Here's an absolute honest review of this place that I hope the actual higher ups in the Vinpire will take note of.

Vinpearl is a very poor replica of a multitude of amusement parks around the world and at no point does it exceed it's counterparts.

First I'll outline the $43 price tag for an adult as absolutely horrendous for Vietnam. Pricing out the the majority of the local Vietnamese population.

So starting at the beginning. If you get there now by your own motorbike, you're forced to park 3-400 meters away and walk around a dirty construction yard in the hot sun. There's no pavement or shade just heat and dust. Oh you pay 5000vnd for the privalidge as the ticket fee just isn't enough to cover parking for vehicles. Of course cars get a cushy one out the front showing Vin only love their richest guests. Welcome to Vietnam baby.

Then when you get in even when it's quiet you have to weave through about a km of gates to get to the cable car. You can't bypass or the staff can't be bothered to adjust the pathway because that's actual work and it ain't getting done!

Cable car is fine, a nice view but hardly in the world elite. There's better in this country.

Once off you have to march in the hot sun through high end shops nobody uses to the park gate. This is about a half km in the bakind sun with not shelter and no transport alternatives for people with kids, disabilities or elderly. Shame.

Once at the gate you enter the park where signage is clearly seen as an eyesore. Staff give you the run around with no constructive answers too. More hot sun walking.

So there are some electric buggy busses but you can't flag down, they don't start till a couple of hours after open either. No idea why, clearly the early bird is unwelcome. Then if you do want one you have to get a ticket from one of few offices. Yes readers you pay a fortune compared to the local GDP to get in and then have to pay on top to not get heat stroke trying to get around. I've never encountered that before even in Vietnam. Whatsmore there's two lines each needing their own ticket so it $5 pp to have accessibility. It is almost cheaper to book a grab bike to come over. This is mega pen y pinching and I worry for the directors if they have THAT much of a cash flow crisis without the bus fare.

For the bad attractions - the aquarium is dirty and second rate compared to others I. The region. All the language is in Vietnamese, so they were too arrogant or foolish to get help translating so foreign guests could learn about the marine life in detail. The shops are uninspiring. The castle looks like a crack den with it's grey blacked out windows too. The waterpark looked fun but by 4 half the rides are shut and there isn't much for the youngest visitors.

The other issue is lack of shade or resting areas. Everything is wide spread and in the hot sun a few benches and more trees would be welcome. They must have destroyed plenty of the local forestry to build this eyesore so putting some back would be great Kharma.

Finally on the negative, I never ever want to see someone do a spazzy two hand wave ever again. Please stop your staff doing it. It's not extra happy or friendly. In fact it looks like they are saying no. A hello, good morining, have a nice day is what Disney do. That's enough. You aren't winning with this.

What was good. The staff at the waterpark were very helpful and kind. Props to them. It's clean. The playground was good. The animals did look healthy even if some cages were a bit smaller than what animals get in the west. It was a lot better than other zoos in the region.

The restaurant we ate in was good. It's next to the one nobody likes. They were nice and the food was tasty.

So Vinpearl, two stars. I'll never go back again. You can keep rinsing the local tourists and East Asian tours. But it's not for me.