Christmas Wonderland Lakeside — Local services in England

Booked late afternoon ice skating with my daughter - glad we did as got space on the last half price day. At full price feels like a very expensive hour, but as a one off was a very nice experience.

Then bought some ride tickets (20 for £20). Rides carry from 2-5 tickets each, so these used fairly quickly. Really enjoyed the elf coaster. For a roller coaster which not especially high and very compact it offers great thrills and spills.

Didn't try out the food and drink, but seemed to be a decent selection of Christmas market type fayre. Small place so you're not going to spend all day here, but that's probably a good thing financially!

All in all a good, albeit fairly pricey, way to break up our...

In terms of ice skating, it was much better organised than last year, which seemed chaotic at best. The temperature also helped as the ice held up well.

Rides were very short in terms of the time you had on them, and it wasn't all that busy, so I'm not sure why. We didn't really have to queue for anything.

Standard fair type stalls for winning prizes that you'd struggle to get home from the sheer size of them.

Added an extra rollercoaster this year, which meant there were fewer food options as there was no room for the stalls.

All in all, it's a fun couple of hours with free parking but felt less Christmassy despite being colder than...

ABSOLUTELY AWFUL DO NOT GO! Me and my friend were waiting for over an hour with staff just starring at us and not saying anything. After over an hour wait, an obnoxious short cantankerous ginger women came up to us and told us (after we had been waiting for a very long time) to get out! The only explanation was that the ice rink had issues - more like they all had issues! Seemed to me like staff just wanted an afternoon off to be lazy! Will definitely not be returning and DO NOT...