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Posted 25 April 2022
Merlin Discovery Annual Pass £69 / SIlver Pass £119 / Gold Pass £179 / Platinum Pass £239 @ Merlin Annual Pass
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Reduction on various Merlin annual passes, which gives a pass to attractions across the UK e.g. Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures, Legoland, SEA LIFE, London eye etc. The cheapest option is Merlin Discovery Annual Pass £69 (usually £89) which gives off peak entry (circa 200 calendar days). There is a calendar on the site which gives a view on which days you would be able to go, so worth looking to see if it would suit. More options listed below. The pass is delivered digitally and is valid for 12 months from purchase date.
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Merlin attractions
Merlin annual pass gives entry to
Important info
- Merlin Discovery Annual Pass £69
- SIlver Pass £119
- Gold Pass £179
- Platinum Pass £239
Pass options / comparison
Benefit comparison
Merlin attractions
Merlin annual pass gives entry to
- Alton Towers
- Chessington World of Adventures
- Legoland Windsor
- London Eye
- Thorpe Park
- Sea Life London
- Sea Life Birmingham
- Sea Life Manchester
- Sea Life Blackpool
- Sea Life Brighton
- Sea life Weymouth
- Sea life Great Yarmouth
- Sea Life Hunstanton
- Scarborough
- Sea Life Loch Lomond
- Sea life Bray
- Warwick castle
- Shrek adventure London
- Madame Tussauds London
- Madame Tussauds Blackpool
- Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham
- Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester
- London Dungeon
- Blackpool Tower Dungeon
- York Dungeon
- Edinburgh Dungeon
- Blackpool Tower
- London Eye River Cruise
- Bear Grylls adventure
Important info
- Your pass will be delivered digitally, directly to your inbox, ready to use.
- All Merlin Annual Passes are non-refundable and non-transferable. Rides and attractions are subject to availability. Terms and Conditions apply.
- All Passholders will be required to pre-book a ticket online. Tickets are subject to availability and are available via individual attractions' websites.
- Terms and Conditions can be found here
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Edited by Chanchi32, 26 April 2022
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sorted byAgreed after using it for 1 year I did not renew it was not worth, every visit we made during that year we only found hour or more long queues for all the rides. Not even sure why they say we have to pre-book I think that is just marketing I sincerly do not believe it is to restrict no. of people in a park in a given day as they still sell tickets at the gates.
Also as a pass holder you have to prebook atleast a day before same day pre-book not possible buf if you then drive to park you will see tickets available at the gates for ££. (edited)
Click on it and there's a calendar which shows what days are blocked out
From purchase date
Best thing to do is to actually work out where you will go and the cheapest price you could pay for it, add them together and then see if the pass is cheaper (checking the exclusion dates as most passes won't include fireworks at Alton Towers etc).
For example Alton Towers is £65 on-the-day, so £32.50 with a Kelloggs voucher, Chessington is £57 so £28.50 with a voucher, Warwick Castle £31 so £15.50 with a voucher. Those three attractions would be £76.50 so need to do a lot more or multiple visits if you are paying £119 for a silver pass.
Or if you are visiting off-peak weekdays or sundays then a Discovery Pass would save you £7 at the sale price.
Visit BLC website, prices are the same as this deal and has been like this for a while.
I visited Blackpool and had no issues whatsoever with availability, I asked at the front desk if I needed to prebook and they said ‘no need if it is not busy’, so I didn’t book the remaining three attractions, we just turned up and walked in.
I have got my money back for the annual passes following the one day trip out. So worth every penny in my eyes (edited)
It says on the website it ends 23:59 on 22nd May 2022
merlinannualpass.co.uk/imp…ns/
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I rang them and they said no discounts on BLC
Edit : actually seems like joining fee only for pay monthly (edited)
No new passes start from the date of purchase. But when you renew an existing pass you get a lower price anyway.
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Can confirm that my pass bought today expires on 29 April 2023.
This offer looks great on paper but no good if I can’t actually book to go anywhere!
There was issues when parks were on limited capacity, don't think it's much of a issue now
Legoland....the worst park I've ever been to, absolutely horrific in every sense...
I purchased annual passes in the last sale. Prebooking is necessary but personally never had a problem with capacity and booking even a couple of days before. The booking portal seems really glitchy though, which might make people think they can't book. As other have stated, capacity was a problem but not really an issue now.
Depends which pass you buy.
Discovery pass is off-peak sundays and weekdays, excludes all holidays. But its only £69 at the moment so the third visit is only a few quid and fourth is free!
Then the silver pass excludes August and bank holidays plus fireworks and halloween
Gold pass excludes bank holidays, halloween, fireworks and a few other popular days.
Platinum has no restrictions.
The high ropes, shooting, archery, climbing and assault course are all "free" to annual passholders, other activities are 50% off.
See The Bear Grylls Adventure | Merlin Annual Pass (edited)
Merlin are some of the busiest rip off theme parks in the world, with premiums required for fast track and an abused disability access scheme.
I wouldn't go unless you are eligible for their disability passes, go somewhere else.
If you absolutely must go, pull the kids out of school and go midweek on pre booked day.
Can you please share the tip if it's still valid?
Per person
Thanks but I mean once you have the pass and you try to book a day out. Passholders still have to pre book and I have read that it is really hard to find any availability.
Yep it is awful I feel sorry for families who make the effort and pay big bucks . They simply don’t care and overfill park and expect kids to wait in queues for hours on end for a single ride . Obviously fast pass an extra cost . Real shame
my son used to go to a Jewish school, so lots of days off for Jewish holidays. it was great, no queues and cheap tickets from ebay. Now, I just send them to school when they're ill and keep them off when they're well to go to thorpe park.
AT is £6 , Thorpe is £7 on app £8 at Barrier,.I think Chessy is £5
Alton Towers has always been expensive, back in 1994 my family struggled to afford it and we went to Drayton Manor instead.
You can get slightly cheaper tickets by using vouchers on Kellogg’s packs to bring it down to £32.50 each. But that’s only really £10 less than the online price
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Great, thanks!
Just book everything well in advance.