Movie World. Not bad. Not as good as the US theme parks. Only a couple of rides worth repeat visits. We did the park easily in the time it was open, but during peak seasons I imagine it'd be harder to get it all done in one day.
We arrived at the opening time of 10am. Being near the entrance we decided to do the Batman "ride" first, but that was a mistake, as lots of other people thought the same thing. We had to wait probably nearly half an hour, the longest queue of the day. The ride itself was ok, but nothing spectacular.
Next on the agenda was the Police Academy stunt show. We were told this was the highlight of the park. It was certainly pretty decent.
Then the Wild West Falls Adventure Ride. It's one of the best rides in the park. Had a couple of goes on that one.
We wandered through the Matrix exhibit. It was pretty cool cause it had stacks of props that were actually used in the movie.
Next we did the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster which is the other really good ride in the park. Really liked that one, although it's a lot better in the front seat than the back.
Then the Lethal Weapon ride. Certainly the most spectacular ride in the park, a dangling roller coaster where you go upside down five times. However it's extremely rough - your head gets bashed from side to side on the headrest, which has far too much of a gap in it. My ears kept getting bashed against the rubber. It was really rather painful. I couldn't enjoy the coaster itself because I was worried about getting hurt :( Didn't go on that one again.
We watched a new computerised 3D Marvin the Martian cartoon, which was pretty good, although loud.
Then we wandered over to the Looney Tunes village where we went on the Yosemite Sam Railroad (really designed for little people), the Looney Tunes River Ride (not bad, a little tame), and the Road Runner Roller Coaster (excellent but short, we went on this a few times in a row).
We watched the Police Academy show again. It wasn't as funny the second time round, but it was easier to get little movies of the action because I knew when good bits were about to happen.
Then we just went on the Wild West Falls ride a few times and the Scooby-Doo ride a few times, before wandering out of the park via the Harry Potter store and the Batman store.
Wandered back to the motel where recuperated briefly before being picked up by Stu and heading down to the Gold Coast main drag. We found Infinity on the first pass through, then found parking and went and got some dinner. Dinner was good, but more for the conversation. Neither of us are terribly good at small talk, so it got "deep and meaningful" very quickly. Which was kinda nice. Decided we are fairly similar in a lot of ways.
After dinner we went to Infinity, which was phenomenal. For someone like me that enjoys bright shiny coloured things it was just heaven. The computer maze was just the best thing in the world. There was lots of lights and black lights and little rooms to explore, I had a blast. But in eagerness to explore so quickly it meant it was over all too soon :( I wanted to go through it again (there was hardly anyone in there, we practically had the thing to ourselves, but the girl wouldn't let us .. spoil sport :( ).
Finally we stopped at a Coldrock Icecreamery and I had butterscotch icecream with violet crumble mixed in - yummm! Then Stu dropped me back at the caravan park and promised to visit me in July :)
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