Description: This review is a continuation of Dreamworld, part 2.
The Giant Drop was indeed Giant—nearly twice the size of the DungeonDrop, the 22-story drop ride at Astroworld. Its line was giant as well, since one of the two sides of the ride, each of which hold eight people, was closed down. We couldn’t decide whether it was broken or whether they just didn’t want people using the ride to get a peek into the Big Brother House. We ended up having to wait at least an hour to get anywhere close to the beginning of this ride, which was a bit ridiculous, but again, by the time we realized the line was going nowhere, there was no point leaving. Plus, it was the only main ride we had to check off our list.
While we were waiting in line, my friends who thought the ride was a bit much decided to wander off to the back of Dreamworld instead. There, they found a small wildlife park, including the obligatory kangaroos. The joeys were now old enough to actually be hopping around with their mothers, since it was the beginning of June, so they enjoyed seeing that. They also saw a lot of Big Brother stuff, like a life size picture of all the housemates, but not the house, since it’s secluded off somewhere in the woods or something. I personally think the house would be much better if people could stand outside and hurl abuse.
My friends made it back to watching the Giant Drop long before we actually made it on the ride, but that meant that we actually got pictures of ourselves on it that didn’t cost $100 or some other ridiculous sum. The ride itself was exceptionally long for a drop ride, since they take you to the top and leave you there for a good 45 seconds, so you can contemplate your stupidity in stepping on the ride in the first place. We busied ourselves looking for the Coast (tall buildings in the distance, but no water), and the Big Brother House, which was again nowhere to be found. Then there was a click and a couple seconds later the ride was over.
The park closed at the ridiculously early time of 5pm, being the winter season, but we managed to squeeze in a ride on the Claw and the Wipeout before we left. I actually rode on the Wipeout this time and realized there was nothing to be worried about because I felt totally fine afterwards. It was a good ride, but the Claw still took the trophy as being my favorite in the park.
I can’t compare this park to any other theme parks in Australia, but I thought it was decent, albeit very small for the theme parks I am used to visiting. The admission price is exceptionally steep ($65...luckily we had coupons!) when you compare it to the number of rides available, but it was still a fun day out.
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