Review of Folly Farm, Kilgetty, Wales
So how can I summarise Folly Farm? Well, it’s Crealy,
Dingles and Paignton Zoo all rolled into one site!!
Ali and I went on holiday a couple of years ago to Carmarthen,
South Wales when Sam was little and we stumbled across a local attraction
called Folly Farm and what a place we found!!
We tried to return in September last year and we travelled
all the way there for Oliver to be poorly and we had to head straight home
again, we were gutted and we made a promise to Sam that we would return as soon
as we possibly could.
We travelled up to Llanelli, where we had booked two nights
at a Premier Inn. It meant we could take our time travelling up. We arrived in
plenty of time and so we headed to the beach to have a brisk walk and my
goodness it was chilly!!!
Anyway, after a relaxing night’s sleep, we headed up to
Folly Farm. The farm has undergone several changes since our last visit. There
is a brand new entrance, with six entrance gates which could be used. It was
only the English half term during our visit so the park was virtually empty
which was brilliant for us.
After the entrance we headed into the Jolly Barn. The barn
is full of all sorts of animals, including goats, rabbits, chickens, donkeys,
horses, ferrets and barn owls. One member of staff had a rabbit out of the cage
for children to stroke. As an owner of rescue rabbits, the rabbit looked happy,
healthy and well cared for.
Once the children had done looking at the animals, there are
also some play items inside, all farm machinery inspired. Oliver and Sam both
loved the tractor. Oliver tried the slide however I think he may have been
wearing the wrong trousers as it took him a while to slide down!! Lol
So after we had exhausted the barn, we moved onto the vintage
fairground. This barn is massive!! Think carousels, bumper cars and muffin the
mule. You do have to pay for the tokens which in turn you pay the operator for
each ride. The tokens are 50p each and most rides are one token each.
There are also 2p machines although winning was virtually
impossible!! Ie I won nothing!! Lol
The boys were amazed by the rides and there was something
for everyone to have a go at. Oliver loved the train ride, Sam loved the bumper
cars and I loved the sky riders, so much that I made Sam go on them twice!! J Naughty Mummy!!
The other half of the barn is a huge indoor play area. We
actually lost Sam at one point!! He had plenty to slide and climb on. Oliver
was also kept amused in the two sections which were suitable for him. In one of
the areas, there was a slide that Oliver literately flew down!!
Whilst we were there, we decided to have some lunch and I
think this was the biggest mistake we could have made!! Ali ordered a couple of
bits from the Carousel Woods café. My order was a plain chicken burger, chips
and a drink. You can’t really go wrong with that can you? OH yes, apparently
you can!!! I was served a spicy chicken burger, which I didn’t realise until I
had taken a couple of bites.
Now I can’t eat pepper and the coating we found out
afterwards contained Tabasco sauce!! Ali went back to the till, but not one
member of staff apologised or offered to do anything about it. Ali requested
that the manager be called. When he arrived, my lips and mouth were on fire and
my lips were bright red and sore. I was in a lot of discomfort. Finally he
apologised and offered us our money back for my meal.
So with my bright red Botox lips we headed off to the zoo. It
was peeing it down with rain on our first day but we decided to risk it,
however everything was hiding. We knew we were coming back the next day so we
decided to leave the animals until the next day and we couldn’t resist checking
out the penguin pool. Sam loved it!! The penguin chased Sam across the pool, it
tried to nibble him through the glass thinking he was a fish!! Blimin big one
at that!!
We headed back to the hotel after day one, exhausted, wet
from the rain but happy and excited for the next day.
We bought boomerang tickets which allowed us to return
within seven days for half the price. Great idea J
Day two arrived and bought a dry day with it. Sam was
desperate to go in the giant sand pit. The sand pit is huge. It has lots of
sand pits toys, including diggers, slides and JCB’s!
We then headed to the tractors. Again both boys loved the
paved track. Sam cleared it of twigs that had fallen over night but then they
were off, chasing each other.
With the weather still dry, we decided to go and see all the
zoo animals and I am so pleased we did. The lions were basking in the sun, the
tapirs were snoozing and the giraffes and zebras felt like they were in
touching distance. Oliver loves giraffes and he couldn’t quite figure it out
when he saw a real one.
To finish our second day, we headed back into the fairground
to use our last tokens and before we headed home, we finished where we started
in the Jolly Barn.
What an exciting few days we had at Folly Farm.
I would rate it as 4 out of 5 stars. They need to sort out
their catering system and perhaps give them some customer service training and
then I would give them 5 out of 5 stars.
Do I recommend visiting? Definitely!! If you fancy a visit
more information can be found at: https://www.folly-farm.co.uk/
This is my own honest review on Folly Farm and no payment or
compensation was received for the review.
Sounds like a great place to visit, hopefully they will sort out their catering system soon though. :)
ReplyDeleteThe second day we took our own food and we were much happier 😁
DeleteWow, my children would love to visit Folly Farm. I've seen it on a few youtube channels I watch from mummy vloggers and it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt really is worth the visit. I’m pleased we went back the second day as we hadn’t done it all on the first day 👍
DeleteLooks like the kind of place that we would love to go :)
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