26th march 2008
3rd Destination: DREAMWORLD!!
Brief History:
Dreamworld is on Gold Coast and is the biggest theme park in Australia. It was opened in 1981 and throughout so many years until now, 2008, the theme park is now consist of many different level of rides and other facilities.
Since the Dreamworld theme park is in Gold Coast, which is in zone 10 from Brisbane City, we departed early in the morning just to hope to reach there as early as possible. The journey took us more than an hour....again...after the trip to Australia Zoo, i had another hour in train. @_@!
Coomera, Station of DreamworldFinally, by 10.15am, we reached Dreamworld! Since we have a coupon, we all entered the theme park with kids price. Let me show some of the pictures that I took outside of the theme park before we enter it.
Then some pictures in the theme park before we proceed to the rides.
For your information, the theme park divided their rides into 3 different types, which are thrill rides, family rides and kids rides. Thrill rides are then graded into 3 ratings, which includes maximum, moderate and mild rides. Before proceed to the maximum thrill rides, let's see some moderate ones first. It is my warm up to accept the scary ones.
Gold Rush Country and some shops inside:
oops....wanted?? when did i had all those features?
and then is jailed...trying to act like Prison Break!(ya, i know PB doesn't do this.)
finally....1st Ride: Thunder River Rapid Rides
(moderate thrill ride)
Last ride of the day: Rocky Hollow Log Ride
(moderate thrill ride)
Can you feel that we are all wet from hair to shoe??
Here we come to the MAXIMUM Thrill Rides!!! yoohoooo!!!
1st ride: The Giant Drop!
(maximum thrill ride)
Can you imagine yourself free-falling from 120metres from land? Can't imagine how high is 120 metres? It is 39 storeys, have an idea now? Are you brave enough to take that challenge? If yes, then you should try The Giant Drop, tallest ride in the world.
I'm a coward! I dare not take it! =p
can you feel how tall is the tower??? 
my 3 friends who bravely take the challenge!! Salute them!(from left: Wei Jien, Shirin and Chia Yee)
and we 3 are those who 'Say NO to The Giant Drop' (from left: Alice, Khai Chin and me)
that's what happen when you free fall from 120 metres. p/s: my 3 friends are actually there.
2nd Ride: Tower of Terror
(maximum thrill ride)
It is one of the fastest ride in world, accelerating its passenger to an extend of 160kph in 7 seconds and then had a 100metre vertical free-fall backward. I tried this! Haha!
3rd Ride: The Claw
(maximum thrill ride)
It is all about pendulum! The difference from experiment that we did is that we are the metal balls used in pendulum model. We are the one who being swing high up the sky, swing down n up again! It even has 360 degrees turn with your legs dangling outside!!
4th: Wipeout
(maximum thrill ride)
We went to sit this ride right after the Claw, I'm not even back to conscious until I sat on it. We were twist and turn 360 degrees and even hang on the sky! Phew~ I'm so glad that I did not see how it turns us before I get on the ride, or else I doubt I have the guts to have a try on it...
Actually I recorded a video about this but too bad, I can't upload it... =(
Yes!! See how scary is it? But we had conquer it!!!5th: Vortex
(maximum thrill ride)
This is the game that sucks .... you to the wall! haha! It spins and plastered the person to the wall enabling you to change your post to whatever you like on the wall. It is fun and I played twice!
see? you will be plastered on the wall when it starts to turn faster and faster! 6th: Cyclone
(maximum thrill ride)
This is a ride which alike with Genting Highlands' roller coaster which consists of two 360-degree loops.
So these are the six maximum thrill rides in Dreamworld!
Now let's see some moderate thrill rides.
Runaway Reptar Rollercoaster
Reef DiverThis is the ride that we thought boring and nothing special until....
see how scary it is? it keeps on turning until it is vertically...dizzy...
only wei jien and chia yee tried this..Of course some kids rides:
(I feel like having advertisement for Dreamworld!)
Nick-O-Round
Blue's Skidoo 
Big Red Car ride, it is a family ride.
Angry Beavers Spooty Spin (but I don't know what is it..) 
Flowrider (you can play surfing there but of course, you have to pay for it..)
Crocs Pond,pay and control the crocs on boat
Tiger Island, they even have a white tiger there.
We were so surprised and excited when we get to touch and pat the tiger!!!It is so thin...I can even touch its bone!
An unforgettable experience!!
Ya, i know it looks silly, but since I dare not surf in real water, so just posing for it lo! syok sendiri!
Help! The shark is swallowing me!!! @_@|||Anw, it is this shark that I bang my head on it ACCIDENTALLY..
worse still, a family saw it n they said: oh, poor shark....
paiseh loo!!
There are some random photos and group photos that we have taken throughout the trip:
Central Park Station for the Dreamworld Railways
Fire Station
Captain Sturt Riverboat on "Murrissippi" River
Some last views of the Dreamworld before we leave:
These end my trip in Dreamworld. It is indeed an exciting day and I have tried many rides which I thought I may not dare to. What to do? I already pay for it. Haiz.. However it is a new experience for me but I doubt will I dare to try it again in the future. I'm not that brave though.
So let's end this looooong post with pictures taken in a Korean restaurant when we ate dinner.
~jj~
7 comments:
Lol, finally i see quite a lot of my pictures, haha... thanks wo...
U wrote so detail about everything, then wat should i write in my own blog lerr, our pictures oso from similiar source, later ppl say i copy-cat pulak... aiks...
Well, looking forward to our next destination in ur blog... hope we'll go out have fun again for the next holiday ba... lol
finally understand tat u only worth USD 5000 :P
Anyway, next time break up a bit la. Too long la ur pictures lol.
vincent
dreamland soooooo fun!! i wanna go next time when i go queensland!!! take me there ya...lol
Aiyaya~ i'm pretty sure i posted a comment... well, too bad la... it gone smwhr else le... MIA, AWOL, KIA!! haha... anw, gold coast's nice... bring me there too wor!! i wanna ride the rides... so thrilling... there was one ride in genting oso quite thrilling... only tat time we din try... reli wasted la...
anw, here got smthgs more thrilling... hehe... but cost a bomb lei! sky diving costs 300 bucks per jump... speed boat trip can cost up to 100 bucks per 10 mins ride...
at last u all stil get to eat korean food wor... so nice... haha... ate bbq?? i like korean bbq... and they haf quite nice ginseng wine too... anw, reli glad to noe tat u're enjoyin urslf there la... keep up the gud work! =D
not significant guy;
harlo, AT LAST i leave a comment for ya =)... dun angry lah.. i wil go to brisbane in ma 3rd year sem break k?
=) is tat okie?? btw, i am 99% sure tat the meeting in ipoh by the end of this year is on d =)
to ~jien~: who ask u so slow? i write 1st, u of cz copy-cat la! n the so-called similar source is from my camera la!
to vincent:
what do u mean by USD 5000 wo? n i lazy to separate it into 2 posts la, i lke long loooooong post a! haha!
to limichi n ks:
ya, if any of u come, i surely bring u all go play around de, not only dreamworld, v can explore all the worlds here, there are still whitewater world, wet n wild, movie world n sea world....lots of places to go! so must come nxt year!
to 'not significant guy':
r u sure u r not significant? anw, 3rd year winter break? ok...v c how lo! n ya, u so bo eng still come n leave comment, i touch till cry la, where wil angry u?? (is it too fake??)
Some pics say a lot more than a paragraph can. Put up more of those haha! Like the 'prison break' one. Seldom we see people smiling behind bars. Must be hospital pesakit mental. heeehee. Got greatwhite there... nicee.. i wana gooo.. give greatwhite bite and knock your head. so cham.
I haven't found the time to go around and see interesting places. Maybe when i do i'll post a blog too.
So which was better? Genting or dreamworld? I hope genting can at least compare to dreamworld. M'sia boleh marrr
:D
- jrmy
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