Spider Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Looking for some advice here from the seasoned members. Fancy booking a little last minute trip to PortAventura (as I seem to be the only member not yet going), does anyone have any advice about the place. I'm particularly worried about crowd levels, as most of what I've read suggests this is a great park that becomes almost unbearable when it gets busy. Would be looking at going early to mid-June, which is a couple of weeks before Spanish schools break up, but will it still be rammed? Also, has anyone stayed in the official hotels? Are they any good? Can't see much to choose between them, but would prefer one that is a little more sedate. They all seem to be on incredibly cheap offers (seems to be showing me £186 for 2 nights for 2 people with park included?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Yo Spider, I went to PortAventura last June (the 12th-15th) and to be honest its a gamble on how busy it would be. When we arrived on the Tuesday, Shambhala and Khan were on one train operation and there was barely anyone in the park. On the Wednesday, Shambhala and Khan were on two trains and queues ranged from 10-30 minutes. On the Friday, the park was packed out with hour queues for the majority of the big rides. If you're staying in the hotels (which I'll get to in a second), the best bet is to get the fastpass package. Benin and I are going in September and we have fastpass included and whatever you pay is for the whole of your stay. We opted for the front row package as there are no proper front row queues at PortAventura. As for hotels, we stayed in the Western themed one and it was really nice and quite relaxed. There wasn't many small kids around as I think the family groups tended to go for the other hotels which are slightly cheaper. The Western hotel had an awesome view as well like this:- which for a coaster geek like me, kept me entertained for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Booked another two day trip to PA this morning. Going in October - can't wait to get back on Shambhala Marc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slendercat Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 My plans are for 18th to wmsp And 26th Thorpe Already been to towers in July and wmsp August 25th and Thorpe on August 31st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slendercat Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Oh and 31st this month going to terra mittica in benidorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I'm looking at planning a holiday to Portaventura, but every time I do, it tells me the onsite hotels aren't available! Does anyone have any good sites where I can look at booking an all inclusive holiday there for sometime next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Probably sites like Thomas Cook are your best bet for that... Salou is FULL of such hotels so you shouldn't struggle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Thanks Benin. I'm new to the whole "Booking a holiday" thing haha! I've always been involved in booking holidays, but my parents are the ones who paid, physically booked it etc! I thought Port Aventura might be a great place to go for my first holiday on my own with my girlfriend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Benin, can you remember roughly what you paid for your PortAventura trip? I remember looking at packages and thinking they were absurdly cheap, (I might be imagining it, but I swear I remember being quoted something like £90-100pp for 2 nights hotel and 3 days park tickets). I'm looking at packages for 2014 but just want to see if what I'm seeing is dramatically more than what I could be paying if I wait a while! I'm so bummed that I never booked that mini holiday last year now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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