Wild Water Rapids at Subtropical Swimming Paradise — Hotel in Great Britain

Having been to Longleat before but not for over 8 years, we were really interested to see what changes had been made. Last time we went there was work being done to modernise the changing rooms. We found there were plenty of family friendly pods to get changed and they were surprisingly clean bearing in mind how busy the facilities get. Walking through to the lockers, we noticed the first main update. No more pound coins needed. The lockers have electronic locks that are activated via your room armband. Technology that we are used to when visiting Disney World which was a good touch. Walking through the showers to the pool entrance we immediately noticed that the toddler facilities had completely changed. These did look amazing but my youngest at 12muears really wasn't impressed 🤣. The main pool with its wide entrance, tropical feel, wave machines and various slides hadn't changed a bit. I also noticed how clean it all was and the amount of decent looking seats. Outside the facilities are unchanged. A lovely sized outside pool, the brilliant and great fun wild Rapids and an outside bubble bath. There were also a large number of sun loungers on the decking which was a nice touch. We then happened to notice the new addition and I can't believe we missed it. Over in the far corner was the new addition. Two rather impressive water flumes. These were very popular and be prepared for a wait but to be honest it wasn't that bad. One small gripe, was the signage. No one seemed to know where to get the rafts and it needed more as we had to wait for users to come off and take theirs off of them. Other than that, a highly recommended visit. Oh and don't forget to track your own lunch as 20 quid for a burger is a wee...

Over the years I have visited quite a few waterparks, and Longleat Centerparcs Wild Water Rapids is definitely on the top of my list. The rapids River starts at the top of indoor complex and is joined by a large entrance pool. It's a little bit colder than the pool, so take a deep breath as you enter the rapids. First you have to negotiate and enjoy the waterfall that cascades upon you as you swim, (very fun and refreshing). Then you start to hit the rapid slides. Each slide getting bigger until you reach the longest one which is about 40 meters long. The elevation from top to bottom is about 30 meters and the rapids themselves must be 400 meters long. It's just so much fun. You can't stop yourself from just going round and round the rapids for ages. Trying out new approaches every time, and just enjoying beautiful surroundings in which the rapids are set. Even in busy times there is plenty of room. Lifeguards are plentiful and will keep the flow of people going. FEET FIRST is something you will hear hundreds of times from the Lifeguards. (Or was it just me ) My honest opinion...... This rapid ride is a 10 out of 10 experience.

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The wild water rapids are great fun. It's an outdoor attraction so while the water is warm there are parts where it's cold and you are in full view of the public.

The signs say you need to be a strong swimmer, I'm not sure that is totally the case as the rapids felt a bit tame and they are not too deep. Adults may find you go around most of it on your knees.

The bad stuff - The only things I would say to be careful of are that there are signs asking you to keep your distance but most people were ignoring them - which is kind of annoying when you have younger kids with you as they could easily get a foot in the face. The other thing just to bear in mind is that this is quite physical in places you have to be flexible and ready/able to climb over parts of it. While we were there a man was injured and we had to climb out so he could be removed on a stretcher. (With pointing out the life guards acted quicky and did a good job getting everyone out)

However this is good fun if you are careful.

It only takes about 4 or 5 minutes to go around, it's gets really busy in the day but if you go around 6:30pm onwards it gets...