Pontins Blackpool

my room was dity & had mold growing in it

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Oh My God!!!!!!! Please please do not pay any attention to the bull[-] that people who have given this hellhole more than one out of ten. We only gave one as there is no facility to give minus 100 which would still be very generous. We have just returned home after 3 nights of living in total squalor with our 15 month old twin girls. The accomodation would not be out of place in Basra and the food is absolutely disgusting,even our babies turned their noses at it. Filthy filthy filthy is the best way of describing this place and the entertainment is none existent,and no we dont expect much to do for children of 15 months however we did notice 3 swings in the whole park and disgraceful tennis courts. Honestly please beleive us the people who gave this place any kind of decent review either must work for pontins or be mentally challenged which is a shame. We have as yet had no refund but we will!!!!!
We had to venture into Blackpool every day and night just to get a break from the smell and tedious of this resort. I would not wish this place on my worst enemy but however if you are a complete scruff who enjoys smelly disgusting rooms and want to make yourself obese on the slop they call food then get yourself along and fill yr boots but if you have any standards in life then do not even contemplate going anywhere near this cesspit. Oh and thanks for the fresh water with a hint of orange on a morning and charging us nearly 4 pound for 2 tiny cokes at tea time to help wash down the swill you served us xxxxxxx

1 reader found this review helpful

The appartment stank of long term, stale body odour with a hint of urine. The bedding, even though changed had marks that hadn't come out in the wash. The carpet was stained and had cigarette burns. The bathroom...ugh.. worn, stained bath, dubious stains in the toilet bowl, black mold behind the taps and on the tiles and cigarette burns on the side of the bath. Altogether a Hellhole!! If this was one of HM's prisons there would have been a revolt... by the prisoners... and a government enquiry! We had a full refund, but our weekend was ruined as it was "lighting up" night and there wasn't anywhere with a family room vacant so me, my husband, daughter, son and 3 grandchidren had to return home (another 5 hour journey) much to the utter disappointment of us all especially the kids. It was intended to be a celebration weekend for my wedding anniversary and turned out to be a total nightmare. I stupidly beieved the TV ads and the brochure blurb and was devastated by the complete state of neglect and dirty, dilapidated condition of the accomodation. My dog had better conditions in the local kennels we put her in to allow us to go to this awful place!

2 readers found this review helpful

If your thinking about going to this holiday camp. Please take it from me don't bother. The rooms are moldy smelly and most of them hadn't even been cleaned when we got them. The sheets had blood stains on them in one room and mold in another. I didn't want to risk the food once I had seen saw that I went and fot a full refund along with a lot of other people. I've never seen so many people asking for their money back. Horrible place please don't bother.

3 readers found this review helpful

oh my god how can people give this place a 10 it is dirty and i would say if you have booked cancel it, blackpool is lovely but pontins is horrible i'm sure i could find a prison cleaner and with better food there unhelpful and there is nothing to do unless you want to pay out all the time never ever would i stay here again

1 reader found this review helpful

pontins is a good place to go away for a nice family holiday as its in a safe environment... i have been going to pontins blackpool for most of my life and my mother has been going for 36 or more years and we all love it .. the past few years my friends have came with us and are always askin me when i am going back so that they can come..
the food is lovely and they cater well for children and vegetarians.
The entertainment is always good wether is a cabaret or the bluecoat show which are always amazing and as i have been going for so long i get to know the bluecoats! some of them i know quite well and keep in contact with..
but on thing is that the room are not always up to scratch but your only in there to sleep and wash and dress so what can u expect!! and there is not much to do for teenagers during the day but theres always plenty going on xxx
so untill you have been and tried it out for your self dont believe all what you hear because you will be surprised when you go and love it x

1 reader found this review helpful

This was our 4th time at Pontins Blackpool, it was a short 4 night break, we go abroad every year to 4/5 star hotels and have a short break in the school holidays to Pontins or haven.
Pontins Blackpool is great, we checked in at 4pm and were in our chalet by 4.20, it was basic but very clean, the food and entertainment is great, fab kids dances and shows and great all round entertainment, Ben Mills from X factor was brill, The Mad Hatters and the Harper Brothers wonderful and Blus Coat show really good and very professional. The venue for night entertainment does fill up fast and you have to get in early 6.30/7pm for a chance of a decent seat. Price at bar is no higher than any other holiday resort.
The camp is old and in need of some inprovements, gardens need attention some planting and bit of weed and feed on the lawns wouldnt go amiss but its clean and friendly, staff extremely helpful at all times.

the reason i am giving it a 3 rating is only because of the food. i stayed at the pontins holiday camp in blackpool. let me say it was a disgrace. where do i begin we payed £700 for two adults a 16 year old and a 5 year old. during the day there was nothing to do. the activities were pathetic and you never were comfertable leaving your child with the bluecoats who were not that professional. so after breakfast you were wondering what you would do til dinner. the evening entertainment was not that good. the bluecoats were crap to say the least. accomadation was poor. when you went for the evening entertainment you had to get in there early to get a table or you had no hope. pontins policy is you are not allowed to reserve tables perhaps they should police this policy. all in all the worst holiday of my life. we did win a free holiday back to a pontins holiday camp. i will not be going as i refuse to step foot back in pontins ever again

1 reader found this review helpful

My daughter and I usually go on the cheap sun holidays but as there is only two of us this still works out quite expensive especially when you have to add on food,entertainment passes etc,so I thought I would have a look on the internet to see what Pontins had to offer,I couldn't believe the price when I saw it so it took me a while to decide wether to book or not,needless to say I booked{£132 for 4 nights half board for two people}.I had a look at some reviews which were not a good rating and started wandering if I had done the right think or not.My fears were soon discarded when we turned up to the gates and two smiley bluecoats came straight over asking if we had been before then told us what to do and where to go,they had already had my 8 year old daughter in fits of laughter.
when it was time to check in we had a little queue to wait in but there was entertainment going on all the time,after being given our keys and shown where to go we set of to see our room,I was immediatley surprised the room was clean bigger than I expected, unfortunatley it did smell a bit smokey but we soon opened the windows and it didn't last long, the bathroom was also very clean.
one thing I would request is that they get some decent pillows they are a little flat.
food was fab loads of choice hot and fresh and you could go and get more if you wanted.
In some reviews people had said that the noise from the airport woke them at six in the morning the earliest we heard the airport and aircraft was eight in the morning which I think is quite acceptable and most of the time its small aircraft,only about 4-5 big planes a day that I noticed.
The overall decor does need a shake up but facilitys and entertainment were great,
I'm hoping to book for october half term,we had a great time.

My daughter and I usually go on the cheap sun holidays but as there is only two of us this still works out quite expensive especially when you have to add on food,entertainment passes etc,so I thought I would have a look on the internet to see what Pontins had to offer,I couldn't believe the price when I saw it so it took me a while to decide wether to book or not,needless to say I booked{£132 for 4 nights half board for two people}.I had a look at some reviews which were not a good rating and started wandering if I had done the right think or not.My fears were soon discarded when we turned up to the gates and two smiley bluecoats came straight over asking if we had been before then told us what to do and where to go,they had already had my 8 year old daughter in fits of laughter.
when it was time to check in we had a little queue to wait in but there was entertainment going on all the time,after being given our keys and shown where to go we set of to see our room,I was immediatley surprised the room was clean bigger than I expected, unfortunatley it did smell a bit smokey but we soon opened the windows and it didn't last long, the bathroom was also very clean.
one thing I would request is that they get some decent pillows they are a little flat.
food was fab loads of choice hot and fresh and you could go and get more if you wanted.
In some reviews people had said that the noise from the airport woke them at six in the morning the earliest we heard the airport and aircraft was eight in the morning which I think is quite acceptable and most of the time its small aircraft,only about 4-5 big planes a day that I noticed.
The overall decor does need a shake up but facilitys and entertainment were great,
I'm hoping to book for october half term,we had a great time.