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NEIL LANCEFIELD TAKE HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE DAY AT THE NEW WORLD OF PAW PATROL AT CHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURE IN SURREY

- NEIL LANCEFIELD

LOOKOUT TOWER: Port of the World at Paw Patrol

“IT’S like we're in Paw Patrol!” my daughter shouts out as we enter the new land at Chessington World of Adventures Resort.

Comments made by an excitable five-year-old often have to be taken with a dose of scepticism, but in this case I fully agree.

The vibrant colours of the buildings, rides and life-sized figures make it easy to believe we are in Adventure Bay - the city which is the main setting of the popular children’s TV show - rather than a theme park in Surrey.

The 3D-animated children’s television series followings a boy named Ryder and his team of search and rescue dogs - Chase (police dog) Marshall (fire fighter), Zuma (water rescue), Skye (aviation), Rocky (recycling), and Rubble (construction) - who protect the community.

A recent report found that Paw Patrol was the most-watched children’s content on streaming platform Netflix in the second half of last year, with a mega 344 million hours viewed. There’s also a strong focus on teamwork and friendship in the storylines.

Here inside Chessington’s new section, everything is bright and bold. There is a huge replica of the Paw Patrol’s lookout tower, big logos, and even the footpaths have markings making them look like roads.

The land has many large figures such as the show's other characters Captain Turbot (a marine biologist who sometimes helps the ‘pup patrol’), Wally the Walrus (Captain Turbot's friend), Mayor Humdinger (the show's certified ‘baddie’) and of course, all the pups.

The children here have broad smiles across their faces, while parents - who like me have undoubtedly had the catchy Paw Patrol theme tune stuck in their head at some point - also seem impressed.