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Wet n' Wild

Today is the start of our 1 week Christmas holiday!

It feels so good to be in Australia (and maybe other Western countries) because Christmas is such a BIG thing.

To be honest, I think their Christmas is even more grand than New Year.

EVERYONE (except for government sector) has 1 week of Christmas holiday from 24th Dec to 02nd Jan inclusive!

Even on the 23rd Dec (Friday) my building allows workers to work until 12pm only. But I work full la T_T

Even though after checking the weather forecast and it says that Gold Coast would have possible thunderstorm, 

we still proceeded on with going to Wet 'n' Wild because... I'm worried my period would be here anytime soon :x

Even though we have SO many days available for us to travel to places, today is like the 'best' day. 

Thankfully the weather today is not that bad. It wasn't very sunny though. 

And it did pour for about 15mins though. But it was only after we've bathed and leaving the water theme park. 

Hehe. HENG ah!

This is the 'first' time we took a train with seats facing the sides.
Usually the train we took to Gold Coast has seats facing either frontwards or backwards.

Arrival at Wet 'n' Wild after about 1hour of train ride and 10mins of bus ride.
Wet 'n' Wild is right next to Movie World, which, we have been there thrice :x

Aqua Racer
Our very first ride. It looks easy, so we thought we could warm ourselves up first.
But I've no idea why when I'm on top, I feel scared. Haha. And my styrofoam board stuck for a bit :x
It was fun! Not too slow and in fact, quite fast and thrilling. No wonder the kids keep going.

Aqua Loop
All of us, even me the brave soul, did not dare to take this ride. Because...

LOOK AT THE VERTICAL DROP!
The vertical drop is not the worst please. Worst thing is there is it even goes upside down!
I am most afraid that if I take, what if my body stuck in the tube at the top?? :S

River Rapids
We tried both the open and enclosed tubes. Based on experiences, the open tubes are less scary so we took it first.
It was quite fast and upon reaching the end, its really scary and fast.
But this can't be compared to the enclosed tubes. It was fast ALL the way and I hit my back while exiting :(

There's another 2 bigger tubes on the right but it was closed.

The Kids Playground!

Giant Wave Pool
We jumped into the pool while the waves are here and the waves are REALLY strong.
We can't even stand still in the water, constantly being swept upwards by the waves.

SkyCoaster
Of course, we didn't take this la. It's so scary! Its even scarier than Bungy Jumping please.
But this ride definitely gives you the feel of being Superman. Haha.
Btw, to ride this it is a separate payment. AU$30 for 1, AU$50 for 2 and AU$60 for 3 person.

Deck chairs found along the Giant Wave Pool for people to relax.
On certain nights, the Giant Wave Pool will screen movies and people would just sit on the float and watch.

The even have 'private' pavilions for families.

Surf Rider
We didn't take this because firstly, I don't have the balls that day.
Secondly, we have to bathe and change into our dry clothes before taking.
Thirdly, after bathing, we ate our food and conclude that we're too full to take this ride :)))

Kamikaze
One of the first few scarier rides Rina and I took.
This is like the Samsung we had in Wild Wild Wet. But this is shorter.

Tornado
This ride is SO interesting. Its my first time seeing this kind of ride and I find it amusing.
Likewise, only Rina and I took it and even though there's a vertical drop, its the same as Kamikaze.

Buccaneer Bay
3 of us took this ride together because we only took the family tube. Just nice its a 3-seater ride.

Black Hole
Only Shalom and I took this and it was... boring. We can even chit-chat while in the tube...
"Eh boring sia. Not even dark at all. Okok, now dark already. Eh, got light again."

Calypso Beach
After playing all the rides we jumped into this river and grab a tube each. Have to take tube no matter what.
We just wanted to relax for maybe 1 round just to try but end up going 4 ot 5 rounds. Damn relaxing!

We saw them selling Churros so we gave it a try. 1 for AU$3.50, 2 for AU$6.
It is actually some flour thing but its coated with sugar and cinnamon. Nice! :)

Ok guess what, after Wet 'n' Wild, we went to Movie World again :x

This is like... the third time we're back including the first time we went with Joanne and Waikin.

Haha. Second time we're back because I wanted to buy some souvenirs. Likewise for this time.

The Green Lantern ride is already open and operating! Looks so fun! Was closed the other time :(

After grabbing the souvenirs, we took the bus back to Helensvale station and took the train back to Central.

Because it was Christmas, I reward myself with a cup of Venti Toffee Nut Frap from Starbucks :)

Settled our dinner there and took photos with the Christmas tree at King George Square.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

P/S; Photo credits to Rina and Shalom!