Overbranded. That’s the only way you can describe this place. After a heavy late night last night, I could have done without Goofy on the wake up call this morning.

‘Hey hey hey, sleep head. What are you still doing in bed? There’s a busy day ahead.’

Ugh.

Still, it got me out of bed.

There are little Mickey Mouse quotes on the bars of soap. The cocktail shakers in the bar have kids’ cartoon characters on them, which is probably inappropriate. Even the toilets are ‘being cleaned for your future enjoyment’ with pictures of mop-weilding Donald and Mickey propped up in front of them.

It’s an interesting place. Our hotel is probably the most corporate of them all. It’s a bit art deco, and smart but slightly dull. The others look a lot more fun. The Santa Fe zone is peppered with crashed UFOs and rusting, desert-crashed cars. The wild west looks fairly authentic - or at least looks like the wild west of films. There are huge beavers in one of the zones, the name of which I couldn’t find.

So, despite all the branding (storage cupboards are for ‘Cast Only’), I’m quite impressed by the general look of the place, and that’s before even venturing into the park proper. I’m not sure it’s the kind of place I’d come on holiday, though.

Rusting cars litter Santa Fe…

…as do crashed UFOs

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