Six Flags Enthuseast Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 I've seen advertisements all around where I live for a park called ZooMarine, located near Rome. I did a little bit of research into the park and found it to have some nice things to do. The park has several animal and water shows with a water park and few rides inbetween, including a Schwarzkoph Looping Star that's traveled all around Europe. For Memorial Day weekend, we visited some friends of ours that live in Rome, and we checked out quite a bit of the city, as well as ZooMarine. First off, here are some photos from our day at ZooMarine. We've arrived at the tents of ZooMarine! Here's my ticket to fun! Dad approves of this Jurassic Park ripoff. I think this is a relatively new attraction. It's some kind of exhibit on dinosaurs. "I like pleasure spiked with pain and music is my aeroplane. It's my aeroplane." What could this tent be for? Looked over a fence and saw the park attempting to hide parts for a new Aquatrax! Many of the restrooms at the park felt kinda portable and like they were just plopped in their locations without much thought. OMG! Dinoman! We grabbed a little snack at the cafe at the front of the park. The ladies who worked there were very nice, spoke good English and gave us good service! Nutella Crepes are always awesome! Here's the way to the rest of the park. Here's the park's 'Wacky Whale'. Almost sounds like the Italian word for squirrel! Octopus and water slides. It's kinda like the slide ride you can get on Roller Coaster Tycoon games. Kiddie swing ride. Not the most scenic canal to have run through a theme park. Here's the little waterpark section. It's definitely a nice thing to have in Italy during the hot summers. Now we've reached perhaps the most exciting ride at the park: Vertigo! Nice first drop. Too bad it's not opening until a little later. So for now, let's go watch the dolphin show! "What is it with European theme parks having such catchy theme songs? Zoozoozoomariiiinnee!" Flying dolphins! They can jump over each other! Underwater circle! They flip! They fly! They touch the sky! Tail SWWIIISSSHHHHHhhhhhhh! The dolphin show was great! It was one of the best theme park dolphin shows I've ever seen, and it's certainly a highlight of the park! It's finally time to ride! This definitely seems like a traveling coaster, and it actually is! This is nowhere near the first park to have owned Vertigo. Train shot. Literally! The station is very simple. Orange is a good Schwarzkoph color. After we got a few rides on Vertigo, we headed to the bird show. It's mostly educational, informing a building designer about why she shouldn't build her new skyscraper in the rainforest. Fly-action! This one was pretty loud after the show! These guys have big bills! Hmm... so Gardaland's mammoth escaped to ZooMarine! Ah, so we've run into a new addition! I'm guessing that, come next year, this section may attempt to unite the park's scattered pirate theming. What the heck is this thing?!? We noticed all of this white stuff on the ground... bird feathers or did we just miss a snowstorm in Rome? You decide! Are you ready for the 4D Cinema? It was actually pretty terrible! Old effects, terrible 3D vision that irritated my eyes, and a rather strange story. Time for some more loop action! Onride photo of me! Brace for the brakes! Here's out midday snack. Next up, the park's high dive show! Highest dive of the show! They have an underwater viewing area that shows some of the sea lions and other animals! Mom and I took on the slide! It goes reasonably fast, but you don't get very wet. The kiddie drop tower was pretty fun! Dad and I rode it several times in a row! Small drop towers with lots of airtime make me do weird things. AHHH! THE WHALE'S EATING ME! Next up, the log flume. Ok, so on this ride, I can't smoke, be a fat woman, like Switzerland, fall backwards down stairs, eat a hamburger, dance while in the log, or leave people stranded. And I might also get wet. This ride has 3 lift hills! Here are 2 of them. Finally, it's time for the CSI: Sea Lion show! They tried to figure out who stole some fish from the sea lions. I felt that the show would be better if it had some more action. It seemed to be mostly talking and not much movement. Last minute stop in the park's main gift shop! Wonder if there's a real owl or eagle hiding in there somewhere... And that was our day at ZooMarine! Coming up soon is our day in Rome and Vatican City!
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted August 24, 2012 Author Posted August 24, 2012 Here are just a few photos from out day in Rome and Vatican City: I like wall! Rome's full of traffic! Italian cannolo + hot chocolate = delicous! The street art of Rome is rather nice. Some nice steps. Walking along Vatican City's wall. Ferrari 599 on its home turf! Ok, home country; home turf would be Modena. We've entered another country. The smallest country in the world! This place is huge! La Pieta. I'm sure a lot of people know this statue! Beautiful! Big dome. This is a LONG staircase! "We are HIIIIGGGHHH UUUPP!" You can get a great panoramic view of the whole city from here! Nice park. Another view of Rome. These stairs were steep! Intamin Swiss-cheese soldiers! Ouch! This thing is rather pokey. Gotta love real Italian food in Italy! So much pasta! When driving in Rome, be wary of the 1,000,000 MPH scooters that tend to fly by you! Walking back down the stairs. Rather nice looking metro station. Goodbye Rome! Thanks for reading! =D
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