Adventure Island

My daughter loves visiting Adventure Island. It is very local to me and a fantastic day out with great value for money. There is so much for the children to go on you need to spend a whole day. I find the best time to go is when it first opens and off-peak. You don't have to queue and the park is quiet. The staff are friendly and always helpful.

The food can be a little expensive but we always take our own and have a little picnic on the sea wall just outside.

A fantastic day out for all the family.

I love this place...right on the beach and loads of rides, never seems to be much of a queue. My 7 year old was going on the same ride over and over with no waiting. If they are between 1m and 1.22m tall you can ride with them for free. Loads for little ones and older children. Staff v friendly. Def use tesco vouchers if you can.

A good all rounder for young ones , and rides for the older child too, wrist bands best value, but would be better if cheaper! Some rides were only available if you pay extra :(

Great Place to take the children, very expensive so, if you can purchase tickets through Tesco Club Cards or your local schools will sell tickets at discount prices or if you go after 6.00pm it is cheaper. A very fun day out!

This theme park is a nice day out, as it's close to the beach you can combine it with a day at the seaside.

Nice place to spend a couple of hours, right on the beach so can make a day of it without spending all day on rides.

Great for older children. Near the beach too, so you can relax there after a busy day at the theme park.

Living fairly close to Southend this is somewhere we visit a couple of times a year. The bands although seemingly quite pricey, you can use them all day leaving and entering the park if you wish so work out very good value. There are three wristbands you can buy depending on what age your child is and how tall they are. You can use Tesco clubcard vouchers to purchase tickets. Also you can purchase your tickets online before you go and save in the region of £ 2.00 - £ 3.00 a ticket. There are lots of rides suitable for all ages and in the past couple of years they have increased the amount of rides they have. Well worth going if you have never been.

I think this place is excellent value for money - especially the fact that you can ride with little ones free of charge. Also, spend all day if you like as you can come and go as you like.

We went to Adventure Island last year, we were only in Southend for a day so only spent a couple of hours in Adventure Island, there is a good variety of rdies for all ages, I didn't think it was great value for money but the children had a great time.

Mums - if you don't like amusement parks yourself, leave the DCs to enjoy the rides with DH and shop til you drop at Southend's brilliant shopping centre 2mins walk away

good day out for family fun for all ages. even a lot of night entertanment if you havent been then you should go

Situated on Southend seafront, next to the world's longest leisure pier, Adventure Island consists of 31 rides that are accessed by either wristbands or tickets, plus the dodgems and go-karts that are coin operated. It's excellent entertainment for people of all ages from children to grandparents.

A Super Saver Wristband - £18 - allows the wearer unlimited access on any of the 31 wristband rides

Tiny Tots Wristband - £12 - allows the wearer unlimited access on any of the 18 tiny tots rides.

A responsible person over the age of 14 also gets to accompany a Tiny tot under 1.2 metres free