West Midland Safari Park Anmeldelser 

Don't do it. What a horrendous experience. The drive through is absolutely rammed with no management of the traffic whatsoever. The right lane is suppose to continually flow but people just do what they like and stop anyway, totally grid locked like a traffic jam for 2 hours with no toilet available. You hardly see anything. Kids hated it.

The park itself is just a total rip off, wanting more money to go on some rubbish rides, several were shut anyway, as someone has mentioned already it seems the lodges are the priority and block alot of the areas to get a good look at the enclosures. You need to remortgage to afford a one night stay in one of them. Bet they make a fortune 😂 I've glad I've been the once so I know never go anywhere near the place again. Cheers!

Extremely rude and racist behaviour from the ticket officer, got complimentary tickets for not attending theme park and on arrival guy never accepted complimentary tickets and told me to purchase or go somewhere else. Absolutely ridiculous

The drive through was horrendous. 3 hours of two laned bumper to bumper stop and start traffic. Like the M25 on a bad day. 95% stationary 5% moving. We got about 15 minutes of quality viewing of the animals. The other 2hours 45 mins was just being stuck in a traffic jam. The rest of the park was good and the staff we encountered were very friendly and helpful.

Absolutely disgusting we booked on line and paid £94 for my family there safari and wrist band package.
When we got there the whole place looked tired and worn out but we didn't let that stop us.
Went went on the safari or should I saw spot the animal drive and was totally shocked at what wasn't there.
Apart from a few deer couple of rhinos and elephant there was 2 tigers 5 lions and 3 hyenas of a some giraffes certainly not a safari in my eyes.
A waste of 2 hours and all the traffic was ridiculous with no control or consideration.
When we went to the amusement park there system had failed and we didn't get our wristbands included in our purchase price the system had failed and didn't include them.
We were basically told unlucky and had to pay a further £37.
The staff there were terrible and had no customer service.
My son who had to wear a purple wristband could only go on 3 rides on his own because the height charts were all different.
On the log flume because my son had a purple wristband he could not go on but we showed the woman his height she said if we buy two more tokens he could go on.
I said does that mean he would have to take his purple wristband off she said no.
That said to me you cam do what you want if you pay more.
I would rate this place a minus 10 and that is being generous.
If I was you I would just put your money I. A pot and burn it you would get better satisfaction.
Simple answer don't go

Officially broke my Ribs on Monkey Mayhem, been liaising with West Midlands Safari Park, provided all documentation as proof.. their response below ( they clearly do NOT give a damn or have any care towards their customers) I would stay away from WMSP if I was you..

"Thank you for getting back to us with the photos, this has helped us locate the correct CCTV timestamps. We can see via the footage that you attended Monkey Mayhem at 4pm and after you had exited the ride, sat on the bench for a few minutes near the photo booth, before heading off into the Park.

We do clearly state on the ride information signage before you enter Monkey Mayhem: 'Caution Intense Ride'. The nature of the ride itself means that it can be fast, have sudden drops, shudders, twists and motions. We have had thousands of visitors on this ride but no incidents of this nature before.

Unfortunately, we are unable to establish that the injury was caused by the ride and are not able to accept liability for you injury at this time"

To see the Rhino ,Elephant's and Giraffe up so close was amazing , although the Hippo enclosure was not very good , the thing that spoilt the day for me was ,the aquarium is absolutely rubbish, you really do need to sort that out .

Disappointed is an understatement. I remember going as a child and it was great! I decided to take my family and it’s probably the worst place in the UK to ‘view’ animals. VIP cars and tour vans took priority over everyone else so when you got in to an enclosure you didn’t get to see anything as they were parked in front of the animals every time.

I felt very sorry for the animals as the park just seemed to be a massive traffic jam with a few zebras and rhinos. All those fumes surely can’t be good for them. I was shocked with the amount of cars that were allowed in at once and hardly any rangers about if anything were to happen. There was even a broken down car in the middle of it that was still there when we left… with the people in it still!

It didn’t get better in the park…. Completely run down, utterly filthy and the toilets were vile! No way did I change my baby in the changing cubicle it was absolutely disgusting. The toilets were covered in excrement and no cleaners in sight. The whole time I was walking around I felt dirty. Despite the signs advising to use hand sanitizer there actually was none when you eventually found a dispenser.

Then we come to the rides, only half filled so waiting times were longer. Workers having to give rides a push start! Most things closed due to be broken. Jesus the place is just falling to pieces and instead of putting money in to fixing rides, making better animal enclosures and generally keeping the place clean they are just making more of the safari lodges that cost you £1000 a night. It’s laughable and just shows this is a money grabbing establishment.

Would never go back. Annoyed that we wasted so much money going there and if you’ve had the same experience as us then don’t bother trying to get a refund as they don’t offer them.

Wish I'd brought a book, I was so bored, the drive through is a joke, 20 gates telling us to keep windows shut because of the dangerous few lions that where asleep and the deers looking things.. £16 for 3 cornets(cheaper inside) and saw a dozen animals as the rest where in hiding, more staff and empty fields than animals.
The giraffes where cool though.
Had more fun on the motorway here.
Would not recommend.

The park is looking very tired the animal reserve was awful hardly any animals at all just deer mainly all they seem interested in is the lodges the giraffes and elephants are all by them really was disappointing and we won't be returning the cost of food and drink is absolutely disgusting 50 pence for abit of sauce on a icecream 7 pound for 2 bottles of pop not even cold if this park wants to continue it needs to spend some money on it get some animals and improve the whole experience they certainly make enough money

Where to start?

- They increase the prices without warning.

- We arrived at the time we had booked, but the queue was so huge it took 45 minutes to just get in the gate.

- The place was packed. There were 2 lanes of traffic all the way around the park which were crammed full of cars. It was basically like paying to sit in a traffic jam for 4 hours.

- The safari park was so overbooked and with no stops for refreshments my four year old child had to pee in a carrier bag.

- On the occasion you got to see an animal up close then you can guarantee a minibus would be in front of you and block the view.

- Aside from the rhinos and giraffes which could easily be seen due to their size, all other animals were hard to see because of the overwhelming number of cars.

- The manually operated gates will close with no warning, and they damaged our car. What’s worse is that customer services will shirk responsibility because the “light was red”, even though there is no time between it changing from green and the gate quickly closing and striking your car! Imagine if level crossing barriers just turned red and immediately a train comes barrelling across.

- The driving tour took so long that we had barely any time to see the park attractions before it closed. Made even worse by…

- Queuing up for an ice cream for 35 minutes even though there were only 3 people in the queue while the world’s slowest kid dishes out ice cream like he’s trapped in a time warp.

- The food was all run out. Everything I asked for was gone, all that was left was chips.

- The elephants are caged away and can barely be seen.

+ The giraffes are beautiful and they come right up to the car.

+ The sea lion show was great.

I have been twice and both times stayed at the lodge. The family enjoy the experience very much. The second time was slightly more disappointing as we were told the animal feed was not free anymore; we managed to get them for free as we informed them we are staying at the lodge. The park is overall overpriced.

The lodge wasn’t cheap but was worth it for the experience (rhinos and giraffes lodges); however, the soft touches are lacking ie no facial tissues provided, mirrors were hung too high or low, faulty blinds, slightly stale bread and difficult to flush toilet.

Overall a good experience but can much improvements needed.

Very disappointed with our visit for my daughter's 7th birthday. The staff are very rude have no compassion for families with making a complaint.
Return ticket is a scam you cannot select your dates to return back.
When we arrived at the park entry prices had changed in price and the reception lady said it happens all the time prices change constantly. Another family coming behind had the same issues.
The safari drive was poor not many animals to see. The elephants and giraffe's was caged in around the house they build as a money earner which is disgusting prices to stay.
Most of the rides was not working and wasn't advertised they was not in use after paying extra for wrist bands .Disappointed with the place won't be returning. Chessington is a much better zoo for the same price.

Sadly my review aint the best for this place been here several times and its never been positive the park itself looks run down and depressing they make out its all about poor funding but its poor management,cost of a meal here is extortionate and very hard a normal family to afford even a drink of coke or pepsi is £4.50 and after paying £11.90 for a meal your landed with 50p charge for a tiny ketchup sachet its a bit wrong really and as for the park staff moral is miserable you can see none of them are really happy to be at work this place needs serious attention and so does the facilities for the wild animals i try be positive but theres nothing positive here just a place to take money and god knows what there doing with it all

I returned after 10 years to show my grandbabies the fantastic WMSP that myself and my children gre up with.. What a disappointment!!!! What use to take 2 hours to get around took 20 mins. Animals look thin and unloved there was very few about to see let alone interact with. Lots of fencing has been put up so its more like a very unkept zoo than a SP. They sell you animal food but loads of "don't feed" signs so came back with the 2 boxed we bought. The structures are old and unkept, focus seems to be on the lodges and fencing animals around them. It use to be such a beautiful well kept and loved safari park, it makes you cry to see it and what animals are left. Fair was fine it was a fair, the smaller animal enclosers and viewing galleries again dirty, unkept and grotty with thin, unhealthy looking species in them. SHAME ON YOU, owners are more money lovers running the place than the old animal lovers that use to be.

We’ve been a few times and it has always been a lovely day out- but now, less animals to see and it was utterly disappointing. The drive-in safari had noticeable scarce animals, the vibe of the entire park was just sad and the staff were not enthusiastic at all. We’ve always looked forward to visiting, but after today, we won’t be coming back. We miss the times of being able to drive to the safari anytime and return anytime for a second change to see animals. The lions have significantly dwindled down, even the camels. They used to be plenty! It was just a sad experience altogether. And the new rule of changed safari entry times to 1230 is quite unreasonable. 🥲

I'd give them zero if I could!! This is just a concise version of a few weeks of complaining. I booked a lion lodge on the first night they opened last July for my fathers birthday and had a fantastic time, except for the food in the lodges and the length of time it takes to get round the safari drive, but still left a fantastic review. How misguided was I! This place is fine as long as nothing goes wrong. We have been coming to the safari park since it opened, at least 2 or 3 times a year but that has all been brought to a severe halt. I'd even left a lot of money in my will for them and have now removed the donation, that's how annoyed I am. I booked a lion lodge again last Xmas for this July as a treat for Dad's birthday. As soon as I booked it I emailed the park to request the same lodge as last year and got an abrupt reply saying that we couldn't request a lodge as they are automatically allocated by a computer on the day of arrival. I tried to call to speak to someone about it but that's impossible. Everything is done by email so they can hide behind a screen. The emails were pinging back and forward. I asked if I could speak to someone to complain, no you can't. I asked if they could pass my request onto a manager and got a reply from the same person saying nothing could be done. So, in my head, I'm already not looking forward to our visit in July. Fast forward to 9 weeks and 5 days before our arrival and I have to cancel our trip due to my Dad needing 24hr care. Guess what!! I was 2 days short of the 10 weeks cancellation notice and have only been given 50% refund instead of 90%. The night cost £830 and instead of receiving £747 they refunded £415 which means I have lost £332. Yet again, emails backwards and forwards but all they say is "you signed the T&C's when you made the booking so tough etc etc". I understand that if the lodge isn't re-sold they would be out of pocket but less than a week later I received a generic sales email about the lodges and checked our date and found they have already re-sold the lodge. So, yet another email was sent to them asking for the balance to be repaid to me as they have now made at least £1162 for the night and a week later have received a reply saying "Thank you for getting back in touch. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer any further refunds on this occasion. The T&C's for our refund policy is clear. We can see that your 50% refund was actioned as agreed and accepted and we now consider this matter closed. We apologise for any disappointment caused". I didn't agree and accept the 50% refund, it certainly wasn't for the want of trying to get 90%. This place is farcical. There is zero customer care. There's nowhere to complain to which is disgusting in this day and age. If you want to stay at anywhere with animals, I can highly recommend the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent. You get SO much more for your money, and they employ absolutely fantastic people.

We booked to stay in one of the lodges 2 days ago. This was a special celebration for our 3 year old daughter to enjoy. However unexpectedly, my husband who works in the military was contacted and told he would be deployed overseas by the date of our visit. I phoned safari lodges and asked if we could move our date to one when my husband would be in the country, they said they would accommodate this but would charge £100 admin fee. I asked if we could have a refund and they said it was an outright no. We were told that we needed to give 6 weeks notice for a refund, we only booked 2 weeks in advance so it's impossible to give them 6 weeks notice. I find it totally deplorable that they can treat serving personal who are going away to defend our country in such a way. The member of staff I spoke to was extremely unhelpful and rude. A £100 admin fee is ludicrous for changing a calander date. This organising seems utterly disrespectful and money grabbing. Would not recommend

Visited at least once a year for many years as always been a lovely day out. Went this week. And how it has changed. The theme park and walk through was good. However the safari....terrible. not only spent the 2hoyrs in traffic even though you now have to book a time slot. But can no longer feed most of the animals. Previously could feel giraffes zebras and camels. This is no longer allowed. We purchased 3 boxes of food but used 2 handfuls on the deers. That only animal can feed. Also zebras and giraffes were shut away so didn't even come near the vehicles. So disappointed and will never return again. It's an expensive day out for not seeing the animals.

Having visited many times over the years with our children and now grandchildren it was the first time we booked a time slot with the new booking system. I know today was the bank holiday weekend but by booking a time slot I thought it would stop everyone turning up at the same time, how wrong was I, an hour and a half in we hadnt even gone half way round and had to divert back to the exit as the grandchildren needed the toilet, total carnage never again!!!!!

I visited with my 4 children aged between 6-12. I couldn't pre book due to wanting to use my club card vouchers to pay which I was slightly concerned about but when I arrived a few minutes before 10am I headed straight for the ticket office and had no more than a 5 minute wait to get our tickets. The man on the counter was very polite and helpful, he booked us in for the next drive through slot available which was between 10:30 & 11am which was perfect as just enough time to pop to the toilets which are situated in the car park and are really well maintained. You can buy animal food and feed some of the animals which my children loved. All the animals seem to be well cared for and The lemurs have an amazing enclosure. The ride wrist bands were £12 each which I think was a very reasonable price for the amount of rides available. We didn't have to cue for anymore than a couple of minutes to get on to any rides either. The shops were expensive but no more so than any other tourist attraction. We would definitely visit again and would recommend to others.