Diggerland Kent Review

Bonjour lecteurs! Since moving to Ashford, we are always on the lookout for new places to visit. After going many times to the beach and visiting the Port Lympne Wildlife Park, it was time to do something a bit more manly! Oui, Baba is always happy to be cultural in Rochester or to go shopping at the Local Outlet Shopping Outlet. But if there is something he likes to do, it is getting mucky and tractors! Well, c’est parfait as we live in the country! And to please him further, I booked us to go to another fab place. Here is for you our Frenchie Diggerland Kent Review.

Diggerland

Diggerland is a playful amusement park full of life-sized diggers and more fun engines and rides for the whole family to enjoy. Award-winning attraction, we visited our local park in Kent but you can also join in the fun in Devon, Durham and Yorkshire.

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Baba was ready for a day of fun!

Like many other places, you can book your tickets in advance online for a cheaper price, but the general admission is a bit less than £20. If you have a builder in the house or fancy going as often as possible, annual passes are only £69.99.

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And there were many diggers and trucks to his pleasure!

Compared to other theme parks we have been to in the past, it is much cheaper so I was expecting something cute and small. Well, quelle erreur!

Diggerland Kent Review – First Impressions

To my surprise, the park in itself is quite big! We stayed over 4 hours and we did not even do it all! More importantly, there is something fun to do for everyone!

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We also did some driving

There is even a children soft play area! So very little ones can have fun too! Without mentioning the Little Tikes Wheelz Play Zone where we spent a bit of time! You bet that with dirt diggers and dump trucks, Baba was to check it out!

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Getting ready to drive some dirty ride! I stayed away; it was safer 🙂

So Many Rides

Eventually, we managed to move away from that cool part of the park and we got properly started. As Baba is a just about 90 cm, he could not go on his own on some rides. But it did not stop the fun! Au contraire, he was very happy to drive the robots with his dad and pretend he was the king of the castle! The boys also enjoyed the Dumper Trucks.

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When you are not even 3 and you drive this!

It was quite a long track and I could see that Baba was in heaven!

I made the most of the little train. It was indeed very nice to be able to have a look at the whole park while comfortable sitting down.

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The train takes you around the park so you can see what you want to do next! Plus point! Mini cars at the back for little ones!

And because I am a bit of an adventurer, I also had a blast at the Dodgems (you need to pay extra for those. £1/ride).

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Frenchie Mummy had her dose of fun too!

Overall, the park is really well presented and easy to do as a circuit.

Diggerland Kent Review – 5 Things We Liked

  • Genrally, queues were very short, no more than 5 minutes for each rides so you can easily enjoy each activity twice or more if you fancy
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So quick we did some rides twice!
  • There is so much to do for each age. The entrance tells you if you can be on it. And to be honest, I was very impressed with the selection for little ones. Baba being a toddler and measuring about 90 cm, he had his bit of fun! He could go on so many rides! As long as you are accompanied by an adult, many are safe!
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And such an easy system to see if you are allowed on the rides
  • All the drives are featured with real-sized diggers and trucks so I can tell you that it is mega exciting for little boys like Baba!

 

  • Compared to other theme parks, it is a good price, given that you can do rides more than once if you want, it is a nice day out for the family without being too expensive. Plus, you do not need to pay for the car park! And you can bring your own food (picnic possible) if you want to lower the cost.

 

  • The entire place looks well looked after and not shabby like some places that would charge you way more!

 

Diggerland Kent Review – Le verdict

Overall, we were very pleased with our visit to Diggerland Kent.

It is a nice place for children of all ages to have fun. There is so much to keep them busy and the queues are not ridiculous. Too often when you go to a theme park, you spend most of the time queuing for a 2 minutes ride.

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Even though it was sunny when we visited, we barely had any queues!

We only waited more than 15 minutes for one ride (the Robots). They had a problem with one and quite frankly, with only 4 in service while 3 others were on the side, it could have been faster. But maybe they did not use them all for security reasons?

Plus, the place is very family friendly: clean baby change area and toilet, café and food available, there is also plenty of space to sit down and relax with a picnic if you fancy!

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Each entrance is informative so you can also learn some cool facts 🙂

It is a nice way to spend some family time in the outdoors and get them to drive, play, ride, run and more!

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Baba loves being the champion

The place is built within a simple circuit so that you can be sure you will not miss a single ride! And the queues are so short, you can go crazy and go twice! So that you can make the most of your money!

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Showing me how to do it…

We will definitely come back.

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I mean! look at that face! If it is not a successful day out, I don’t know what will be one!

Thanks for reading our Diggerland Kent Review! We love checking out local places and tell you all about it!

Kent revealed itself to be really interesting so far! Who would have thought you could do so much out here!!? See you soon for more adventures in the South-East of England with Baba and Grumpy Boyfriend 🙂

 

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We stopped by the shop and got some goodies to remember a fab day out

Disclosure: With thanks to Diggerland for inviting us for free to visit the park.

 

 

 

 

 

30 Comments

  1. Hayley Todd
    October 17, 2018 / 2:16 pm

    It looks like you had such a fabulous, fun filled day out!

  2. Rebecca Whatmore
    October 17, 2018 / 4:05 pm

    It’s a great day out – full of excitement!

  3. Lisa Hall
    October 17, 2018 / 5:20 pm

    We love Diggerland Durham

  4. Margaret Gallagher
    October 17, 2018 / 6:20 pm

    Amazing place – great fun for all the family

  5. Samantha O'D
    October 17, 2018 / 7:11 pm

    Looks so fun, we are planning a visit to the Yorkshire one soon

  6. paula cheadle
    October 17, 2018 / 10:21 pm

    my grandkids would love this place

  7. ellie spider
    October 17, 2018 / 11:44 pm

    this looks a great place to visit

  8. Sandra Fortune
    October 18, 2018 / 10:18 am

    Bet that was a fab day out love the pics of baba . Driving the digger is fab

  9. Priscilla Stubbs
    October 18, 2018 / 10:57 am

    That looks like a great day out. Unfortunately we live too far away

  10. Hayley Todd
    October 20, 2018 / 5:50 pm

    This looks like such a fun day out! I never realised there was so much to see and do, just such a shame we live such a long way away.

  11. Rebecca Whatmore
    October 20, 2018 / 7:26 pm

    Can’t beat Diggerland for a fun day out!

  12. Susan B
    October 21, 2018 / 1:45 am

    Another really helpful review. Thank you. It’s good to know there is more to do than diggers.

  13. paula cheadle
    October 21, 2018 / 9:41 am

    looks like you all had a wonderful time

  14. Jeanette Leighton
    October 21, 2018 / 10:55 am

    Digger land looks great unfortunately it’s too far away for me to take my children

  15. tamara foster
    October 21, 2018 / 1:40 pm

    Would love to take the kids

  16. Theresa Thomas
    October 21, 2018 / 5:42 pm

    This looks like such a fun day out! I never been to digger land

  17. MARIA ROGERS
    October 21, 2018 / 6:22 pm

    Looks great fun for boys and girls of all ages!

  18. Sean eccles
    October 21, 2018 / 7:42 pm

    Looks like a great place will have to take the kids

  19. Ritchie
    October 21, 2018 / 8:02 pm

    Looks like great fun

  20. Lynn Neal
    October 21, 2018 / 8:25 pm

    Diggerland looks gret fun!

  21. Shelley Jessup
    October 21, 2018 / 8:32 pm

    Even I would enjoy this! I can’t wait till Evie is a little older & we can enjoy days out like this day out.

  22. Lynne O'Connor
    October 21, 2018 / 8:50 pm

    Sounds like it has greatly improved since I was last there. When we visited, nearly all the rides cost extra on top of the entrance fee

  23. Nigel Soper
    October 22, 2018 / 12:03 am

    A great idea of a place to go!

  24. Tracy Nixon
    October 22, 2018 / 4:09 am

    It looks like you had such a great day out!

  25. Carol Thomas
    October 22, 2018 / 4:30 pm

    Sounds a fantastic day to take our Grandchildren on

  26. Sharon Freemantl
    October 22, 2018 / 5:27 pm

    It looks a fabulous day out for both little boys and big boys ??

  27. Sarah Mcvicar
    October 23, 2018 / 9:44 am

    Looks like a fab place! Wish we had something like this in North Wales x

  28. Jean Cassell
    October 24, 2018 / 4:57 pm

    Those are the best photos I’ve seen of Diggerland, I didn’t realise there were so many rides.

  29. Nigel Soper
    October 24, 2018 / 5:38 pm

    Diggerland seems to have evolved a lot since the early days and seems to be much more fun now

  30. Jean Cassell
    October 26, 2018 / 11:18 am

    This is a place we’ll be taking our grandchildren to in the near future

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