| Dreamworld is located on the Gold Coast in sunny | | | | for a flight over the Gold Coast. |
| Queensland, Australia. This theme park consists of | | | | Apart from the shows they have many rides of |
| rides, attractions, wildlife shows, restaurants, helicopter | | | | varying 'thrills" including: |
| flights and much more. This article highlights some of | | | | 1) The Giant Drop - this is apparently the closest thing |
| the rides and attractions designed to thrill, relax and | | | | to free falling 120 metres at extreme speed. I would |
| have a whole heap of fun. | | | | suggest bringing along a spare pair of underwear as |
| The theme park is huge - spanning over 30 hectares | | | | you plummet down 120 metres vertically in seconds - |
| so spending some time deciding what rides you want | | | | heart stopping action. |
| to go on is extremely important. Park maps can be | | | | 2) The Thunder River Rapids Ride is basically a tube |
| downloaded from their website and printed out so | | | | ride with your friends! You travel down a foamy water |
| take some time to do this - it will save heaps of time | | | | track reaching speeds up to 45km/hr through the |
| on the day as you don't want to spend an hour | | | | turbulent rapids. This is a lot of fun and the lines were |
| deciding what to do and where to go - especially with | | | | not too long the day we were there. |
| young kids keen to do everything! | | | | 3) Captain Sturt Riverboat - time for some relaxation |
| Some shows are only on at certain times during the | | | | on a replica "Missisippi" River boat. The boat follows a |
| day so timing is everything - you need to allow enough | | | | course around an island with "authentic" bushranger |
| time for standing in line, going on the ride and then | | | | re-enactment. This ride goes for a fair while so if the |
| walking to the next. | | | | kids are excited don't do it as they will be bored very |
| Some of the 'shows" are: | | | | quickly. |
| 1) V8 supercars - which is a virtual race around a V8 | | | | 4) The Giant Claw travels 9 storeys into the sky, and |
| track at Mt Panorama in Bathurst. You put yourself in | | | | swings at up to 75 km/hr, while spinning 360 degrees. I |
| the drivers seat and experience full - motion virtual | | | | chickened out and only took photos from the ground |
| motor racing! | | | | on this one! If you like photography you may get |
| 2) IMAX theatre - this is a movie theatre six stories | | | | excited over this one as opposed to being on it! |
| high. The movies are amazing and you really feel like | | | | There are many other rides and attractions we tried at |
| you are "in the action". There are plenty of seats but | | | | Dreamworld, some I don't want to remember! Most of |
| sometimes you have to line up - so get there early. | | | | our day was lots of fun - but be prepared to do lots of |
| 3) Helicopter flights - a luxury jet helicopter takes you | | | | walking - and screaming! |