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Hyde Park Winter Wonderland: General Discussion

I don’t think height has anything to do with the crushing; I think it’s relatively indiscriminate regardless of height. My shorter mum at 5’3” (160cm) certainly found it as much of a problem as I did. I think both of us found that aspect of it a big deal breaker.

I am surprised that some of you taller folks were even able to ride it, though; I seem to remember the cars being extremely tight in terms of legroom, and I seem to remember it having a 195cm (6’5”) maximum height restriction?

For reference, I’m 5’10” (178cm), so hardly astoundingly tall by any stretch.
 
I found the restraints tight and I'm certainly not tall! I actually just didn't find the coaster fun anyway, but that might have beem because it's the last thing I rode after being thouroughly rotated on one of the fast spinny flat rides.
 
Matt N said:
I don’t think height has anything to do with the crushing; I think it’s relatively indiscriminate regardless of height. My shorter mum at 5’3” (160cm) certainly found it as much of a problem as I did. I think both of us found that aspect of it a big deal breaker.

I am surprised that some of you taller folks were even able to ride it, though; I seem to remember the cars being extremely tight in terms of legroom, and I seem to remember it having a 195cm (6’5”) maximum height restriction?

For reference, I’m 5’10” (178cm), so hardly astoundingly tall by any stretch.
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It's a bit of a squeeze to get in the car but they don't really check your height.
 
I found WildMaus XXL a much better coaster.

I think olympia looping is held in such high regard just because of its sheer size and how it is moved around operationally. It's an absolute beast.

I ride it every year at Hyde Park, but it doesn't have the 'reride' factor other coasters do.
 
Funnily enough I was looking at the website earlier as my daughter asked at the weekend about going. They do have some new "packages" available this year, although I need to pin down a date we're going before looking at if these actually result in any savings compared to buying rides / skating / entry, etc individually

Packages & Passes – Winter Wonderland

Book a Winter Wonderland package to secure a 10% saving on our most popular attractions and unlock additional Ride & Game Credit on us. Only available online.
hydeparkwinterwonderland.com hydeparkwinterwonderland.com
 
Not been since 2021 so hopefully will get down this year as it'll be a +3 for me at least.

Just hate the fact you have to book as it really ruins the ability to decide to go last minute.
 
John_P said:
Not been since 2021 so hopefully will get down this year as it'll be a +3 for me at least.

Just hate the fact you have to book as it really ruins the ability to decide to go last minute.
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Booking is annoying but it was getting silly busy before they added it. My issue is the price of it all now, you can't really expect to do many rides without spending much more than a usual theme park ticket.
 
sillyrooster said:
Booking is annoying but it was getting silly busy before they added it. My issue is the price of it all now, you can't really expect to do many rides without spending much more than a usual theme park ticket.
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Even worse, I looked yesterday and there's a £1 booking fee even if you go when its 'free entry.'

On top of that if you start buying your ride tickets in advance there's individual booking fees for each of those.
 
It does feel like the costs at Winter Wonderland are quite high for what it offers rides-wise now. When I went 6 years ago, it was pricey, and it sounds like the event has only grown more expensive since.

Perhaps controversially, I can't say that Winter Wonderland is a hugely compelling visit prospect for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I went 6 years ago, but it's not somewhere I feel hugely incentivised to return to when I think about the price point versus the quality of rides on offer. I must admit I didn't overly rate Olympia Looping, and everything else coaster-wise there is some permutation of a wild mouse coaster, a ride type which I'm really not a big fan of at all. Outside of the coasters, I'm also not generally a great fan of flat rides, so there's not a huge amount at HPWW that appeals to me personally. I must say, though, that HangOver is very good!
 
Work peeps can't understand why I don't want to join them at WW. Apparently, "I've been on all those rides before, in Germany, for a quarter of the cost, and I have German beer on tap at home" isn't a valid answer.
 
Matt N said:
Perhaps controversially, I can't say that Winter Wonderland is a hugely compelling visit prospect for me.
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That’s not a controversial opinion. HPWW just seems like a big cash grab with everything designed to extract the maximum amount of money from you it can. When I visited Oktoberfest in Munich and saw what a proper event could be like it made me completely and utterly lose interest in ever making a visit to HPWW.
 
Daughters school is closed Friday 29 November for teacher training so decided to book then as hopefully quieter than a weekend. Went for the festive favourites package in the end, which includes free entry, Bar Ice, Ice skating, giant wheel and £22 game and ride credit each. Also bought tickets for the Ice slide. £140 in total and no idea how much I'll end up spending on F&B / additional rides.
 
My last visit, we went on a free entry slot, straight in, OL, the rare Mondial that showed up, couple of creds, HangOver, OL and then ran away. I certainly wouldn't bother eating or drinking inside.
 
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I'd be more interested if the ride line up changed a decent amount this year, but it seems largely the same as previous years, with a few small flat ride differences.
 
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