Well to cut a long story short, Mum organised tickets for us all to go to to Dreamworld; pretty cool, hey?? At first I had no idea what dreamworld was, and I wasn’t very excited. Mum let me have a browse of their website, and as soon as I saw it, straight to the ‘Thrill Rides’ section I went!! I looked at them all, and I decided I would go on the thrill rides. I was so excited I wanted a time machine to teleport us 2 days into the future!!
When 2 days finally passed, I was REALLY excited. We found out the Wiggles were Performing live in Dreamworld that day, so we thought Amaya would love that. I looked at a map of the place, and it was insane. It was so big, and it had a variety of rides, so you had several levels of thrill to choose from. As soon as we finally got through the never-ending ticket lines out the front of Dreamworld, We saw a maze of rides everywhere. I was so excited!! We were just on time for the Wiggles, so we made our way through the crowds to get to Mum’s friend we were meeting there. She was right up near the front of the stage, so it gave us an excuse to cut to the front!! I didn’t really care about the Wiggles, but it was pretty cool to be seeing them live.
When the show was over, we made our way into the main part of Dreamworld just out the front of the gates. It was a large round courtyard lined with several shops and restraunts. We wandered about for a little bit and I saw what I was looking for – the candy shop. It was the biggest candy shop i’d ever seen, and it had about every single type of candy I could think of!! It was a complete sugar galore. I took $20 out of my purse, split the money between my brother and I, and off we went!!
As a group, our family and Mum’s friend’s family wandered to the first part of Dreamworld’s rides. Something caught my eye – The Giant Drop. It was basically an 8-seater ride that took you almost 40 stories up a large tower, then sped down at around 135 km/h. It was the world’s largest freefall ride. I looked up at it, and thought, ‘You only get to live once, so you better make the most of it!’. So… you can guess exactly what I did next!! My brother, Mum’s friend’s husband and I went right up to the line. We were told it was a 15-minute wait from where the line was, and I was slightly disappointed, because I wanted to get it over and done with before I started having second thoughts!!
After a painful 15 minutes of waiting, the staff running the ride pulled the gate open and let us in. It was finally our turn!! We put all our loose clothing pieces and items in our pockets into lockers, then we were strapped into our harnesses. On the way up I was so excited I couldn’t stop bouncing up and down in my seat!! Mum’s friend’s husband, on the other hand, was swearing like a madman on the way up!! As we rose off the platform, I could see more and more of Queensland with every second passing. The views were breathtaking!! I could see the mountain lines, I could see little towns, and I could even see the cars in the Dreamworld carpark that were parked in illegal spots due to a full carpark. At the top it was a little windy and a bit colder than on the ground. They held us up there for about 10 seconds to absorb the view, and in the middle of the serenity I forgot where we were… until we started dropping at 135 km/h!! I held onto the harness so tightly both of my arms just wanted to die. I felt like I was going fly upwards out of my harness!! My eyes were wide the whole way down, and I didn’t remember anything apart from screams around me; the drop was so fast that my brain only registered the memory after we stopped again at the bottom!! I was a little shaky when I stood up at first, but I had no regrets. I just had to have done that ride, no matter what!! It was such an amazing experience.
The next rides we went on were some water rides, where we were either in a round wheel of wood or a large log, and went down fast rapids and small waterfalls. They didn’t give me as much thrill- but anyway, I thought nothing could beat The Giant Drop. Well at least that’s what I thought, until the next thrill ride we went on.
So, it was called the Tower of Terror II for a reason, as I found out. The 16-seater ride bolts backwards for about 100 metres at roughly 160 kilometres per hour, then up the side of the same tower The Giant Drop was situated on until you were halfway up, sitting horizontally in your seats, facing the ground. Then, it launches you forward at the same speed you went backwards until you stop at the end. It sounds simple, but it was extremely thrilling to ride on!! The ride was so loud you could hear the vehicle rushing along the rails all around Dreamworld – that’s an idea of how fast it goes.
When we were all strapping ourselves into our harnesses, three people chickened out at last second. At least we had extra room!! Soon in our narrow chamber of concrete and steel, red lights turned on, giving the feeling we were in a launchpad. I squealed in delight as I waited for us to move- and boy, we did!! We blasted backwards and went from 0km/h to 161 km/h in just seconds, and everybody was SCREAMING. Really loudly. Before I knew it, We were going backwards, and up- it wasn’t long before we were facing the ground. my eyes were set wide and i couldn’t narrow them, and i could barely blink!! Nobody could stop screaming, even in the small vertical stop of about 2 seconds, before we went flying forwards at the same speed we came backwards. The narrow tunnel created an illusion, and it appeared almost impossible to fit back into; on the way in, I tucked my head down close to my body because I was worried about hitting the top!! What I didn’t know was that I screamed so much that my throat hurt to talk. I also didn’t know that they had a camera that took a picture of us on the way down, and i couldn’t really see my face… my hair was everywhere!! That ride was my favourite, and I just wanted to ride it again!!
The next thrill ride we went on was Pandamonium. It’s where we were in these cart type things and we spun around in circles slowly. It’s not so scary, you say?? Wait until it wildly swings you side-to-side and upside-down!! There were sheds and bamboo trees around us and as we swung, I felt like I would hit them because they appeared closer than they were!! I have to say though, I felt that this ride was the slowest and least thrilling out of all the thrill rides.
The final thill ride we went on, and the final ride we went on, was The Claw. It’s where you are strapped into harnesses on the outside of a circular metal frame, and it swings you at about a 45 degree angle, while the circular frame spins at the same time. Every time I swung, I either felt like I was touching the sky on the way up, or about to scrape the ground on the way down. It was an extremely fun ride, and was a good last ride at Dreamworld.
After a long day, we stayed overnight in a hotel at the airport, then we went off to our next destination, which you will find more about soon!!
Dreamworld Fun Pictures!
Now, picture time!! (I didn’t get many as I was too busy on the rides!! )
The Wiggles came to Dreamworld, too!!
One of my favourite rides at Dreamworld, The Claw (Details…)
The Tower of Terror !! (You can see the white reinforcements for The Giant Drop’s rails, and the rails for the Tower of Terror II on the side; if you follow it down into the trees, you can see where it curves.)
Buzzsaw (Sadly was closed for safety reasons… I wanted to go on this one!! We still had fun at Dreamworld though!!)
I miss Dreamworld. The rides were really fun and I liked the big candy shop. My favourite rides were the scary ones!
When I went up to the Gold Coast my family and I missed that one. We had a tickets voucher thing that allowed us to go to Sea World, Movie World and Wet and Wild.