Butlins Skegness

sweaty_betty

I've just booked a sun holiday at Skegness butlins. We've had to go half board which has upped the price a bit, so I'm wondering if it's worth trying to save money on things like the entertainment passes.

Can anyone tell me what's included in the entertainment pass (especially for 4 year old) and if it's worth it? Also, what's available to us on site without a pass?

Thanks!

Meftep

The one great thing about Butlins is the entertainment which is constant and ubiquitous. Butlins / Skeggy are rather dull if there is nothing much to do.

sweaty_betty

Yeah I thought as much!
Having not been to butlins for many years, I know there's the swimming pool, but what else is there suitable for under 5s?

lesalanos

I suppose really with an under 5 there's just

Soft play area,
Small kids rides ( think ladybirds, cars, tea cups , planes, trampolines)
Shows on the skyline stage ( the skyline gang hang out there who are 7 characters and a dog) who sing and dance
The puppet castle shows,
Billy bear, Barney, fireman sam, Angelina ballerina shows on stage
Arts and crafts, painting, making etc
Climbing play area
Going on to the beach
Depending on when you are going there will be other things on stage at night

All of that is free and will keep you busy and your little 1 entertained for a few weeks.

If needed you could take the entertainment passes off as I have never had mine checked

Pips_Mum

We went on a Sun Holiday to Butlins Skeggy last year with 2 under 5's they had an absolute blast, best Holiday I think we have had as a Family of 4.
The swimming pool is fantastic, think mine would have spent a week in there alone! There is a shallow wading pool so even my 2 year old was safe to play with supervision. The shows are all brilliant and on at various times during the day not just in the evenings then they do a meet and greet the Characters after most shows too.

We went Half Board too and it was very good value, we made sure we filled the kids juice bottles up each time just before we left then they could drink that rather than buying one. Also never had passes checked to be honest.

Sure you will have a brilliant time :-)

mnlaa

Hi we are going to butlins skegness on the sun holidays this july 2015 and we are thinking of not buying the entertainment passes as they are a bit pricey for a family of five , has anybody been in same situation please advise

londonpi

One thing to be aware of with the Skegness Butlins is that its not actually in Skegness, its about two and a half/three miles up the coast.

May not be an issue but thought it worth mentioning as we were surprised having visited the other ones.

It is walkable but maybe not with little ones.

Tigsteroonie

The softplay area at Butlins Skegness is the best I've seen on a holiday park for little children - so long as it hasn't rained. They have a bit of a damp/flooding issue :rotfl:

Not sure how Butlins react if you ask to take the entertainment passes off, would be interested to hear anybody's experience of phoning to ask them this.

Meftep

Skegness the town is rather tired and boring.

WelshKitty85

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Not sure how Butlins react if you ask to take the entertainment passes off, would be interested to hear anybody's experience of phoning to ask them this.

I have done this. They give you a scripted response that you won't be able to watch any of the shows etc without them but I said that was fine and they removed them no problems.

Traceyg

Meftep wrote: »

Skegness the town is rather tired and boring.

Skegness is like any other town in England and certainly better than Ingoldmells.

There is the seal sanctuary, a new aquarium opening, go kart racing, fun fair, soft plays. The best is Fairy Dell behind the boating lake, if it's nice weather the kids can play in the paddling area for a couple of hours.

My parents have a caravan in Skeggy and when we go down we get a day pass for Butlins as we like the pool. Never really been impressed with the arcade area and soft play (always looks very scruffy and could do with carpet replacing)