I still haven't made the trip there but my friend Bec has just come back and here's her review:
Chime Long, Guangzhou
After hearing so
many great things about Chime Long, Guangzhou (http://www.chimelong.com/engroup/)
from some of our friends, we finally decided to find out for ourselves if Chime
Long was as good as everyone kept telling us. As I sit here writing this
review, I think back to the wonderful time we had at Chime Long and I can
honestly say that Chime Long is definitely worth the visit – it is truly a kids
dream location!
Chime Long is a
theme park resort located in Guangzhou, China. It consists of four parks in
total – safari, waterpark, crocodile and adventure park (rollercaosters) plus
an old style circus in the evening. From HK, the best way to get there is by
train from Hung Hom Station. It is a very pleasant 2hour train ride in a VIP
style train and tickets can be pre-booked at http://www.it3.mtr.com.hk/b2c/frmIndex.asp?strLang=Eng. From the train station in Guangzhou,
catch a taxi to Chime Long which should cost about 60RMB. I would suggest
taking a print out of the address from the website as we had trouble getting
the taxi driver to understand us.
The Chime Long Resort
is a five star resort and as a family of four, we stayed in the Hunter Room
which was large enough to cater for us. I booked the hotel direct and the
operator’s English was of a good standard. Each room contained a mini bar and
free wifi was available in the resort. The pool at the hotel was lovely and
when we were not at a theme park, we spent our time in the resort pool.
We spent three
nights, four days at the resort which was the right amount of time for us. With
a young family we were restricted by sleep times so we needed the extra time to
ensure we spent enough time at the theme parks. We booked our tickets for the
theme park at the hotel and the staff were extremely helpful ensuring that our
needs were met. We visited the water park (2 day ticket) and the safari park
and the kids had a great time at both.
I had heard
varying reports on the standard of food at the resort but we thought the
standard of food was very high. The room rate did not include breakfast and we
ate at the breakfast buffet each morning. The Unicorn Restaurant is a great
option for dinner with kids and the Butterfly Chinese Restaurant is worth a
visit as well. There is defiantly a shortage of western food but when in Rome….
Chime Long is
well worth a visit and is a dream holiday location for kids and adults alike!!
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