Alpamare UK

Great day out. 4 decent slides for 1 to 4 people, a wave pool every 30 mins, nice kids area and 2 very hot outdoor pools. We went 3pm to 6pm (can see how busy it is when book), so fairly quiet, little queues on slides. Outside pool was fantastic with bubble jets on every 20mins or so, great when sun sets. Clean changing rooms and a wristband locker system (given free when enter) makes it simple to come in and out if using cafe or loungers. 1 star reviews seem to be from people charged full price to watch (bizarre, should do spectators for £3 maybe?). If all plan to use its very good and much better than others we been like alton towers as example

Absolutely, fantastic time had by us all. Firstly we was met by the lovely receptionist who was friendly, approachable and a lovely smile to greet us. We arrived at 4.30pm and left at 7pm. The slides, wave pool and especially the outdoor pool were great fun!!! My nephews and I had the best time. Great offer on at the moment too. £10 an adult £7.50 per child, a bargain. We came away full of smiles. A school night like no other. We will certainly be back again next year.

BE AWARE OF OPENING TIMES Good but could be improved. This is a great venue, clean and well maintained but lacking focus. Who is the park aimed at? And who dose the risk assessment on allowing small children carrying up a huge inflatable ring up multiple flights of stairs? Or most of the time it's one adult struggling with kids getting knocked out of the way or flattened due to not being seen by the people struggling with getting the huge ring up the stairs. I think the price is fair for what's on offer for a family on holiday. Not great if you live in the area and want to go more often but are priced out. One thing I think should be changed immediately is the opening times. It's not clear. It states a session is 3 hours but allows you to book to come in right up till 30mins before closing. If we hadn't called to check some details the day before we would of booked the 6.30 slot as we wanted to visit in the dark and with less small children. If we had done this we would literally not got into the pool before it closed. It clearly states you can arrive up to 30 minutes before or after your booking slot and your session starts when you arrive so technically you could arrive at 6.59pm on the 6.30 booking and you session starts at 6.59 and then the pool closes at 7pm. It needs to be made clearer on the website what times you open and close and although you pay for a full session you only get part of what time you pay for.

Overall i think if it wasnt a warm day and you couldnt use the outside loungers, i would find the price a little too much for the experience. The day we visited the lockers weren't working so we had to get staff to open and lock them, which seemed a little dodgy as they only wrote the locker number on the wristband and didn't check it every time. However, the place was great in terms of the outdoor pools, the splash area for kids and the outdoor loungers. It felt a bit like being on holiday (but not quite!). The food was quite good and we enjoyed some drinks on the loungers, but they were cleared off the loungers before our 4 year old had even drank half his drink!

Staff were lovely and polite. Inside the changing rooms were clean. There's 4 slides. The blue slide was the best. Had to wait for the rubber tubes. But that's as expected, but the queues went down fast. The wave pool was fun. The outside pool was warm. Little jacuzzi's every where. Plenty of life guards around the whole. facility.