Drusillas Park
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Well worth the trip.
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Lovely place, advise you to take a packed lunch as the wait for food is pants. Not a lot of people sticking to social distancing but keeping everyone moving must be a tricky job. All animals appear to be kept well and its a nice touch when we're shown the dates of new births. Staff also knowledgeable about the animals and with a genuine interest in them too!
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This place is fantastic, they have social distance in place and loads of sanitizer everywhere, we also done a meerkat experience which was brilliant,
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Came here earlier this week, we had a great day out, Drusilla’s is the first “big place” we have been to post lockdown and we felt incredibly safe. Lots of hand sanitiser stations around the park, rides cleaned regularly, and staff made you sanitise you’re hands before going on any attractions. It didn’t feel crowded at all. We thought it was fab that one of the restaurants we’re taking part in the “eat out to help out” scheme as eating places in parks like this usually work out very expensive! Highly recommend and we would definitely come again without a doubt.
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A great day out for the whole family. I was slightly disappointed that we didn't have to book a time slot to enter, so there was a massive queue to get in. Top tip, head straight to the splash area to pick up a time band for the day.<br>The entry queue was socially distanced, but apart from that it was as if there had been no virus. There did seem to be a lot of people in the park for the space.<br>Really friendly and enthusiastic staff, which made the day even better.<br>There were lots of hand sanitizer stations around and frequent cleaning of rides, which was reassuring.
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Great fun for the kids and worth every penny
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During covid19, I'd expect timed entries minimum. The place was packed, and no one was really respecting social distancing. All staff were wearing masks and hand santitizer was available everywhere though.<br><br>Water park was timed and they limited numbers. Go there soon as as to book a slot.
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We are having a Staycation which has included Marwell, Bird World, Monkey World and others and Drusilla's my venue of choice. It's a quirky mixture of zoo, animal experiences and good old fun. I love the entrance where snakes and lizards and other exotic creatures get to say hi to everyone. So much to see is packed into quite a small area so you need to follow the 'Zoo Trail' or you will miss stuff.
My favourite moment was seeing the tiny baby meercats up close and at the other end of the scale were a few humans who spent too long at the best parts and created mini bottlenecks.
Lunch was good and made even better by the EOHO COVID-19 initiative that reduced our lunch bill for 4 adults from £39.40 down to £19.70 YAY
Last observation is that the ticket office was manned by one sole young lady and that isn't fair on her. You only get one chance at a good first opinion and if the queue got longer people would have got restless. Management need to fix this.
Great day out and we all had a brilliant time.
My favourite moment was seeing the tiny baby meercats up close and at the other end of the scale were a few humans who spent too long at the best parts and created mini bottlenecks.
Lunch was good and made even better by the EOHO COVID-19 initiative that reduced our lunch bill for 4 adults from £39.40 down to £19.70 YAY
Last observation is that the ticket office was manned by one sole young lady and that isn't fair on her. You only get one chance at a good first opinion and if the queue got longer people would have got restless. Management need to fix this.
Great day out and we all had a brilliant time.
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Very entertaining for kids
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So masks are required for inside spaces, hand sanitiser is plentiful and visitors are asked to socially distance.
On arrival we collected the wheelchair that we had booked. When doing so we were asked to complete a form with our details and leave a £20 deposit.
There was an impressive array of animals to look at, some animatronic dinosaurs and lots of fair ground rides suitable for toddlers.
We had lunch in the Explorer Cafe. You find yourself a table, go to the counter to order your food and then listen out for your order number to be called to then go and collect your food. The menu is fairly limited and the quality of the food is mediocre but the staff are very friendly and helpful. Thankfully we were able to take advantage of the Eat Out Help Out discount which took 50% of the list price.
Over the last couple of weeks we have been to Marwell, Monkey World and Bird World. We all agreed that Drusilla’s was definitely the best animal experience out of them all.
On arrival we collected the wheelchair that we had booked. When doing so we were asked to complete a form with our details and leave a £20 deposit.
There was an impressive array of animals to look at, some animatronic dinosaurs and lots of fair ground rides suitable for toddlers.
We had lunch in the Explorer Cafe. You find yourself a table, go to the counter to order your food and then listen out for your order number to be called to then go and collect your food. The menu is fairly limited and the quality of the food is mediocre but the staff are very friendly and helpful. Thankfully we were able to take advantage of the Eat Out Help Out discount which took 50% of the list price.
Over the last couple of weeks we have been to Marwell, Monkey World and Bird World. We all agreed that Drusilla’s was definitely the best animal experience out of them all.
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We had a great day at Drusillas!
The park is well organised & there is hand sanitizer points everywhere.
The children loved all of the animals & were able to get great views of them all.
The play areas and splash zone are great for children of all ages.
We all enjoyed the rides and it’s great that everything is included in the ticket price.
We will definitely return!
The park is well organised & there is hand sanitizer points everywhere.
The children loved all of the animals & were able to get great views of them all.
The play areas and splash zone are great for children of all ages.
We all enjoyed the rides and it’s great that everything is included in the ticket price.
We will definitely return!
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Our first time to Drusillas, weather was awful but still had a good time. Social distancing was done well, but very few people seemed to stick to it when inside. Didn’t eat here as wasn’t open to sit inside and it was raining, but looked like a fairly good choice of food. A lot of small animals, small monkeys etc, no big animals but a big play park and water park, although social distancing was non existent here, but must be very hard for the staff to manage. Overall great little day out despite the weather!!
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Thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the park. The measures in place for social distancing were excellent coupled with the facilities, rides, zoo and so much more. Honestly I would highly recommend, our toddler had so much fun. Big thank you to the staff who were so helpful and friendly in making us feel at ease.
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Our children (aged 9 & 12) were entertained at the playground and zoo area most of the day so we didn't get on to the rides until 5pm.<br>Our son is probably at the (age) limit for the rides and playground.<br>The restaurant and cafe (and doughnut shop) are taking part in Eat Out to Help Out and they operate an Order and Collect service to minimise contact and encourage Social Distancing.<br>One way systems are in place (where possible) and masks are to be worn in enclosed areas that remain open (some parts of the park remain closed).
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We had a fab day out at Drusillas yesterday. Everything felt very safe, with lots of hand sanitizer and washing stations everywhere, along with reminders over the sound system to social distance. Our two children - 12 and 9 - had a great time seeing all of the animals, playing in the playground and going on the rides. All in all, a great day out, especially with the Eat Out To Help Out incentive 😀😀
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Had a lovely day with my 3 Grandchildren aged 8, 5 and 4. The zoo route was great, the animals had space to roam and are mainly small species but the children loved it and were able to view the animals close up. The play area has lots of things of interest for active children, some of the climbing areas are inside walls and tubes which made it difficult to keep an eye on 3 children all at once on my own. I don't see why they need to charge extra for the bouncy high slide, £5 for 8 tickets and no refund when I only used 5 tickets because the queue was very long.<br>We went on the small train ride and into Kittyland. The dinosaurs were fun.<br>The toilets were clean, the whole park has hand sanitisers everywhere and face masks only needed by adults in inside areas.<br>It was a good day out and well worth visiting, buying tickets online in advance was cheaper but no discount for children, in fact my ticket for over 60 was less than the childrens tickets.
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Very enjoyable day, nice to see the staff cleaning the rides after each go, well done and good job to the staff
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An organized and well run small theme park with a retinue of small to medium sized animals, wild (mostly various species of birds, primates and rodents incl. Beavers, Otters and Porcupines) and farm variety (mostly ruminants i.e. Goats, Sheep, small ponies etc.) asides two camels. A good combination of small scale rides, a water (splash) and an extensive jungle gym play-area alongside the zoo trail make this an ideal, low risk fun day out for kids ages 10yrs and under. Most rides state 12yrs max. but this is really mor geared towards younger children. Theres a small animatronics dinosaurs section as well but more of a filler section than a main display.
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Loved the zoo, nice little park
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Had a great day with the grandkids
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Could be better, for the price we pay.
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It's an OK day out but 2 adults and 1 child cost us £63 odd pound so it's not cheap and everything is abit tatty and battered.<br>We went during the lower parts of covid and I have to say I don't think they took much care with it, it was very busy and people were all over everything and crowded together, the only thing they seemed to do was a sign here and there and on the rides intermittently spraying some areas.<br>I probably wouldn't visit again for a long while.
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We took our 9 year old daughter and her friend here for the day to celebrate her birthday, we had a great day. There are many animals to look at, and learn about, as well as many rides to suit all ages. This is the first time we have been anywhere with lots of people for months due to Covid-19, and I was very impressed with the measures Drusilla’s have in place, obviously there are visitors that don’t quite get the socially distancing thing, but on the whole Drusilla’s are doing really well.
We booked the Meerkats encounter for the two girls and it was well worth the cost, to begin with we jumped the massive queue to get in the park, as you can enter through the members gate if you have an encounter booked.
A keeper came to meet us and took us through the animal kitchen for a brief tour and chat about what the different animals eat, then for a walk to the large Meerkat enclosure to see the little baby ones, and throw some crickets to them.
Then to the smaller enclosure, the girls sat on some rocks and the Meerkats came straight over, they were very friendly and were very happy to climb on their laps and eat crickets.
A great day had by all.
We booked the Meerkats encounter for the two girls and it was well worth the cost, to begin with we jumped the massive queue to get in the park, as you can enter through the members gate if you have an encounter booked.
A keeper came to meet us and took us through the animal kitchen for a brief tour and chat about what the different animals eat, then for a walk to the large Meerkat enclosure to see the little baby ones, and throw some crickets to them.
Then to the smaller enclosure, the girls sat on some rocks and the Meerkats came straight over, they were very friendly and were very happy to climb on their laps and eat crickets.
A great day had by all.
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A little more crowded than I expected but still great fun
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We went to Drusillas mid August to go around the zoo, on the rides and I paid for a meet the meerkats experience. Despite the rain my two 8 year olds and myself had such a great time! We haven’t visited for a while and I was pleased to see how the park has continued to modernise and keep the attractions relevant. The one way layout of the park lends itself to social distancing and there were plenty of signs, radio announcements and hand sanitisers around. Meeting the meerkats was a highlight despite the weather, with the lady who showed us around clearly loving her job 👍 Made me realise how much food the park needs to buy in to feed the animals, so I would encourage people to support otherwise parks like this one won’t survive. Throughly recommended! 😁
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