New Thorpe Shark Hotel review
Recently, I stayed at the new Thorpe Park hotel called 'Thorpe Shark' for two days and one night using the Thorpe Breaks Website. I went with my boyfriend and was presently surprised at the price. It was £99 for both of us for two days of park tickets, an overnight stay and a cooked buffet breakfast in the morning. If you are familiar with the usual day prices on entrance to Thorpe Park for the day, you will understand that this is such a good price and definitely value for money!
After reading some, lets say, worrying reviews on trip advisor about the experience, me and my boyfriend were very sceptical about what we had paid for and were therefore scared about going. HOWEVER.. the stay has just made me realise just how stupid some people can be. The reviews stated that the accommodation shouldn't be called a hotel, how the rooms are so small you couldn't 'swing a cat' and how the staff were unhelpful. I don't know if they were seeing something completely different to us but we had excellent service, the room was just perfect for a place to crash after a day in the park and the breakfast was absolutely perfect!
The room itself was quirky. Yes, it was admittedly small but all you need is a shower, a bed and a toilet as you don't spend hardly any time in the room. The bed was super comfy and the wet room shower was heavenly. Although, the water did escape through the door into the room, so make sure you put a towel down beforehand. The only problem with the room was that the air conditioning and heater was hard to work and was very loud and the temperature wasn't consistent so therefore had to wake up a couple of times to sort it out, which wasn't ideal. However, after a not great night sleep the breakfast was definitely what I needed! There was a coffee and tea station, a buffet of hot breakfasts with beans, sausages, eggs, hash browns and bacon which was all cooked properly and was lovely. There is also continental breakfast treats too! Pastries, cereals, yogurts and also a range of fruit juices. So i filled up nicely for the day ahead!
We went in the last week that Thorpe Park was open for this year and was after the event of 'Fright Night' therefore we were basically the only people in the park. The longest we queued was 20 mins and for people that are aware of Thorpe Park they know that that time is NOTHING. We quite often walked onto rides, stayed on them for a second ride and sometimes were the only people on the ride!! Now as amazing as this sounds, the park got very boring towards the end of the second day and most of the time we PRAYED for a queue! But apart from this, it let us experience the full extent of the park. Also, with the room you get a fast track wristband for the second day that lets you skip queues for the first hour of the day. We didn't need to use this due to the reason above however would come in handy for other times of the year!
Overall, the park is so much fun, the hotel is clean and well worth the price and the overall experience was definitely one i was glad to have!
so, IGNORE TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS!!
What is everyone's favourite ride at Thorpe Park?
Lauren.
