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So, having enjoyed it so much last October, and still unable to fly abroad, we did it all again this February

We paid for premium dining which we really enjoyed. Plenty of choice of everything including fresh fruit. I hope that in the future they will consider adding more vegan options and marking their dishes as to what allergens they contain as I feel they're a bit behind the times with this. The staff were very helpful and friendly. One night there was not much choice for my pescatarian son so they cooked him some fish fingers which was great. It would be nice to see vegetarian/vegan burgers offered on the live cooking stations. The theme park was really well managed with them cleaning the rides after each ride, waltzers were shut the whole time we were there but everything else was open. The fairground was good but it was a shame that you had to pay so much for the go karts when everything else seems to be mostly included. It was hard for the children to understand that they could go on everything else as much as they wanted but not the go karts.We booked seaside apartments with a balcony and would do this again, the rooms have everything you need to have an enjoyable stay. The fridges are a tad small, although because we had a dining plan this didn't effect us much. The rooms are cosy and have enough space for everything you need, the rooms have heaters so you can control the temperature yourself. Brilliant from start to finish , just like we did before Covid, everywhere you went there was sanitising stations and masks must be worn everywhere under cover but not in fresh air situations. We booked a ground floor, 3 bedroom gold apartment and were impressed - and we are used to cruise holidays and 4 star hotel holidays around the world. We had another 3 bed good apartment, with the only criticism being that the electric hob had seen better days .

The pool - None of the jacuzzis worked outside or inside during our stay the wave pool no longer works and the blue slide only opened for two out of our four days! All of the shows that we attended were great for youngsters with singing and dancing. In terms of activities we did the Toddler Arts and Crafts session, the Balance Bikes (which had a small additional charge) and a session at Splashworld. We also really enjoyed the mini fairground and the play areas. The swimming pool is absolutely fantastic, it’s enormous with multiple sections with different attractions and slides. Our little girl loved the mini slides for toddlers and it’s the most fun she’s ever had at a swimming session. The fairground was good you could get on all the rides with very little waiting time even with the stringent cleaning in between goes and always an offer of hand sanitizer avalible to use. The explore animals is good but small and you have to stay in squares until the person in front of you moved all one way. We also did little tykes town which was ok but more like a playgroup than anything else and only one adult per child.Daily housekeeping was great and meant our beds were made, bins emptied and clean towels supplied etc. After having our holiday abroad cancelled we decided on something in the UK, we saw Butlins had excellent prices for 3 adults and we decided to go for it, and we're glad we did. Social distantancing hasn't been too bad either minus children but you can't blame them for that everything been so well organised it's felt completely safe and comfortable not felt busy at all. The shows have all been good even if you haven't booked we had no issues getting onto them even the most popular like the skyline gang ones we always managed to get in. The best shows for us were teddy goes to the zoo and the skyline gang ones, milkshake was ok show and teletubbies party was ok for what it was. It worked fine but looked shabby and rusty - come on butlins, for the price you pay for a good apartment, this aspect could be bettered.