The Black Hole was the first on the agenda and for Jack and Jarrah, the heart thumping twists and turns and the adrenaline pumping pitch black spiral of darkness was simply a warm up for the rides that were still to come.
As this is our third theme park day, Fletcher is now well aware that he's not tall enough for most of the rides. He stood at the sign for a while, trying to grow, then contented himself with playing with the ants in the puddles. Poor Fletch!
The Tornado was the next ride on the agenda, and OMG!!! Jarrah described it as "sliding down an almost vertical drop and then getting sucked down a plug hole". It sure scared the bejesus out of me!
While Bruce took Jack and Jarrah on the Kamikaze, Fletch and I went to find something he could get involved in. While we were looking for the little kids' rides we came across the Whirlpool Springs. On a day like today these hot tubs were just perfect and Fletch loved playing in the bubbles.
Next we hit the Wet N Wild Junior area. Here Fletch was in heaven. This is a huge zone just for little kids. He could go on EVERYTHING!
There are kid-friendly water slides including miniature versions of the big people rides. There's also a multilevel interactive play structure, with 8 slides and Fletcher's all time favourite - a giant tipping bucket.
We all had great fun in this part of the park, but eventually the cold got the better of us and we headed back to the warm spas while Bruce got us some hot drinks.
After a picnic lunch we tried out the Aqua Loop. These are four massive transparent looping slides. Jack and Jarrah were thrilled that they met the height requirements for this thrill ride, only to be quickly disappointed when they realised they didn't meet the weight requirement. Sad faces all around, but no tears thank goodness.
Bruce convinced me that despite the fact that I was already freezing, I needed to get wet one more time. Although there was no queue, there was a bit of a hold up at the top because someone who went down before us was stuck in the slide! Well that didn't instil me with much confidence!! However, once said person had been rescued, I entered the trap door and waited anxiously for the countdown. Suddenly, the floor drops away and I'm shot down a giant 40 foot heart stopping free fall drop, and up into a full looping slide at insane speeds of up to 60 km/h. Holy Cow!
We left the big boys to have endless rides on the River Rapids and Aqua Racer while Fletch and I headed back to, you guessed it, the warm spas again. Here Fletch spent the rest of the afternoon, alternately with Bruce or I, while Jack and Jarrah rode and re-rode all the heart stopping, adrenaline pumping, gravity defying thrill rides in the park.
By the time we met up back at the Giant Wave Pool the park was closing. Fortunately, Movie World is right next door and didn't close or another 90 minutes. So, while other families were sensibly taking their tired children home, we headed right back into the action! Best we make use of those annual passes while we can!!
At Movie World Jarrah still didn't make the height requirement for the BatWing so we left Bruce and Jack there (didn't actually realise they were going to ride it for an hour and a half!!) Jarrah and I, having just got into dry clothes, got soaked all over again on the Wild West Coaster. The Scary Scooby Coaster was closed for maintenance, so Jarrah, Fletch and I headed to the Justice League 3D Ride to shoot some baddies.
We had just enough time to look around in the gift shops before the gates were closing, yet again.
Batman fell asleep on the way home.
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