Diggerland Theme Parks

Penalising families with small children. My two year old charged £19.95 to enter cos he’s tall, but can’t do all the activities and in fact can’t drive any of the machines by himself. Parents beware. It’s a rip off. As soon as you walk through the door after paying the entry fee, there are kids rides but they are £1 each for 1 minute. Unbelievable. Would give zero stars but can’t on this app. Staff are very friendly and that’s worth a mention on the plus side.

Worst Park I’ve ever been too, the wooden forts are not maintained, zip wires don’t zip, lots of paid rides that just take your money and don’t work, holes in the spin dizzy and digger ride seats = wet behinds.
There are areas of the main play fort which are blocked off and all of the wood everywhere is rotting or falling off or splintering.
My daughter got a deep splinter from a handrail she had to hold on to due to the angle of the steps and when I complained i was told by the Manager that ‘wood is sharp’
We had to queue for over and hour for just two short rides and later discovered that the Park had been filled due to a potential US buyer coming to look around.
The Restaurant was closed with a sign saying ‘sorry closed defo no electric’, weeds everywhere, loads of rides to pay for even with the £17 pp (inc children) and most of them don’t work, toilets stink, the worst ‘fresh’ coffee Ive ever tasted. miserable place.

We’ve been here twice in recent years: once in the summer and recently at October half term.
Both times it has been brilliant. The staff are helpful, kind and enthusiastic. They are also fair in making sure that everyone has a pleasant experience but no one jumps the queue!
There are a variety of rides: mainly JCBs. We scooped things out of gravel, dug holes, drove dumpers around, went up high in the air, splashed through puddles and spun round on spindizzy which is excellent (but a once-​in-​a-​visit experience for me). We even drove a police range rover. It was great.
It is pricey to get in (but so are all theme parks). We saved money by buying tickets online the day before. I was surprised that you have to pay extra for the dodgems. Very young children get in free as they won’t be tall enough for most rides, but there are pay as you go rides which are fun for them. And they love the buzz of the place anyway.
If you wrap up very warm and wear your wellies, we found Oct half term is best value for money. When we went, there were enough visitors to make it interesting but virtually no queues so our boys went on each ride at least three times. One or two rides were out of action due to the muddy conditions but they got a free go on the dodgems but they were happy. And they didn’t leave the park until they got chucked out at the end of the day! (Plus they both slept in the car all the way home).

Diggerland is a theme park based around JCBs. The entry fee is £15 per person but this turned out to be very good value. Around the park there are various different types of JCBs, each of which can be controlled by you. The great thing about Diggerland is that even children can use diggers, and you can use the diggers as many times as you like. Whatever your age you can use the some of the diggers which all of my family agreed was great fun. My favorite part was the spindizzy which is a massive JCB, which you sit the bucket of the digger and are spun at high speeds around the digger. This is not for the faint hearted! Diggerland is in my opinion, the best theme park in Devon.