Peppa Pig World

In mid-October, we made the drive down to the southern coast of England to visit Peppa Pig World. It's part of a larger amusement park called Paulton's Park, but we didn't venture much into the rest of Paulton's. It took about 2.5 hours to get there, so it was definitely a full day of activity. Kids under 1 meter tall are free, but many of the rides aren't for kids shorter than 900 cm. We lucked out that Charlotte is right between those heights! 

Our first ride of the day was a little ferris wheel called "Mrs Rabbit's Helicopters." Charlotte was not appreciative at all of waiting in line for a half hour -- but she didn't know what to expect or what she was really waiting for. We were worried at first that the whole day would be rough -- but she seemed to understand the concept after the first ride, and we didn't have to wait longer than about 15-20 minutes for any of the other rides. 

Paul and Charlotte about to get in line for the (non-Peppa-themed) tractor ride

She chose the British spec wheel! 

The best ride of the day was a big slide just outside the Peppa area, which only had about a 10 minute wait and was a blast. Charlotte LOVED it!!!

Other fun highlights included the Big Balloons, riding George's Dinosaurs, driving Daddy Pig's car, playing in the spaceship-themed soft-play area (where we had to closely supervise her, as she was getting a bit territorial with other kids), eating ice cream on a bench, waving to Peppa and George characters, riding the carousel, and walking through the Peppa "schoolhouse" and kitchen where animatronic pigs acted out a little scene involving pancakes :)

"big balloon, big balloon, higher than the sun and moooon"

Riding the Big Balloon ride

The Pig family in their kitchen

George's Dinosaur Adventure ride

Driving Daddy Pig's Car

The carousel

We ended up being at the park from around 10:30 am til 3:30 pm, when Charlotte was getting crabby and tired. It was a fairly uneventful ride home, minus some traffic around London (to be expected even on a Sunday). Charlotte napped for about 45 minutes of the ride home. It was a fun day out, and Charlotte seemed to really enjoy it.