costs down but probably best to set expectations before you go.

Love Pickie, it's a real staple of the seafront of what is still technically a seaside town despite…read morethe fact that it pretty much in no other way tries to capitalise on this. With the former seafront now capitalized by the marina for private pleasure craft there is little else to attract the public to what should be a main feature of the town. Pickie has been around in 1 form or another for generations with the latest incarnation being the most full featured. With the pedal boat swans, remote control boats in the pond, powered bumper boats for younger kids, a café, miniature railway, splash water park (very much Summer only) and the playground, crazy golf and a few other attraction besides there is plenty to do here in most weather conditions for most families. Prices aren't bad and what can be compared such the food, are generally on a par with cafes in the town, although the quality has more of a processed feel than what you might get elsewhere, but it isn't too bad. The prices for the other activities aren't too bad. For example to take the pedal swans out was about £4/£5, which was OK given that you can stay on them as long as you want, although I'm not sure of that's the same at busier times as it was very quiet when we were there. The one and only thing I would say about it which is negative is that it can feel a little bit grubby or run down from time to time, nothing closing for a day and giving it a good scrub wouldn't sort, but it's just enough that I notice it. All in all you'd have to be in a pretty bad mood not to enjoy it.

Old style amusement arcade, with some memorable old gaming machines with a mix a mix of new. It is…read morefairly quiet during week days but can get a bit more lively during weekends. Fun for the kids but a bit dated now.

This is another one of Northern Irelands hidden treasures, I know it is a bit of a cliché but this…read moreminiature railway will have small children and grown up Thomas the Tank Engine fans mesmerized. The railway operates steam, petrol, hydraulic and diesel locomotives on the longest miniture railway track in Ireland. The ride itself is around 12 minutes long but you could easily spend a day at Drumawhey miniature railway marvelling at the engineering. The railway line includes a station, signal cabin, engine shed, steep gradients, rail crossing and two bridges, it is just like the island of Sodor where Thomas hales from. This is a great day out for youngsters and older railway enthusiasts. The location of the miniature railway is not very well advertised and it as if they want to keep the place hidden for fear of it getting overcrowded. Because I assure you this place could attract visitors all year round. It is cheap as well at only £2.50 for adults and 50p less for kids you will not break the bank on this day trip. There are no real facilities to talk of at the railway apart from a burger van. A sit down café would go down a storm and with a little bit of investment this place could become as big as Kings Cross. The only real trouble with the Miniature railway is that its opening hours are very erratic and it is difficult to know if you will turn up at the gates and the site will be closed. I would advise potential visitors to call ahead.

This was a regular haunt for me when I was around 15 or 16 and is probably the reason I have a…read moreslight penchant for the old gambling machines from time to time. There used to be pool tables that my friends and I would monopolise after school, these have since been removed which has turned this place into more of a gambling den, which is probably why I'm not in here that much anymore. There is a wide selection of machines from high stakes to lower stakes but all of them are pretty standard. The staff are friendly and are always on hand to make you a cuppa or a toastie if you are staying for any sustained period of time. Pretty standard, I just wish they still had the pool tables.