mardy Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Here are the photos from our PortAventura trip. Woody, the park mascot welcoming us on arrival The only sign we could find with Universal logos still present! Dragon Khan mid Cobra roll. Dragon Khan mid Cobra roll. Dragon Khan on the lift hill. Dragon Khan mid Cobra roll. Dragon Khan mid Zero-G roll. Dragon Khan mid Verical Loop. Dragon Khan track layout. Dragon Khan track layout from the Great Wall of China. Dragon Khan track layout from the Great Wall of China. Me getting in the way of a nice Dragon Khan pic. Dragon Khan mid Corkscrew. Dragon Khan's twisted track. Stampida on the lift hill. Stampida at the station brake run (from on board the blue train). We're still smiling after Stampida so it couldn't have been that rough! Tutuki Splash doing what it does best, erm, Splash... Me about to get eaten by a dragon in China. Michelle about to get eaten by same dragon. The well themed pirate ship ride. The steam train. The only park I've ever seen so far with a fully operational steam train instead of a diesel powered lookalike steam train. The 330ft Hurricane Condor. Looks far more intimitating than it actually is to ride! The 330ft Hurricane Condor. Dragon Khan signage at night! Me getting friendly with some weird statue outside a shop in Far West. Furius Baco on the last turn, notice the back 2 rows are empty. The following day the back 3 were running empty then the ride was closed for hours! The boat ride between China and the Mediterranean. Me taking a rest. Baco again, notice back seats are empty still... Michelle having a rest! Michelle's pulled some bloke in the Far West! I'm not standing for that! Ha ha, I've pulled too, notice how she's looking into my eyes! Us infront of Dragon Khan. Picture taken by a passing foreign tourist who managed to get the train in the shot, top job sir! Michelle trying to feed our toy that we won to the statue! Come any closer and I'll shoot! "This is the best ride in the world!" Us infront of Khan again! This is thirsty work! I'm going to need a few of these! Even better, a barrel! I'm staying here for a while! Michelle had to eat this huge candy floss in about 10 minutes as they wouldn't let her take it into Sea Odessy. I really thought she was going to be sick. Night pic of the entrance area with Hurricane Condor in the background. The ship that doubles as a seating area. Medditeranean area at night. Medditeranean area at night. Medditeranean area at night. Pirate ship at night. Pirate ship at night. Model of Chinese village at night. Hot air baloons at night. These were actually quite good, especially after all that beer! Flying chairs at night. Dragon Khan and the Great Wall of China at night. Hurricane Condor at night. We eat in this American restaurant, The Iron House for FREE!!!! Horse carossel at night. Horse carossel at night, we didn't go on this at all as it looked quite scary. Far West themed street. Flying chairs again. A photo of the end of day Aqua Music display. This was very impressive and the show was different every night. After a long week and over 100 rides including 17 on Dragon Khan, 22 on Furius Baco, 4 on Stampida and 3 on Hurricane Condor I ended up here! Check out a video from our trip here http://www.parkpreview.co.uk/videos/PortAventura.wmv
Moose Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Was Serious Debacle not filling the back of the trains? And, fyi, that is not just some statue, it is Chilly Willy. It really is best to know who you are hugging.
kewlcoasterdude Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Very nice pitures. Looks like the two of you had a good time! What was your impression of Furious Baco?
coaster05 Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 I love Port Aventura. Definately the highlight of the Spain trip. 17 rides on Baco could definately put you in a casket.
RIP Psyclone Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 In proper Spanish, Furius Baco would be called Baco Furioso. In English, Furious Bacchus.
Groteslurf Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Nice Tr and pics of my favorite european themepark. 6 weeks from now, I'll be there for halloween.
mardy Posted September 14, 2007 Author Posted September 14, 2007 They had already begun the preperations for Halloween, there's lots of themeing and scenery already in place and it already looks amazing! I'd love to go to this park at Halloween! I thought Furius Baco(N) was awesome. The front seats are fantastic and offer a really good ride experience. The back seats are good to, but nowhere near as impressive as the front. So there's been a lot of talk about the ride being rough and we found this to be true to a certain extent. We found the right hand seats, both inside and outside very enjoyable and not rough - except in the back row. However, the left seats are all rough, inside and outside. The trains seem to bounce along the track when your sat on the left, not smooth at all. We also found that one of the trains was rougher than the other and to be honest while we were there the ride was braking down A LOT. They stopped running the back 3 rows for the last 2 days and even shut the ride totally a few times. It far exceeded my expectations though and the POVs of this ride do it no justice at all, the launch is intense, very fast and the ride never seems to lose any speed. Port Aventura on the whole is totally amazing! The best theme park I've been to so far without a doubt.
mardy Posted September 16, 2007 Author Posted September 16, 2007 Here are some of the on-ride photos that we bought whilst in PortAventura: Us on Hurricane Condor for the first time - notice we're actually holding on for a change, you won't often see this in an on ride photo. But it is pretty high! :shock: We're all smiles though, wish we could say the same for the couple next to us. Us on Furius Baco for the first time and this was at night! Michelle's face says it all really! This photo of us on Stampida tells a story really, you can clearly see that I'm enjoying this ride where as Michelle found it too rough, but we still went on 4 times. We've yet to ride a wooden coaster that isn't rough, do they even exist? Us on Dragon Khan, it wasn't our first ride, every single time we went on it our arms/hands were in the way of the photos. I was a bit dissapointed that it took the photo just before the last bend. I reckon it should be at the bottom of the first drop! 8)
bulldogmom Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Awesome pics! This is such a beautiful park- the theming is great. I especially like the Mediterranean area. Dragon Khan is beautiful- even the sign. Those Western man and woman statues are kind of creepy looking.
Axman Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Really amazing pictures! Dragon Kahn is one of B&M's most beautiful coasters, IMHO.
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