No, stop laughing straight away. Seriously, one of the best days out I've had in a long time. Ok, that might say a lot about me....
Any parent of a young child knows about Peppa Pig. She rules the TV. She's quite a bossy boots for a young pig but the kids love her. And so do those who created her and the opportunity to make the most of merchandising.
I'd heard some good things about Peppa Pig World and with my three year old son a bit of an addict, it felt the right place to go for a shared birthday excursion for him and the daughter of one of my closest friends.
Like most sensible people with children of non school age, we went during the week. It was a fairly grey October day but we didn't let it dampen our spirits, even if we had to queue a long while for Miss Rabbit's Helicopter Ride!
Peppa Land is actually part of Paultons Park, down near Romsey on the south coast. But for most people if you're there for Peppa you see little else. There's lots of rides, which the children want to go on again and again, and if it's not a busy time of the year then they certainly can. My son and I went on the dinosaur ride three times in a row, by getting off and running round again. Mind you that's nothing compared to the gang going off to go on a car ride while I fed my baby daughter. I'd thought they'd got lost but they just kept telling the guy they were going round again and not getting out of the car! It's ok - there were plenty of free cars.
There was a great indoor play place too which they raced around when it got a bit blustery and my son and I climbed into some of the bits together too. I loved the rides, but loved watching my son's reaction more. Getting him on my shoulders so he could touch the huge George Pig, and seeing his picture when he ran into the school room and posed with the characters just made my heart melt. Times like this are precious and I just loved watching how he beamed and laughed at the different things. Birthday money was spent in the shop purchasing his own Mr Dinesaw, and a happy boy for many weeks to come.
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| Meeting George Pig! |
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| Granny and Joshie ride on Mr Dinesaw |
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| The excitement of the boat rides |
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| Mr Potato charms the ladies |
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