On the Sunday the
weather had cleared up and we bought a pass for unlimited entry to
three theme parks. We decided to go to Warner Brothers Movie World
first. We spent the day on roller coasters (one of which we queued
for an hour and a half for, only to get to the front and be told it
had broken down!). At the end of the day we came home and went in the
sea (just crossed the road from our flat). The waves were massive and
I have never experienced a current like it in my life. It was the
most powerful rip ever and kept dragging us out to sea and along the
beach. When the life guards packed up for the day and told everyone
to get out for their own safety, we got out and had tea and relaxed
in the flat.
The next day was wet
and wild, the most exhilarating day of the three. There were some
really extreme slides and at the beginning I was very nervous about
going down them (even more nervous than I had been about doing a
bungy jump!). The best one was a big funnel that you got washed down
on a tandem rubber ring. The scariest was one where you had to stand
on a trap door at the top of a vertical drop and them you were closed
in and after a countdown, the doors opened and you were dropped down
a vertical slide that did a loop de loop at the end. Whilst in the
queue for the slide, we saw signs saying 'in the unlikely event that
you do not make it round the loop, remain calm and allow yourself to
slide backwards down the loop. Exit from the emergency door once you
have come to a complete stop'. We were told by the lifeguard that the
chances of not making the loop were extremely low and the only people
who didn't make it were usually children who were too light.
Everybody had to borrow a surf top to make sure they had no friction
and everyone in the queue was nervous as we watched one person after
another be shut in the capsule and then dropped into oblivion. There
were strict instructions that you had to follow: lie with your head
against the slide, cross your arms across your chest and cross your
legs. How hard could it be? Nevertheless my heart was racing at the
thought of being dropped vertically on the count of three by a
machine.
When our turn finally
came, Jemma and I walked up to the slides (two slide next to
eachother were released each time) and Jemma said that she wanted to
go in the green one. I had had it in my head that I would go in the
green one but I just got in the yellow one as it was too late to
discuss. We were both shut into our capsules and my heart was
pounding as the water trickled down my back. Then we heard an
automated voice say 3, 2, 1 and we were dropped. Literally dropped
through thin air down this slide. It felt like I was falling for
about 10 seconds and then I looked down and my legs had uncrossed
themselves. I quickly recrossed them but it was too late. I felt
myself sliding down backwards and realised that I hadn't made the
loop. I had got half way up and didn't have enough speed so slid back
down backwards. I waited until I came to a stop, as the sign had said
and then found the trapdoor to climb out of. I couldn't believe I of
all people hadn't made it! Jemma and Louise both found it really
hilarious.
The rest of the day
whizzed by with some excellent slides including one called Kamikazee
where two of you sit in a ring and then are dropped backwards down a
sort of massive half pipe. There were also a couple of three-people
slides but for the ones where it was two in a ring, we took it in
turns to go down with strangers. By the end of the day we were
exhausted from all the laughing and climbing up stairs. It was an
absolutely fantastic day, probably one of the best of the whole round
the world trip. We got back at night and were exhausted. Jemma kindly
cooked us a BBQ and we watched the Oscars on TV.
The final day of the
theme park trilogy was Sea World. We went there today and saw lots of
sharks, penguins and sting rays. We also watched an amazing dolphin
show, a jet ski stunt show and a seal show. After Sea world, we came
home, went in the sea, came back to the apartment, went in the pool,
hot pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room and then had tacos and chilli
con carne for tea. And that's where we are now, sitting letting tea
go down. Tomorrow we are heading to Australia zoo, made famous by
Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter.
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