The first day in the Gold Coast we set out early for our first surfing lesson. Alas the tide was too high so the teacher suggested to postpone by a few days. The girls were thrilled to postpone the lesson ( they were scared of jellyfish and sharks). Instead we went to watch Jumanji 2, have a Mexican lunch and relax by the resort pool in the evening. Dinner was steamed rice with ITC stuff in the room
The second day we went to Movie World. We didn’t have the Express Pass and for once the girls learnt to be patient ( they are completely spoilt by the express pass at Universal back in Singapore). We started with the BatWing which shoots us up in the air. Then it was Green Lantern which is a roller coaster with the two corner seats hanging off the edge. Quite thrilling. It was already 2 hours for these two rides. We then stood in line for the DC roller coaster but it started having technical difficulties about 15 mins into the wait. We decided to wait another 25 mins but it didn’t reopen. We probably misjudged that as it then left us very little time to grab lunch and make it for the 1:45 show of Speed Cars. The lunch queues were Long and we managed to grab quite a disappointing lunch. In our rush at the Speed Cars show we sat in the 2nd row which became unbearably hot. We tried to move onto the shaded steps but were asked to move from there quite rudely. We were overall in quite a bad mood by the late afternoon. However an ice cream and a very mediocre western show cheered us up and the relatively short queue for the Doomsday Destroyer put us back into a good mood. We went back to the DC roller coaster but the wait time was 100 mins (!) so we did the Justice League 3D ride and Green Lantern again. Willy wonka’s chocolate bar and some extremely sour gummies fortified us for the 60 mins (turned out to be 35mins) wait for the Superman Escape ride which was in my view the best ride of the day. We were shot out at full speed to the TOP of the rollercoaster and did a very fast loop of the track. We have the horrified photo to prove it. Ok it was just the hubby and me screaming in terror, the girls were fine.
After the Super Long queues the hubby wanted to relax by the bar at Surfers Paradise so we set out for that. Had a lovely dinner by the beach and got home completely exhausted ( and smelly !).
The next day we went to the Currumbin wildlife park. We got up close to kangaroos and saw many other animals such as koala bears ( got a video of them moving around and not sleeping for once) Tasmanian devils, wombats, emus, crocodiles etc. we caught the sheep shearing show and the birds of prey show ( I braved through that). We got back to the hotel around 4:30 quite tired. After a nap we went to the beach opposite the hotel and lounged around for a bit before heading back for an early sleep.
The next morning we had our first surfing lesson. The girls did pretty well and even managed to stand up on the surf board while the hubby and I flopped quite miserably. Still I enjoyed paddling on the surf board and we’ve signed up for another lesson before we leave. Breakfast was Swiss muesli at the cafe by the beach and then it was a lazy day at the hotel. Evening we set out again for Surfers Paradise with an hour by the beach, dinner again at our favourite bar (Sandbar) and some shoe shopping for the girls at UGG.
Today was Dreamworld adventures. The hubby and I had come here on our honeymoon 18 years ago where he flipped out after Wipe Out and refused to go on the Tower of Terror with me. These 18 years have taught him how to brave roller coaster rides if nothing else. So he decided to brave both these rides with us. Sadly for us the Tower of Terror was shut down a month ago and Wipe Out no longer existed. We did the Giant Drop instead. It lifted us about 150m and dropped us sharply down. We felt like we were plummeting to our death. I was the most scared and shut my eyes during the fall. The hubby and kiddos were braver than me! Our next ride was the BuzzSaw. This takes us vertically up and in a corkscrew upside down and brings us slowly down in a very scary manner. This was my favourite ride of the day. Luckily for us it was cloudy in the morning so not much crowd for the rides. In the first 2.5 hours we did 6 rides as against 2 rides in Movie World. The Claw, Shock Wave, Hot Wheels roller coaster and Tailspin. Hot wheel roller coaster was a bit jerky but the Claw and Shock Wave were good fun.
After lunch of pizza and fries (!) we went on the Skyvoyager virtual reality ride (was amazing) and then went to Dreamworks world where we did Pandemonium ( hard thrill version) and the kids did the flying seats ride. We watched the Fun Show which had magic, acrobatics and some crazy dancing. Then we went to the White Water World ( we were lucky the Über driver told us about it) where we did some fun rides.
The next day we went to the Currumbin wildlife park. We got up close to kangaroos and saw many other animals such as koala bears ( got a video of them moving around and not sleeping for once) Tasmanian devils, wombats, emus, crocodiles etc. we caught the sheep shearing show and the birds of prey show ( I braved through that). We got back to the hotel around 4:30 quite tired. After a nap we went to the beach opposite the hotel and lounged around for a bit before heading back for an early sleep.
The next morning we had our first surfing lesson. The girls did pretty well and even managed to stand up on the surf board while the hubby and I flopped quite miserably. Still I enjoyed paddling on the surf board and we’ve signed up for another lesson before we leave. Breakfast was Swiss muesli at the cafe by the beach and then it was a lazy day at the hotel. Evening we set out again for Surfers Paradise with an hour by the beach, dinner again at our favourite bar (Sandbar) and some shoe shopping for the girls at UGG.
Today was Dreamworld adventures. The hubby and I had come here on our honeymoon 18 years ago where he flipped out after Wipe Out and refused to go on the Tower of Terror with me. These 18 years have taught him how to brave roller coaster rides if nothing else. So he decided to brave both these rides with us. Sadly for us the Tower of Terror was shut down a month ago and Wipe Out no longer existed. We did the Giant Drop instead. It lifted us about 150m and dropped us sharply down. We felt like we were plummeting to our death. I was the most scared and shut my eyes during the fall. The hubby and kiddos were braver than me! Our next ride was the BuzzSaw. This takes us vertically up and in a corkscrew upside down and brings us slowly down in a very scary manner. This was my favourite ride of the day. Luckily for us it was cloudy in the morning so not much crowd for the rides. In the first 2.5 hours we did 6 rides as against 2 rides in Movie World. The Claw, Shock Wave, Hot Wheels roller coaster and Tailspin. Hot wheel roller coaster was a bit jerky but the Claw and Shock Wave were good fun.
After lunch of pizza and fries (!) we went on the Skyvoyager virtual reality ride (was amazing) and then went to Dreamworks world where we did Pandemonium ( hard thrill version) and the kids did the flying seats ride. We watched the Fun Show which had magic, acrobatics and some crazy dancing. Then we went to the White Water World ( we were lucky the Über driver told us about it) where we did some fun rides.
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