It’s so wonderful that some of our attractions are finally able to open their doors again and Adventure Wonderland certainly have measures in place to safely welcome back customers big and small. You will need to book in advance and choose a morning or afternoon slot which ensures a smaller number of visitors on each session.

Although the soft play, bouncy castle, trampolines and Happydrome theatre are closed for the time being there is still plenty to do and the children wasted no time arguing which rides they were going to do first. Their favourites always include the ghostly galleon, battle boats, log flume, caterpillar ride, flying elephants, runaway train, teacups and the safari jeeps and we managed to do all of these in no time with a good run around in the outdoor play area too.

Our daughter adores ponies and I was thrilled to see that Shetland World was open. The staff were very welcoming and friendly and after a little pony grooming we paid for one lap of the field. We never get her to smile on the ponies because holding on is taken very seriously but we all know it’s one of the highlights of her day. 

I was quite pleased that everyone seemed to be taking social distancing seriously and there are markers on the floor of the ride queues to help and plenty of signage around the park aswell. I noticed quite a few times that a member of staff would sanitise the areas we would naturally touch on a ride and there was sanitising stations around the park for us to use regularly too. When the park closes for an hour between the 2 sessions the staff will undertake an intensive cleaning regime ready for the next arrivals.

If you are planning to eat while you are there then the café is offering ‘grab and go’ food options and there’s plenty of spaced out tables around the park to enjoy your food. You are of course welcome to bring a picnic too if you wish.

For a full list of open rides, admission prices and more information on the safety measures which have been put in place please visit Adventure Wonderland.

Any details mentioned re safety measures were correct at the time of writing and could change at any time with regards to government rules.

This is going to be a simple, quick and very sweet review to do.  Ordinarily I'm a pretty generous person, I'd share my last bit of food in the cupboards with someone who had none but this time mummy was being mean haha.  My husband and children have become completely incapable of doing anything for themselves lately so when The Bonbon Boys delivered a box of pick ‘n’ mix sweets early in the evening I hid it in the wardrobe and patiently waited for them all to bugger off to bed!

My main goal was to be able to get a photo without having my husband and kids flying around me like a swarm of bees but the downside was that I didn’t have anyone to share my excitement with when I opened the 9” pizza box to find a lovely hand written note and loads of sweets beautifully wrapped in tissue paper.

I quite enjoyed leisurely taking some photos whilst taste testing all my favourites one after another other until I hit sugar overload.  When morning came, I saw I had eaten quite a few already so I kept the box hidden and when the kids were good I’d squirrel a couple out the box and give it to them.  A couple of days later I felt guilty that Daddy hadn’t had any either but by now ¾ of the box were gone so I made him a little bag up with his favourites.  Everything went well until my husband found the box in the recycling bin and asked who the Bonbon Boys were and I had to tell him that they sent a very small selection of sweets for us to try (lie, complete lie)!

I felt the need to try pretty much all of them in there and found yummy jelly worms, strawberries, mushrooms, snails, shrimps, fried eggs, meerkats and sharks teeth.  Then there was some chocolate mice, big chunky jazzies and little chocolate eggs plus fizzy sweets like melons and ribbons, cola bottles, dummies, cables and of course bon bons.  There was so much variety with a little bit of everything so if you were to actually share it properly with your family then I’m sure you’ll all be very happy.

The Bonbon Boys was set up by 2 young lads with a passion for confectionary and they can deliver a classic and contemporary assortment plus a vegan option too.  Not only do they want to provide you with lots of sugary goodness for any occasion but they consider the environment too with their packaging which is fully recyclable or biodegradable, the stickers they use are vegan and the postcard inside is printed with vegetable based ink on recyclable paper.

They are able to post a box as a gift but they can also hand deliver direct to the door for free to any of the BH postcodes which are listed on the website.

There’s really nothing not to love about this sweet box.  I do hold a little guilt still, and of course far too many calories, but time and some exercise will help me get over it!

For more information on sweet box options and prices, please visit The Bonbon Boys.

Dorsetmums received a Bonbon Boys sweet box for the purpose of a review however all words and calories undertaken are my own.