| PortAventura is a great theme park on the outskirts | | | | and it will blast you off at a whopping 83.9 mph in 3.5 |
| of Salou. Due to the popularity of the theme park | | | | seconds (remove chewing gum before your ride!!!). |
| Costa Dorada has grown in stature and many of us | | | | The theming is excellent and the build up in the |
| travel there to enjoy the resort so what can you | | | | station is certainly nail biting, once launched there are |
| expect and will you have the same favourites as | | | | many twists and turns to keep you interested and |
| me? | | | | your heart beating fast. |
| PortAventura is divided into different lands and each | | | | For us some of our favourite rides are the traditional |
| land has at least one white knuckle ride and as a | | | | ones and Frontierland certainly has a ride to |
| family we love these in fact the scarier the better, | | | | remember. Stampida is a fantastic wooden roller |
| and there are certainly rides at PortAventura that fit | | | | coaster with a twist. The twist being that two trains |
| this bill! | | | | will race each other with variations on which one |
| As far as we are concerned top of the list for the | | | | actually wins. You make your choice between blue or |
| fear factor is Hurakan Condor. This an extreme 'drop' | | | | red as you travel down the queue line. Be warned |
| ride the tower is placed on the highest hill of the park | | | | this is very high, fast and bumpy but certainly |
| and them rises a further 100m from the ground (it is | | | | exhilarating and you are guaranteed to finish with a |
| so tall you can easily see it when you fly into Reus | | | | smile. |
| airport) There is also an interesting twist as | | | | The final ride in my top 5 is not necessarily white |
| depending on the side you chose to ride you could | | | | knuckle but definitely the wettest! Tutuki Splash is |
| be in normal seats, seats that tilt or if you are really | | | | based around a volcano you will travel in a large boat |
| lucky (or unlucky) you could be standing. This is | | | | through the base of the volcano up and over a small |
| certainly not for the fainthearted and I have only | | | | drop to start the main climb (beware of the boat |
| plucked up enough courage to ride it twice! | | | | coming down the main drop you could be in for a |
| The most spectacular ride has to be Dragon Khan. | | | | wet surprise!) Once at the top you travel around the |
| This is a fantastic roller coaster designed by John | | | | top of the volcano accompanied by eruption noises |
| Wardly. It is a spectacular site as you walk into 'China' | | | | until you finally hit a huge drop that also has a hump |
| and must be one of the most photographed places in | | | | in it to make the final splash even bigger. Once you |
| the park. When it was first built it was a world first | | | | have recovered from this soaking beware of the |
| with it's 8 loops. Once you have climbed the initial | | | | water pistols waiting for you at the end - Great fun |
| 148ft lift then it is a fast 1.75 mins of pure | | | | on a hot day. |
| exhilaration. The only drawback is that the queues | | | | So as you can see here in Europe we are lucky to |
| are often very long so try either first thing in the | | | | have such a great theme park on our doorstep in my |
| morning or last thing at night. | | | | mind it rivals those in Florida and you certainly have |
| The newest addition to PortAventura is Furius Baco. | | | | the exciting White Knuckle Rides to get your head |
| This is certainly the fastest ride you may experience | | | | round. |