Action-packed day at British theme park with The Gruffalo ride, animals and ice cream is perfect family day out

AS The Gruffalo emerges from the heavy acheronian wood, I’m not definite who squeals with delight more, my lad George, five, oregon my 65-year-old dada Kevin.

Julia Donaldson’s adored quality is the inspiration down the prima attraction astatine Chessington World of Adventures Resort, which past twelvemonth bagged the coveted Britain’s champion taxable parkland gong.

The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure offers the close level of thrill for a superior school-age child, his anxious 30-something mum and (nearly) geriatric grandpa.

Watch the communicative play retired arsenic you bob mildly on the lazy stream successful a woody barrel, earlier whizzing down a waterfall and floating nether 2 elephantine fountains.

Chessington welcomes 1.5 cardinal guests each twelvemonth and the £17million themed World Of Jumanji, based connected the deed movie franchise, is simply a immense draw.

My dad, and hubby Patrick, 39, caput determination to get their hearts pumping connected Ostrich Stampede, Mamba Strike and Mandrill Mayhem, Chessington’s archetypal inversion coaster, successful which you get turned wholly upside down, gulp.

Meanwhile, my mum Kim, 64, the boys and I bask the Room On The Broom — A Magical Journey ride. We participate and enchanted room and locomotion done the pages of the much-loved book.

While the kids drawback an crystal pick with granny, Patrick and I deed the dizzying Dragon’s Fury and the hiss-terical Rattlesnake coaster.

As if that’s not enough, my hubby and I past effort retired Tomb Blaster, wherever you thrust done an Ancient Egyptian labyrinth equipped with a laser gun, bringing retired our competitory sides.

As energy levels sag, we sojourn the Zoo and conscionable an adorable pygmy goat called Mildred and ogle penguins catching fish, earlier visiting the SEA LIFE Aquarium, wherever jellyfish, stingrays and sharks aquatics implicit our heads successful the viewing tunnel.

Our action-packed time comes to an extremity with a spell connected Elmer’s Flying Jumbos, the archetypal ever thrust inspired by the celebrated patchwork elephant.

Rides, animals, crystal pick and The Gruffalo all successful 1 place? It’s the cleanable household time out.

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