Fantasy Island, Skegness

I have been to fantasy Island a number of times we used to go on holiday to Butlins Skegness and Mapplethorpe when I was a child and this was always the first stop as when you drive into Butlins the roller coasters from Fantasy Island can be seen as they are that big and of course as a child I was excited to go and try them out. I also visited more recently with my husband and this is what I will base my review on. Rides Although Fantasy Island is open well in to the night the rides do close in the late evening as you would expect. The first thing that seemed strange to me is the rides seem to ... more

Travelling and Parking. Last week on the way home from Rand farm park we got lost with a phone sat nav that didn't want to work and guns and roses blasting out of the car sterio we found ourselves on the way to skegness instead of back to Grimsby and the time was around 5pm. I have never been to Skegness before so we decided since we're on the way anyway we may as well carry on and keep the fun day going. It didn't seem to take long to get there, after about half an hour we found ourselves on the sea front driving around seeing whats what. We ended up going down the high street where all the ... more

We have a static caravan at Skegness so when the weather is not good enough for the beach; we always have a walk into Ingoldmells and visit Fantasy Island. Location: Fantasy Island is centrally located in the centre of Ingoldmells on Sea Lane. It is about 5 minutes walk from the beach, and there are shops and other arcades right outside. Parking: Opposite the market there is a large car park, at a cost £5 all day and when you pay you have to enter your registration (so there is no swapping of tickets). If you go down Sea Lane a little further, there are lots of other smaller car parks which ... more