Pontins have they got any better?

scousebiatch25

I have just returned from Pontins Southport and most defo it has improved, i loved it and cant wait to go back. We stayed in popular 2 bed and for the £48 I paid it was fab:p

rich_shot2003

They are getting better but would say they need to have more for kids to do during the day but apart from that i would say things are looking up for Pontins now.

Also love the happy hour between 5pm and 7pm they do in the pub £1.90 a pint.

camNolliesMUMMY

We went to southport two years ago for four days me oh and ds1 for only £60 for the accomodation absolute bargain thought I'd find fault.....we had a great time lovely weather room nice and clean we will be trying some other sites as I keep getting offers by emails from £45 per apartment to0 £100 for four days

NewLifeAhead_2

So glad to find this thread, we are going to brean sands on 18th may, paid £39 and ive been worried itd be unbearable. Ill be posting a review when i get back! All i ask is clean and safe im not fussy.

Discodee

Billy-no-Money wrote: »

The Blackpool Pontin's has improved beyond all recognition....

We loved Blackpool. Went on its very last weekend and we drop by every year when we visit The Pleasure Beach. We take a photo outside each yr! Last yr they still had Nisa up with Zena Croc and Chuckles on the side!

Discodee

You get what you pay for, and Pontins is brill. It's our second home and we love it!!!!

Billy-no-Money

Discodee wrote: »

We loved Blackpool. Went on its very last weekend and we drop by every year when we visit The Pleasure Beach. We take a photo outside each yr! Last yr they still had Nisa up with Zena Croc and Chuckles on the side!

To add some balance to my earlier post - Pontins wasn't all bad - I booked a training course for work at their conference centre once, and the meals they provided really were rather good - unfortunately it appears they'd neglected some aspects of the camp (a visitor died of Legionnaire's disease after a holiday there shortly before it closed - hot water supplies contaminated and not kept hot enough) - but everything I've heard suggests they've since significantly improved their remaining sites.

Apparently they pulled out with next to no notice because the landowner wouldn't renew the lease (or charged an exhorbitant rent) - this happened mid-season, people who'd already booked had their holidays cancelled.

It was supposed to be redeveloped for housing but it's controversial and nothing's happened yet - after all, who'd want to live right at the end of an airport runway?

Discodee

Hi Billy. The food was delicious!! We normally frequent Prest'n and S'port but we had a couple of weekends at Blackpool and the food was great; couldn't fault it. In fact we went expecting school dinner type meals and were pleasantly surprised.

We were told that the owner of the land, who leased it to Pontins, had been offered a large sum of money by the airport for the land, so the owner had then significantly upped the lease price when it came up for renewal, meaning it was not financially viable for Pontins to renew it. (Esp given the fact that the following year they went into administration; they must have know things weren't good anyway)
I wondered how the airport would use the land, given there is a railway track running right across the adjoining land. I have been informed they want to extend the runways over the railway! Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, but it is sad to see it in such a state.
I did hear about something to do with legionnaires, but hey you hear of illnesses all over the place. We always go self catering at the other parks anyway. Our kids just love it. They're both teenagers but it's their favourite place!