We have covered what you might pack for a day out at a theme park, but how do you get there? Bus, train, car, broomstick? Here are a few examples and tips on getting to a theme park.

We’ll start with public transport oh the fun:

• Bus - The bus is a last resort for me. It’s about the most inconsistent, inconvenient of all the modes of transport. Luckily it’s only really used as a link between the train station and the park but if you have to get a normal bus god help you! You may just have to wrestle with a toothless hobo or even worse, a bus driver who refuses to drive at more than 30mph on a 60 road! Worse still, you may fall to sleep and miss the park altogether, even though it’s just taken 2 hours to do a 40 mile journey!
• Train - Fast, clean and rare! Whoever invented the train routes of modern day England was a genius. I know, let’s get close to the parks but not close enough to walk to and we’ll offer a really silly service so you’re there either 4 hours before it opens or 2 hours after it closes hmm! If you can get a good service it’s usually a good trip, I mean there’s no pink elephants and 9 foot flowers but it’s better than making conversation with Bob the builder on the bus!
• Flying - Yeah I don’t even think I’ll bother with this one. Oh yeah did you here about Alton Towers getting a new airport? Ha! The locals would love it, “You can build it as long as there is no noise and you fly below tree height!”
• But over all of these, the best way to get to a park if you’re not on a school trip is to drive with your car (or broomstick if you sway that way.) - For the passengers it’s a dream come true but as the driver, the route there is great but the way home is a pain in the left butt cheek! Non-drivers don’t seem to appreciate how exhausting a two hour drive is after a day at a park. The road becomes a wiggly roller coaster and cars become blobs of jelly floating along! Then the eyes shut! I will be the first to confess that I need to split my journey up when driving home, especially from Alton Towers. That drive to the motorway is EVIL! I find nothing helps better though, than a good dose of Pro Plus, Red Bull or Relentless and some good show tunes to sing along to! This is when my passengers start wishing they had taken the bus!

If you have any fun stories about your journeys to and from parks, post them below!