Yorkshire theme park Flamingo Land has recently been rated the ‘most disappointing’ theme park in Britain. The UK Thrillseeker Report ranked the family-run park, near Malton, 24th out of 24 UK themed parks including York Maze (5th) and Stockeld Park, near Wetherby (11th) but not, bizarrely, Lightwater Valley, near Ripon.
The research by LatestDeals.co.uk is based on number of rides, ticket prices and other people’s reviews. But is this long-established theme park the most disappointing in Britain?
What’s so disappointing about it? Is it even disappointing at all? READ MORE: 10 amazing things to do in Greater Manchester this August Our sister site YorkshireLive sent tourism writer Dave Himelfield to investigate and maybe test out a couple of the rides while he was there.
It's a gloomy and humid as we arrive at Flamingo Land at around midday. It's hardly heaving and we're through the virtual turnstiles in second.
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