Dubai water parks head to head?
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Never been to either but did have a look at wild wadi (well i did have a ticket to go but having the squirts and being in a swimming pool didn't sound appealing) and chocked laughing when what i thought was a stingray came to the surface and was actually a woman in full burka thing, looking like a swimming ninja.
Edited by newberry on Wednesday 4th March 19:14
Kind of related.
We once went to a water park in Crete and one of the flumes was totally closed, pitch black and routed similar to a toilet waste pipe i.e. straight down and a U bend.
It caused me a proper injury. Imagine sitting in a pitch black tube, feeling of weightlessness for a second then Ricky Hatton opens up on your head throws you out into bright sunshine, where your blinded, then plunged underwater to nearly drown in a state of semi conciousness. I thought it was the end of me!
Went round for anther go mind....but only one more.
We once went to a water park in Crete and one of the flumes was totally closed, pitch black and routed similar to a toilet waste pipe i.e. straight down and a U bend.
It caused me a proper injury. Imagine sitting in a pitch black tube, feeling of weightlessness for a second then Ricky Hatton opens up on your head throws you out into bright sunshine, where your blinded, then plunged underwater to nearly drown in a state of semi conciousness. I thought it was the end of me!
Went round for anther go mind....but only one more.
Aquaventure knocks the spots off WW. Miles bigger and better rides. However couple of tips.
1) Pop into any branch of Spinneys/Carrefour/book shop and buy a Dubai Entertainer they have a BOGOF offer for Aquaventure.
2) Take your own food, it is really expensive buying from the outlets there.
3) Take the kids on the ride that ambles (what a great word) through the mahoooosive fish tank
4) Dont take the kids on the mahooosive ride that is essentially a cliff with water....but do go on this yourself. You will be scared unless you are a) a ninja, b) Chuck Norris, c) a ninja Chuck Norris.
1) Pop into any branch of Spinneys/Carrefour/book shop and buy a Dubai Entertainer they have a BOGOF offer for Aquaventure.
2) Take your own food, it is really expensive buying from the outlets there.
3) Take the kids on the ride that ambles (what a great word) through the mahoooosive fish tank
4) Dont take the kids on the mahooosive ride that is essentially a cliff with water....but do go on this yourself. You will be scared unless you are a) a ninja, b) Chuck Norris, c) a ninja Chuck Norris.
are we to assume you sat on a water jet?Went to Atlantis a month ago and wild wadi a few years ago. Was actually dissappointed with the atlantis one - it didn't seem much more advanced than the older wild wadi. That said, the atlantis rides which go "through" the shark tanks are cool.
The "level 3" steep slides are certainly colonic irrigators. I threw the missus down the "cliff" one (stop moaning luv you'll be fine, it's just a slide dear...etc etc). I followed her and, at the bottom, as soon as I'd stopped coughing and spluttering, admitted that had I gone down first to "test" it I wouldn't have advised her going on it. She wanted another go but fortunately I tempted her away with the promise of an ice-cream.
Amex discount is very worthwhile as it's not cheap. Maybe take your own towels as they charge for them.
The "level 3" steep slides are certainly colonic irrigators. I threw the missus down the "cliff" one (stop moaning luv you'll be fine, it's just a slide dear...etc etc). I followed her and, at the bottom, as soon as I'd stopped coughing and spluttering, admitted that had I gone down first to "test" it I wouldn't have advised her going on it. She wanted another go but fortunately I tempted her away with the promise of an ice-cream.
Amex discount is very worthwhile as it's not cheap. Maybe take your own towels as they charge for them.
TimJMS said:
Had my first ever unintended colonic irrigation nearly ten years ago at the Wild Wadi. Nice. Surely the game has moved on over there by now?
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My first water ride experience was very similar only I got the combo colonic irrigation and jet washed nuts!
WW was fine for us last year, my suggestion:
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