Dymchurch Amusement Park Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Very friendly and approachable staff....( well 99% of them!!)"
• "Staff all very friendly."
• "Amazingly friendly staff, the caretaker is legendary for his dancing to the feel-good music throughout the park."
• "The ride and booth attendants are generally always friendly too!"
• "All the staff were safety conscious, friendly and polite."
• "Staff are always very friendly and polite."
• "Clean facilities and run by very friendly staff."

Cons:

• "How depressed are they. I know it must be a boring job but kids are there to have fun."
• "It's such a shame it employs staff on some of the rides who fail to communicate well, lack any personality and basic manners like please and thank you."
• "The staff seem to have forgotten how to smile or be polite, this may be due to them having to breath in the foul stench of urine!"
• "Shame about the boy manning the swings who literally shouted at my non verbal child to move and made him move seats 3 times."
• "Only lost a star as all the staff were so miserable and didn't interact with any guests at all."
• "Staff were not very polite, accepting tokens without a word of thanks or even a smile which costs nothing."
• "It was fun for the children, however it would have been more professional for the management to tell their staff off in private rather than in front of everyone at the dodgems."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Money for tokens to get on rides are quite reasonable and goes far."
• "Great price ... most of the rides cost £1 or little less ...super bargain!!"
• "Most rides cost abt 2 chips per person. And you can get 12 chips for £10 or 26 chips for £20."
• "The funfair here is such good value for money."
• "The tokens were good value for money."
• "Its a great and reasonably priced way to kill a few hours."
• "The rides are really good value for money and you can spend a whole morning or afternoon here."

Cons:

• "The arcades are nothing like they used to be. Total rip off with no chance of winning much."
• "It can become quite expensive if you have mor than 1 kid, othher parks let you buy a band and then kids can go on any ride several times."
• "Lovely. Place. Kids love it. Always popular.. But it's now getting too expensive."
• "Overpriced funfair rides you. Have to purchase tokens that work out at £4 per person per ride."
• "The tokens for the rides are easy to obtain, however I feel they're overpriced."
• "It works out expensive if your child is under 120cms as you must accompany them on rides and pay for the adult as well."
• "Everything is cash only and their ATM's charge a fee to withdraw money."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Great family attractions very clean beach Great walks very welcoming pub with great food beers and wine."
• "Clean, nice and very entertaining atmosphere...& music."
• "The park is kept very clean and the queues really are very short."
• "A small, clean, safe amusement park."
• "Toilet facilities are clean."
• "The toilets were reasonably clean."
• "The ride looked all in excellent condition and clean n freshly painted."

Cons:

• "Be aware!!!! Pickpockets 'working' on the site."
• "The staff seem to have forgotten how to smile or be polite, this may be due to them having to breath in the foul stench of urine!"
• "Avoid like the plague, if you don't you may catch the plague!! Everything is dirty, 2 of the rides we went on stank of urine."
• "Toilets could do with an upgrade though!"
• "The biggest let down are the toilets disgusting little hut, it's about time health and safety have not insisted on proper built toilets."
• "Toilet block is rather grim and could do with more frequent cleaning."
• "The sinks were dirty and black, there was urine all over the toilet seats and the floors were swimming with water."

Location and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Lovely fun fair right next to the beach."
• "Shops, restaurants, and a pub just a stone throw away."
• "Situated next to a beautiful sandy beach with lots of great cafés and takeaway food options close by."
• "Located just by the sea so it's only a short walk to the beach."
• "Parking close by, with disabled spaces."
• "The access to the beach from the amusement park are steep steps but just a couple of mins from there you have a slope to the beach so easy access for prams and wheelchairs."
• "Small Amusement Park positioned right on the beach, next door to a bar/restaurant plus surrounded by local shops."

Cons:

• "Great for the kids, a bit of a pain when they don't accept card payments and nearest atm is in the amusement park which charges for you to withdraw money."
• "Parking was a bit of a nightmare, there's a car park just before and just after it but both were packed."
• "Big problem did not take debit cards, and several other businesses too had signs in Windows."
• "Everything is cash only and their ATM's charge a fee to withdraw money."
• "It works only weekends unless it is school holiday and even on weekends it may be a bit depressing because very often it is half empty."
• "Unfortunately we arrived at high tide. But still had a great time with the kids."
• "Only gave 3 stars because some of the people here can be quite dodgy."

Rides and Attractions

Pros:

• "Ideal for youngsters. Affordable rides. Staff are also available and it's a family-run centre."
• "A collection of fairground type rides aimed at ages of 3-12."
• "The rides I think are for 12 years and younger apart from the twister and bumper cars which most adults/teens love."
• "Lovely amusement ground for kids with merry-go-round, bumper cars and caterpillar ride."
• "Quite a few rides to amuse children."
• "Kids love it here, it's not big, but it offers fantastic rides."
• "They could go on almost every ride, and enjoyed each one."

Cons:

• "To me, the whole place was very outdated, small and tacky."
• "This funfair doesn't cater for any child under approximately 3 years old."
• "Little bit dated, the log flume and helter skelter are gone."
• "The rides don't seem to have been updated since the early 90's."
• "The young child rides are very limited they just go round and round and were quite boring."
• "Everything is old, nothing really works.... the ghost train broke down twice while I was there."
• "The rides are really for young children under the age of 7 ish bar maybe 2."