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Duinrell Holiday Park Reviews
| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Sep 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Booked Independently |
| Submitted
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Mrs N A SMITH |
| Overall
Rating: |
5/10 |
| Comments: |
We have just returned from a week’s holiday in Duinrell and we were very disappointed. I can only describe it as a Little Britain - Butlins or Pontins style so if this is your thing then you will love it!
The Bad Points: Access. We took our own caravan as many people do but found there was no ‘waiting area’ in which to wait whilst checking in. We had to park in a very busy car park that was used by visitors to the theme park, which entailed manoeuvring barriers and negotiating a car and caravan around a very small area. A stressful task in itself and less than ideal in a caravan park!
Expensive. I found the pitches expensive compared to other Dutch sites and even though we had an XL Comfort caravan pitch, it was very small.
Noise! We were situated in Middenveld, which was a stones throw from the Pub and Shop and right behind the dustbins! Every evening there were youths congregating in this area doing what kids of that age do... drinking, shouting, swearing etc. We expected after 11pm 'quiet time' would be enforced but no, it was often 1am before we had quiet. Numerous complaints by other campers amounted to a half-hearted patrol by the security staff but they weren't asked to move or to be quiet. Now, please don't think I am a 'fuddy duddy' - I am only 37 and have 2 teenage girls myself but silent hours are silent hours and out of respect for everyone else on holiday, I feel this should be respected.
On-site. We found the majority of the reception staff were unhelpful, the campsite shop was very expensive though well used, as there was always long queues at the checkouts. The Buffet Restaurant was expensive, the food unpleasant.
The good points: The Irish Bar had a good atmosphere with a wonderful bowling alley though it was very busy and I can imagine during peak season would involve large queues in a very small area. The kids loved it!
The theme park itself has something for everyone and with unlimited free entry, definitely the highlight of the holiday. The water ride is highly recommended!
The Tiki Bad was impressive with very good slides though again, will be very busy during peak times.
So, to summarise, if you are going camping/caravanning abroad for the first time, want lots of on-site facilities and don’t mind a busy, noisy environment then you will like Duinrell. If however, you go on holiday to have some quiet family time, where people respect other guests then this is not the place for you! It honestly felt as if our caravan was right bang in the middle of the theme park!
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| Board Basis: |
Room Only |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Sep 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Expedia |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss S F Fogarty |
| Overall
Rating: |
10/10 |
| Comments: |
Duinrell Is An Excellent Resort For All Members Of The Family. You Will Never Get Bored And I Strongly Reccomend It To Anyone In Need Of A FUN Holiday!
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Keycamp |
| Submitted
By: |
joan100 |
| Overall
Rating: |
10/10 |
| Comments: |
Having stayed at Duinrell every year for the past four years you would think we like it, and your quite correct.
You must book with keycamp for the best price. If you go may or September you can have 3 weeks for about £450 per caravan. Thats for a Villa Grand with two bed rooms and two bathrooms. Sleeping 6. Including your ferry travel.
Euro camp is a lot deared for the same holiday. They charge per person.
We pay a little extra and go from Portsmouth. You have everything you need on site for children. You will have a gas barbi as well as all mod cons in caravan. All free. Never had trouble with noise at night. Maybe its to do with where the vans are sited. Each company as its own pitches.
The villiage is 5 mins away and you can find all you need from the shops and supermarkets. Dont forget to take your bags. They dont use plastic ones. I still shop in England with my Digros bag.
Beer is about £3 for a grate of 24. and you pay more on the deposit charge. Dont forget to take them back for refund.
Even have the umppa pa bands playing and you can sit on lovely benches and watch the world go by.
Our ages are from 12-64. ( I'm 62). Enjoy Duinrell as much as the 12 year old.
Going back in Sept 2008. looking forwards to it..can't wait.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Sep 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Canvas Holidays |
| Submitted
By: |
Mr C Henderson |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
My 3 yr old son and I travelled to Duinrell in Sept 2006 for a week - just after the schools had gone back.
We stayed in a mobile home, 2 bed/2 bathroom, booked through Canvas Holidays.
Cost of accomodation was around £200. We flew down with jet2.com from Manchester (early morning flight). Flight time was about an hour and cost was approx. £100.
We then took a train from Schiphol airport to Leiden and then from there a bus to Wassenaar. Ten minute walk from the bus stop to the campsite. A number of companies operate here including Keycamp and Eurocamp.
The weather was hot all the time we were there, had a great time. No problems with transport, accomodation or meals. I found that the dutch descended on the place at the weekend but during the week it was fairly quiet although, you will always encounter school organised trips around the fun and water parks.
Food, well when the little one demands chicken and mushroom, chinese it is then, there are two in town. Takeout if you wish.
I would definately recommend a visit especially if you have children, there's the water park, theme park rides etc.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Aug 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
eurocamp |
| Submitted
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Mrs G Van Den Berg |
| Overall
Rating: |
7/10 |
| Comments: |
Just returned from Holland after the wettest August in Holland for over 100 years! Stayed in Eurocamp caravan but booked through Eurocamp.NL as it was cheaper this way. My hubby is Dutch so we know all the tricks!
Campsite is brilliant for kids of all ages. Ours are teenagers and we have been on several day trips to Duinrell over the years but never camped there before. The tiki bath is free for 2 hours daily between 10am-2pm. The attraction park is also free on a daily basis. Bike hire is busy but worth queuing up for. We cycled into Leiden on day, all flat ground so not too difficult for novices. Den Haag is also worth a visit. We visited the Mauritshuis museum to see the Vermeer and Rembrandt paintings, including the amazing "Girl with a Pearl Earring", gorgeous.
Its worth walking into the town centre (5min) to one of the 3 supermarkets there, C1000, Aldi or Degros as they are slightly cheaper than the campsite supermarket. Avoid the buffet restaurant on site at all costs, its overpriced, of mediocre quality and the management are very rude. (We were told the wrong price by a waitress and when we questioned the bill they were rude and arrogant - we were very upset).
The Verona caravans by Eurocamp are fine, I'm not really cut out for camping so I’m not giddy with excitement about them but that's just me! Take warm PJ's as it gets chilly at night if there’s no heat wave!
There’s a great Greek restaurant called Olympia in Wassenaar that do the best Souvlaki ever.
There’s an "Irish" pub on site that's downstairs under the restaurants and supermarket. It's a bit grim to be honest but the kids love it.
All in all its a great site for kids but I wouldn’t like to go there for my main holiday.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Aug 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
eurocamp |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs Sa Drewett |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
We have 3 children aged 11,13 and 15. They all had a great holiday, and so did we. If you’re a big kid and young at heart, you will love the rides at duinrell, my favourite was the toboggan run. Swimming pool is good with lots more good rides. My only disappointment was that the outside pool wasn't open due to bad weather, so not that good if you just want a swim.
If you hire bikes after 12 o clock, you can keep bikes until 4 o clock next day. Would recommend cycling to Leden, ( super market on Saturday, very pretty lots of canals) Cycle path all the way to town centre, took us about 40 minutes. If you choose to go on a boat tour, don’t go on a boat with a glass top, as it restricts your view.
Children enjoyed high robes course and archery which is at the adventure centre in the amusement park, was very good value and staff very friendly and helpful.
Wasanaar village is only ten minutes walk from site and is quite quaint.
Beach at wasanaar is beautiful, we cycled there (cycle path all the way) which took about 20 minutes, but there is a bus.
Duinrell is a great place, my husband loved it as he didn’t have to drive the car all week.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Jul 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Keycamp |
| Submitted
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Ms K Boitz |
| Overall
Rating: |
Not Specified |
| Comments: |
Just returned from 2 week holiday at Duinrell. What a great place for kids!!. Quite safe to let my 10 & 12 year olds go off to do own thing. Although theme park closes at 6pm, there are 2 great play parks, one for younger kids & one for older kids with unusual play equipment. Here is some useful info that I could have done with before traveling (I found out the hard way) :
Swimming pool is great but changing facilities are very cramped. We found it best to get changed before going swimming. Small children/babies are not allowed in the pool without armbands on, even if being carried by an adult. You can't go out of indoor pool if you have forgotten something once issued with a ticket & buggies can't be taken inside & must be left in the buggy store outside. Don't throw away your entry ticket after swimming as you need to reinsert it to get out again.
The on site supermarket has all you need & is open 7 days a week till 8pm & is not too expensive. Remember all plastic & glass bottles have a deposit on them and can be returned into machine in supermarket for a voucher. Credit cards are not accepted on site at all. The other shops in the theme park seem to be reasonably priced & sell a variety of things such as gifts, swimsuits, water toys, sweets, flip flops etc. You can pick up snacks at coin operated booth for 1.5 euros. There is a supermarket 5 minutes walk from site in centre of Wassenaar which is open till 8pm most nights & an Aldi 10 minutes walk away.
Launderette is reasonably priced at 4 euros a wash. Dryer takes 1 euros and iron 50 cents.
If taking a baby with you, remember to take a set of reins as no highchairs appear to have any restraints fitted. Most public toilets charge for you to use them even to change baby's nappy.
Days out can be quite expensive as children are often charged at an adult rate from about age 10.
We stayed in a bungalow tent and found this to be satisfactory even with a baby but we were lucky to have some shade. Most of the tents had no shade at all and we arrived in the middle of an extreme heat wave.
Be prepared for the kids to get very dirty as the site is very sandy. There are no really large areas of grass to play ball games etc by the bungalow tents.
Bike hire is a must. You pay 5 euro deposit each time you hire. There is usually a long wait & we waited for 40 minutes one time only to get to end of queue & there were no kid's bikes left.
I have no complaints at all about my experience at Duinrell. I know that many people have complained about the noise at night. True, it is not the site to go to if you like peace and quiet. However, we were all so tired by night that the noise didn't really trouble us. Hope this is helpful.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Apr 2006 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Sun Holidays |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs C.A. Dempsey |
| Overall
Rating: |
9/10 |
| Comments: |
Excellent customer care by the representatives. Nothing was too much trouble. Wish we had taken our grandson with us. He would have loved the site. Plenty to do for the youngsters, it would have been hard to pull him away from the site.
The town of Wassenaar was lovely and the people very friendly. The site itself was kept very clean and tidy. The caravan we had was clean and apart from the door deciding to come apart everything else was as it should be. Useful to have a separate toilet and bathroom.
We loved the ducks that frequented our doorstep as soon as we woke up for the daily breakfast.
No complaints at all.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Sep 2005 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Booked Independently |
| Submitted
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Mrs J Hardy |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
Brilliant site weather in September very mild much the same as England, tour reps very efficient, however due to trouble earlier in the year on arrival we were told that entertainment by the tour reps was nil. And if you are placed at the front of the camp to expect some noise from delivery lorries from 5.30 in the morning.
Noise which was requested by the campsite to be kept to a minimum after 11.00pm was disregarded especially by larger groups of teenagers who also tended to congregate in certain areas of the camp.
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
May 2005 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Key Camp |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs T Weeks |
| Overall
Rating: |
10/10 |
| Comments: |
This is a fabulous family holiday. Depending on how you book you can bring your own tenant/campervan, stay in a site tent, varying degrees of comfort caravan or in Duinrells very own Duinhostel or one of the Duingalows. Included in the cost of your holiday is the theme part suitable for the hyperactive toddler right upto your beer swilling teenage son. The pool is excellant with plenty of slides to thrill the family adrenaline junkie. For the more athletic, there is an adventure type thing where you can do archery and climb through the trees on ropes. The local town of Wassenaar is literally across the road with an Aldi and the local high street supermarket and a market on a Tuesday,so you dont have to pay over the odds at the site convenience store if you dont want to. Because this is a family site, the entertainment is mostly during the day so there is nothing to do at night except go to the Irish Bar in Kikkertuin, so you can drop in on your neighbours for a few drinks and a laugh at night which after the day you'll probably have is all you'll be fit for anyway! We've stayed in a 6 berth tent, two different caravant types and are going back this year to stay in a Duingalow, cant wait!
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| Board Basis: |
Self Catering |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Apr 2004 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Keycamp |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss A Jones |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
This site is amazing. It is great for a holiday with young or teenage children due to the theme park incorporated into the site, which has thrill rides and smaller amusements. Although the climate is very similar to the UK so if you are looking for sun I do not recommend this place.
Most of the holiday companies offer a two hour visit to the superb water park once a day. I recommend you take advantage of this and you also chose to visit in the morning as early as possible to avoid it being busy.
I recommend this site as a place to go for a short break at a half term and you won’t be disappointed.
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