Watermouth Castle Family Theme Park Vlog July 2021 

"Doesn't look very operationa-" famous last words

As a Dutchie, I have to admit: I'm a sucker for seemingly incoherent, weird stuff.

7:48 it's taken years of my life to find video evidence of this hunchback in the dungeon because I can remember being scared of it as a little lad so vividly. thank you theme park worldwide!

Captain Andy’s Revue was at Thorpe Park for years. Part of my childhood.

Always loved this place as a kid-especially the Mortier Water show.Was also scarred by that dungeon for a good few years as a youngun, don’t make many places like Watermouth!

Whenever we went on holiday to Devon, my family would always take me here. It was always fun!

2:02 I've Know This Audio Animatronics. It's The One From The Series 2 Episode Of Rosie And Jim The Original Series In 1990. Now That's Awesome. Thanks Mate. X

Wasn’t a troll Shaun ! That’s further round , that was a digging mole

With that voice you could be a transfer rep in majorca, So pulling away from Palma Airport, you'll notice that it's very hot today on majorca it's 1 million degrees so please keep hydrated, just sit back relax and we'll be down in Alcudia in around 40 minutes thankyouuuu

Thank you Shawn for your channel, its great to see these places when I can no longer leave my house. Its been great watching you and Charlotte such nice people. Thanks again keep on riding

What a cool and unique park! It’s great to see that the Magic Roundabout animatronics and Pink Panther signage from the ‘TV’s Family Favorites’ ride are still in good condition. Did you happen to catch the Flowerpot Men, Clangers and K-9 animatronics which are there as well?

Who remembers when Alton Towers had a fountain show just like this one?! Used to love it!

I live in Devon and never knew this existed! Definitely going now at some point. :)

Absolutely love such honest and fulfilling content like this. Seeing a park for the first time and giving it the publicity that it clearly deserves! Really enjoy passing a Sunday afternoon watching this Thank you for all Shaun! Great to see

My mum and dad took me here when I was a kid thanks for some great memories Shawn

Next time your up in North Yorkshire you should go to fobidon Valley as the first bit of the vlog reminds me of there and I think u will enjoy it

27:21 Oh my God, it's Cap'n Andy!!! They had him at Thorpe Park in the 80s and 90s and he was such a huge part of my childhood. This place just gets better and better!

Ello! So this is my favourite place in the world, I can tell you one thing about those houses you wondered about as you walked past them on the enchanted walk. Those weren't always there, they went up some time in the 90s iirc - so I assume they're where the Haines' who own the castle live, now they're all grown and have their own families and so might have overrun the living space left in the castle itself. I don't know for sure, this is all guesswork, but those houses didn't use to be there, I remember that!

The dark ride scene on the snail ride used to be based at Watermouth Castle’s (now defunct) sister park, Once Upon A Time, but instead of teddy bears, it was The Smurfs! Exactly the same set up, but they’ve just replaced the figures with teddy bears! The smurf dark ride was on a similar train layout but as you rode on the outside section you would be greeted by characters from The Wind in the Willows!

This place looks great and I especially love that they have the attraction that used to be known as Cap’n Andys revue from Thorpe.

This is my type of park: the quirkiness and craftsmanship is awesome! I wish we had some places like this in the US (maybe we do but I don't know of them). If anyone knows of some, I would love to find out😊

The list of places I want to go grows longer every time I watch a video of yours

Fun fact about that scary crocodile animatronic at 16:58! It has an infamous reputation online for triggering ‘submechanophobia’ - the fear of submerged man-made objects and machinery. Another classic example is a similar, though much larger animatronic of a mythical creature called a Bunyip in Australia.

It’s amazing to see how the boat ride jungle has grown and developed since it first opened in the early 2000s, where the plants were barely the size they are!

this place looks amazing , creepy as well.

I haven't been to watermouth castle since my kids were younger, thank you for bringing back so many wonderful memories

Great to see you in Devon having fun Devon is amazing to live in xxx with the sea fronts and beach’s

Nice to see this place hasn’t changed from when I went as a kid. Equal parts innocent and absolutely terrifying.

Had never heard of this place, I’m going to Devon in August I’ll give this place a visit for sure. Great video Shawn. Don’t know if you have been but I was in shoreham today and there was quite a big fun fair, I would love to see a vlog down there.

i was terrified of this place as a kid. it’s not hard to see why 😂😂😳

Watermouth Castle was always a favourite day out when I was a kid. I took my niece and nephew there a couple of years ago and they loved it too!

What a cool place so much to see the vacuum museum definitely doesn't suck! 😁👍

I always take the way out of the dungeons I cant go through them as little things make me scared rlly easily

oh this is that one place with that submechanophobia crocodile!

My friend,living in EXETER [SOUTH DEVON] I'd always Believed I knew Everything about North Devon, it's a place that's SPIRITUAL Place to me. I feel In-love back in late 80's & early 90's when my friends & i did Surfing. Now you've shown me this Beautiful place. It's THANKS to guys like you who show us like. Even people who live near people.

This video has unlocked a memory for me! I clicked on it having no idea where it was and as soon as you went into the dungeon I remember going there as a child on my family trip to Devon years and years ago! I always wondered where it was I went on a toboggan ride as a child and now I know!

Some the animatronics on the boat ride look like they came from the dunfunct Jungle Palladium show at Drayton Manor, or at least they're the same models

Shawn this was so lovely, what a beautiful theme park. Of course my favourite bit was “he doesn’t look very operational ……… arrgghhhh!”

Where is Charlotte? Amazing vid though mate!

Such a fantastic video … what an amazing place Shawn .. would really love to visit with my family if we get the chance 🙂

Cool! Watermouth Castle Family Theme Park is a great Park! Especially it has a great castle!

25:25 honestly made me laugh so much, it took you by surprise! This place looks absolutely amazing.

Glad you enjoyed you’re time with us! Was lovely meeting you☺️ - the operator on Snails

Hello Shawn, this was a great Vlog and it's great to see the very different and decent heritage of the Watermouth Castle Family Theme Park throughout. Thank you for giving us a great commentary, it's much appreciated. Cheers Peter :) p.s. thank you for sharing us your experience, I am glad you had a good time.

Hi Shawn just to say where the house with the big garden fork there was an animatronic plant pot show! Loved the vlog keep it up😄

Nice to see watermouth castle open again. I enjoy watching the mortier organ with the water show and decap organ with the robots.

Another good and interesting park I never knew existed, yeah agree a family coaster could be a next up investment? Hopefully this is something that is added in future? Will have to wait & see if that is something they will add in & have added in since visiting? Toboggan I would say was the same length or similar length to Chatham Ski Centre?? If not, that one in Medway is a bit longer? Not really sure to be honest? But yeah a good selection of rides here, but yeah a coaster ideal for families would be ideal 100%. Cheers and look forward for more park vlogs soon & in future. 😀👍

I visited here when I was about 7...I really enjoyed it and jt is so nice to watch this video gives me quite a big throwback... loving the content

I found this by accident on one holiday and I've got to say, I absolutely love this place so much, its so absolutely janky and bonkers and hilarious and terrifying. Its unique and Im so happy that you gave it a bigger platform cus this place is number 1 for weird attractions.

We've got some really amazing hidden quirky parks near us lurking around Essex, this park looks so awesomely adventurous well themed with Alice in wonderland and Edward scissor hands combined this extraordinary unique park looks like it's got huge potential which is designated for families, the theme park itself seems totally underrated,

Hi Shawn love your videos so awesome

Brilliant place to go! We thought it will be a good couple of hour we ended up spending the whole day! Got to go back to check out the new additions.

Great little park, rather quirky but beautiful grounds. We’ve had many happy days out here when the kids were younger. Toboggan is great fun!

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That's where it ended up, captain Andy show, used to run on tape and compressed air, then got changed to a pc software called showcad, great price of kit. Miss the original Thope Park. Enjoyed working there..

Blimey goes back to my childhood Devon holidays nothing has changed ! So lush to experience it again with you and how everything is in so good condition too!

Hm it's kinda a shame with the condition of captain Andys rivertown revue. They were originally from America, then Thorpe Park and then of course watermouth Castle. Used to be a huuuge stage it looks from the limited footage that's around. I like how they've kept them all together but they run on such a low air pressure that they barely move. Back in the day it seemed there was a lot of life in them. And also they only run that one show and the programming may be lacking too. It's cool that at least they look good though!

It's been top weather for visiting place like this! Love it

Been their twice,one of the best places in Devon to visit , its got something for old and young alike, and for a great day out its perfect for all the family.😎👍

hi im your biggest fan i was the one to send you the oakwood park video!

I loved this vlog sean, youve found a gem. I didnt know about this place. I would go just for the gardens and history. I dont know Devon that well where is the nearest big town to it?

Wow, what a hidden gem. 💙 When you said it was a combination of a load of your interests - I was thinking the exact same thing! I could probably spend the whole day just pottering around the museum. I'd have to give myself a second day for the park. 😅 Blackgang Chine used to have its own little museum like the section seen at 8:10 (much bigger than the tiny landslide/whale exhibit they have now) and I was gutted when they closed the doors. 😞

Hey Shaun! I know it's a massive ask but could you come down to flamingo park in Hastings?? It has one coaster which spins and also other great rides!

Hey there Shawn nearly my birthday I’m gonna be 17 years old so my hobby is Lego sets and theme parks as well so 17 years I’ve been loving theme parks Lego sets I’ve been watching your Channel since 2012 your channel has started I love you Shawn and Charlotte xx

I remember we went to Watermouth Castle a few years ago with Denbon after he was watching lots of videos of it and there was a video of the dungeon and the first bit with the fairytales were ok and the bit with the shops but there was a really creepy bit at the end. He waa talking to us about how excited he was to go and see Gulliver and the Gingerbread Man. We arrived and walked into the robot band room and everything looked really tiny and more dim in every room. It was almost like walking through a toy dolls house. It was loud in the robot room so we walked into the kitchen where there was a lady at the table cooking and there was nobody else in there. We were walking around talking about everything and it was all coming together from when we last went. We walked through a room with newspaper on the wall which i had seen on the video i watched. Then we were back in the great hall which was weird as i thought there was another room. I also remember from when i went the time before, there was a room with curtains that we walked through twice. Then we went in the railway room that i remember from the first time we came and i was trying to get past lots of people to have a look. We walked into the next room which i can remember and there was a man sat with his headohones on. He started to move when i walked in and there was nobody else in there as we were first in. We walked through the other rooms that i can remember walking through the first time but i could not find the room with the curtains. I thought that there was more rooms but i saw in the bext room a sign on the wall pointing down saying " Dungeons". Denbon was getting quite anxious when we saw that but he was trying to get downstairs. We walked downstairs and Denbon got excited as we could hear the music on Gulliver. We saw a door at the bottom of the stairs and Denbon started to panic about that really creepy bit at the end. We walked in and saw Gulliver but he looked way bigger than he did on the video. I asked Denbon who that was and shouted Gulliver and then was having a panic attack whilst trying to find the way out as i thought the last time we came, it was as soon as we came through the door. Then, the light went out on Gulliver and he screamed as he thought the light stayed on the whole time and i was saying how creepy it was but i pressed it again. He thought that when the light went out, you had to keep on going through and he didn't want to go through that really creepy bit at the end. We walked round the corner and saw a sign saying this way for all things spooky. He was almost in tears as we saw Hansel and Gretel and i pointed it out that the gingerbread man was over there but he was just having so much of a panic attack that he went straight out the door. He explained to me once he calmed down that he was scared of that really creepy bit at the end but when we came out the door, we saw people walking out the exit door already. We later tried to go back in again but it was all quiet in there and i saw the banner saying Hansel and Gretel in the door that was dark that the gingerbread man was in. I told him when he was freaking out again that we can just press the light on Gulliver but he ran back outside. It was the funniest thing ever.

Love the vlog and model railway. Absolutely hate the wax work figures

Stayed there in one of the onsite cottages with my 3yo a few years ago. Has an on site swimming pool for guests too. Cheap as chips for 7 nights 3 beds. Also can use the park after hours, not the manned rides obvz

Fountain show absolutely stunning incredible

I am going there tomorrow with my cousins who I haven’t seen for ages, I am super excited, especially after watching this video! I think you should do another video here as they have updated it by removing the snail ride and adding new ones!

Such a beautiful and unique theme park that so many people haven’t heard about purely because it doesn’t have any thrill rides or coasters !!! Reminds me of Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight

It reminds me of black gang chine with all the weird and quirky stuff

Resident evil location Bet its well creepy at night The voodoo baby in the pram Sim to yesterdays world

Oh wow this looks amazing I love the views and everything there is amazing

It's so nice to see the walkthrough attractions havent changed a bit since I was little. Love this place. i don't believe the boat ride was there when I was a kid though. It looks great.

great vlog shawn

Really want to go now with my family! Love what you are doing with the smaller places and showing them off to people who didn't know about these places!!

Just stumbled upon this video again. I was the girl working on the toboggan along with my boyfriend who gave you the special tour ❤😂

So happy you visited here after I recommend to you after your Devon and Cornwall road trip last year. Water mouth had a tough 2 years as they weren't allowed to open in 2020. All the work on the gardens, Castle and rides are all done in house and all profits go on adding to the collection and towards new attractions. As people have said Captain Andy's was at Thorpe park but the boat ride figures were in the African Tiki Show at Windsor saferi park. The boat ride itself and props around the park were from a boat ride that was at Cricket St Thomas during the Mr blobby days.

I remember going to watermouth castle when I was younger I remember going down to the dungeon area pretty creepy and also the haunted vault as I do remember seeing like a dark alley way or tunnel where there large skeleton Monster peeking from behind the corner then slowly went back behind the corner I remember really good back then with gnome land with the troll and the gnome pulling a mole or some creature as well I remember both the fountain show as well as the snake slide really good miss the good old days.?

Is That Watermouth Castle I’ve been there before.

17:05 terrifying. doesn’t help my phobia 😂

As myself, I have a very bad fear of Animatronics! My family wants to go but I am dead afraid. 😂

Hi, i love your videos! ❤️ I was wondering if you could go to lyme regis in Dorset. It might be a lot to ask but i would really appreciate if you did. 😁

There’s creepy stuff there isn’t there like the little creepy dolls and that

That’s the weirdest park I’ve seen in a whilr

This park looks amazing.

Wow what an amazing place. I have never heard of it. Great video as well.

Remember there being a water fountain show at Alton Towers

This was my childhood. I was terrified of the singing robots 💀 If you’ve been there you might remember the little puppet show in the arcade room thung

This looks incredible! I am supposed to be going Alton towers soon but I don’t know if I will be able to because my finger is broken

“It doesn’t look very operationa-OOH”

is the ride at Blackpool pleasure still there where the room spins round & gives you the illusion that you´re going upside down?

You really need to go back here with Charlotte as it’s been taken over by the Escapade group and they spent millions.

What a beautiful and unique park. Hadn't heard of it before, looks fascinating 🤩

U shood go heatherton world of activities in Wales it fun there

fun fact: the water ride was orignally from dunblobbin (which I call mr blobby land) and was moved from there to watermouth castle after the theme park shutdown, it was a ride called TV's Family Favourites where you would travel through various scenes involving animatronics of british tv characters from the 90's (eg; the clangers, magic roundabout, mr blobby, bill and ben) I just realized that some of the animatronics from the ride are in watermouth castle they can be found at: 15:46 (Magic Roundabout)

I've been to watermouth castle I love it❤❤

lol you didn't recognise Sir Clive Sinclair's C5! Yes an interesting 'bike' Google him, he was better at computers than electric vehicles, there again he was ahead of the technology there. Even today electric vehicles aren't the main form of transport.

Why do you flip the words around I can still read it

Hope u enjoyed for me in Devon it’s 29 degrees hope u had a nice time just a question how hot is it for u