Smithy
Strata Poster
Not really a theme park trip but one had a credit and one had waterslides so may be of interest to people.
Went to Tenerife mainly because I wanted to go somewhere Spanish that would be hot and have stuff to do and also be near a beach, ruling out Madrid for the parks or Barcelona because Tibidabo was shut.
Loro Parque was an hour transfer from where we were staying, only reason for visiting was for the orca show but the +1 was always an incentive.
Giant penguin enclosure that had 'real snow' falling on it, a conveyor belt that moved you round the entire exhibit meaning nobody was pushing past you to get closer or moving back and forth.
Best of all though, they also had SLOTHS
Orca Ocean, their killer whale show, was the only time you got to see the orca's during the day and it was a very polished show with a lot of the laughs coming from the build-up where the cameras are picking people out of the audience on the main screen along with captions and the like.
The show was impressive, as were the orcas for their size. Clearly they're happy too, look this one is even smiling!
They had loads of other animals and exhibits that were of a decent size and quality
But mainly, after a morning of not operating, the orca ocean show finishing sent everybody down past the kid's area of the park, meaning the credit was open!
Arms up on it is brave, no matter the protestations from the ride op, because you get perilously close to the orca tail in front. Not a bad little coaster really, and genuinely is sold as the only coaster in the Canary Islands. The park itself was well kept, of a high standard but the amount of money making opportunities used by the park would put Merlin to shame. Pictures everywhere, upselling of tours and branded merchandise everywhere. Fairly sure it's gonna be all over tourist attractions in the next few years over here too but meh, have an on-park photo;
Went to Tenerife mainly because I wanted to go somewhere Spanish that would be hot and have stuff to do and also be near a beach, ruling out Madrid for the parks or Barcelona because Tibidabo was shut.
Loro Parque was an hour transfer from where we were staying, only reason for visiting was for the orca show but the +1 was always an incentive.
Giant penguin enclosure that had 'real snow' falling on it, a conveyor belt that moved you round the entire exhibit meaning nobody was pushing past you to get closer or moving back and forth.
Best of all though, they also had SLOTHS
Orca Ocean, their killer whale show, was the only time you got to see the orca's during the day and it was a very polished show with a lot of the laughs coming from the build-up where the cameras are picking people out of the audience on the main screen along with captions and the like.
The show was impressive, as were the orcas for their size. Clearly they're happy too, look this one is even smiling!
They had loads of other animals and exhibits that were of a decent size and quality
But mainly, after a morning of not operating, the orca ocean show finishing sent everybody down past the kid's area of the park, meaning the credit was open!
Arms up on it is brave, no matter the protestations from the ride op, because you get perilously close to the orca tail in front. Not a bad little coaster really, and genuinely is sold as the only coaster in the Canary Islands. The park itself was well kept, of a high standard but the amount of money making opportunities used by the park would put Merlin to shame. Pictures everywhere, upselling of tours and branded merchandise everywhere. Fairly sure it's gonna be all over tourist attractions in the next few years over here too but meh, have an on-park photo;