Ok, so this trip report has suffered a slight delay, mostly due to me uploading the photos months ago, completely forgetting, and now just realizing as I’ve opened up Photobucket to upload pictures from more recent trips, which I will now try and get done sometime before Taylor gets her menopause.
I can’t be arsed to check back on the exact dates now, but here are the crowds waiting to get into the park on opening day of Port Aventura.
I didn’t really take that many pictures here, since there’s really nothing that hasn’t been seen in plenty of trip reports before.
Getting here was really simple. It was just a 5 minute walk to the train station from where I was staying in Barcelona, then an easy train ride and 10 minute walk on the other end. I’m not one to complain, but the area could do with a bit of tidying up really. The cracked slabs, weeds and just the whole area in general are just a bit depressing.
Inside, the actual park was much nicer though, which was appreciated, and went some way to taking my mind off the pain of being ass raped at the ticket counter.
I headed straight for Furious Baco, and got on the first train of the day, which, I’m guessing, was also the first train of the season. I almost got my cock out right there and then, but then I remembered that I don’t actually give a **** about stuff like that.
Opinions. Really enjoyed the launch, but that was basically it. Rough? Not in the way that I’d define rough, no. Rough for me is sudden, bone-jarring smacks to the body and/or head. Baco didn’t do this to me, but it rattles. A lot. Right the way through the ride, and not in a fun “woodie” way either.
I went back around for a few more goes since it was still quiet, tried a few different seats, had words with some Spanish bastard who nicked my outside seat when I went to put my bag to the side, and didn’t enjoy the ride any more than the first time.
Still better than Rita though.
I thought the whole Polynesia area looked really nice.
It would’ve looked nicer if Tutuki Splash was open, but I was expecting this anyway.
Had a go on Sea Odyssey, which was walk on. Walk on still means half an hour before you actually get on the ****ing thing though. Not bad as far as simulators go, but that’s all it is: a simulator.
Oooohhhhh, what’s that over there? Go on, get the box of tissues ready. It’s coming up soon…
Tami Tami first.
I’ve been on a few of these now, but I’d say this was the best of them, simply for the water and palm trees and ****. Looked really nice.
Right then, here it is.
Does it deserve all the hype it gets? Absolutely! Brilliant coaster. I haven’t done a top ten reshuffle for a while, but when I do, I’m sure it will be up there. Best looper I’ve been on at least.
My only complaint isn’t with the coaster at all, but with the way it was being run. Granted, it wasn’t a particularly busy day, but a half hour wait surely warrants a second train? Plus, who the **** thought that queuing system was a good idea. It’s a mess. In fact, the queue lines for most things at the park are ridiculously confusing. On practically every ride, people were walking up and down aimlessly, looking for the right way to get in.
Later in the day the line was down slightly to about 20 minutes, so got a few more goes in, and loved every ride.
Hurakan Condor. Single rider line, which was nice, but would have been appreciated a lot more on Khan to be honest.
Still, an excellent drop tower. I managed to get goes on all the different sides. Definitely one of the best drop towers I’ve done, but didn’t manage to knock UFO off the top of my list. It was pretty much the only flat ride open as well. Not a big deal really, considering the rest of them looked **** anyway.
A couple of goes on Lift Hill: The Ride. Looks very nice, but doesn’t do much unfortunately.
Then on to Tomahawk, before its murder conviction.
I was really surprised by this one. NOT a kiddy coaster at all really, despite how “small” it is. I’m glad I didn’t have to wait for it though since that **** ing singing vulture thing was getting on my tits.
Apologies for the really crappy Stampida picture, but you’ve all seen it before.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m either one tough mofo, or most other people are just whining pussies because I just didn’t find it half as bad as most people make it out to be.
Ok, so I didn’t ride it before the new train debacle, so I obviously don’t know what I’m talking about, but I actually quite enjoyed it. The first drop in the back rows is excellent, and the rest of it is pretty fun, if nothing special. Admittedly, a couple of goes on each side was more than enough, but it’s not the crippling torture device I was expecting.
I was going to put a couple more pictures, but it seems that’s all I’ve uploaded.
General impressions. Lovely park with some gorgeous theming and an overall really nice atmosphere. One amazing coaster. One amazing flat ride. An ok woodie. A great launch, but forget the rest of the coaster it’s attached to, and the a whole plethora of mediocrity.
On opening day, rides should be open. There seemed to be serious staffing issues, with coasters being run on a skeleton staff and way too many rides not even open at all.
Having said all that, I really enjoyed my day here and would definitely come back, though I’d probably wait for the season to kick in next time to get a bit more for my money.
I’ll get Tibidabo up sometime in the next couple of days. As per ****ing usual I’ve written way too much already and I’ve got an episode of Wife Swap to get watched before I get to bed….
I can’t be arsed to check back on the exact dates now, but here are the crowds waiting to get into the park on opening day of Port Aventura.
I didn’t really take that many pictures here, since there’s really nothing that hasn’t been seen in plenty of trip reports before.
Getting here was really simple. It was just a 5 minute walk to the train station from where I was staying in Barcelona, then an easy train ride and 10 minute walk on the other end. I’m not one to complain, but the area could do with a bit of tidying up really. The cracked slabs, weeds and just the whole area in general are just a bit depressing.
Inside, the actual park was much nicer though, which was appreciated, and went some way to taking my mind off the pain of being ass raped at the ticket counter.
I headed straight for Furious Baco, and got on the first train of the day, which, I’m guessing, was also the first train of the season. I almost got my cock out right there and then, but then I remembered that I don’t actually give a **** about stuff like that.
Opinions. Really enjoyed the launch, but that was basically it. Rough? Not in the way that I’d define rough, no. Rough for me is sudden, bone-jarring smacks to the body and/or head. Baco didn’t do this to me, but it rattles. A lot. Right the way through the ride, and not in a fun “woodie” way either.
I went back around for a few more goes since it was still quiet, tried a few different seats, had words with some Spanish bastard who nicked my outside seat when I went to put my bag to the side, and didn’t enjoy the ride any more than the first time.
Still better than Rita though.
I thought the whole Polynesia area looked really nice.
It would’ve looked nicer if Tutuki Splash was open, but I was expecting this anyway.
Had a go on Sea Odyssey, which was walk on. Walk on still means half an hour before you actually get on the ****ing thing though. Not bad as far as simulators go, but that’s all it is: a simulator.
Oooohhhhh, what’s that over there? Go on, get the box of tissues ready. It’s coming up soon…
Tami Tami first.
I’ve been on a few of these now, but I’d say this was the best of them, simply for the water and palm trees and ****. Looked really nice.
Right then, here it is.
Does it deserve all the hype it gets? Absolutely! Brilliant coaster. I haven’t done a top ten reshuffle for a while, but when I do, I’m sure it will be up there. Best looper I’ve been on at least.
My only complaint isn’t with the coaster at all, but with the way it was being run. Granted, it wasn’t a particularly busy day, but a half hour wait surely warrants a second train? Plus, who the **** thought that queuing system was a good idea. It’s a mess. In fact, the queue lines for most things at the park are ridiculously confusing. On practically every ride, people were walking up and down aimlessly, looking for the right way to get in.
Later in the day the line was down slightly to about 20 minutes, so got a few more goes in, and loved every ride.
Hurakan Condor. Single rider line, which was nice, but would have been appreciated a lot more on Khan to be honest.
Still, an excellent drop tower. I managed to get goes on all the different sides. Definitely one of the best drop towers I’ve done, but didn’t manage to knock UFO off the top of my list. It was pretty much the only flat ride open as well. Not a big deal really, considering the rest of them looked **** anyway.
A couple of goes on Lift Hill: The Ride. Looks very nice, but doesn’t do much unfortunately.
Then on to Tomahawk, before its murder conviction.
I was really surprised by this one. NOT a kiddy coaster at all really, despite how “small” it is. I’m glad I didn’t have to wait for it though since that **** ing singing vulture thing was getting on my tits.
Apologies for the really crappy Stampida picture, but you’ve all seen it before.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m either one tough mofo, or most other people are just whining pussies because I just didn’t find it half as bad as most people make it out to be.
Ok, so I didn’t ride it before the new train debacle, so I obviously don’t know what I’m talking about, but I actually quite enjoyed it. The first drop in the back rows is excellent, and the rest of it is pretty fun, if nothing special. Admittedly, a couple of goes on each side was more than enough, but it’s not the crippling torture device I was expecting.
I was going to put a couple more pictures, but it seems that’s all I’ve uploaded.
General impressions. Lovely park with some gorgeous theming and an overall really nice atmosphere. One amazing coaster. One amazing flat ride. An ok woodie. A great launch, but forget the rest of the coaster it’s attached to, and the a whole plethora of mediocrity.
On opening day, rides should be open. There seemed to be serious staffing issues, with coasters being run on a skeleton staff and way too many rides not even open at all.
Having said all that, I really enjoyed my day here and would definitely come back, though I’d probably wait for the season to kick in next time to get a bit more for my money.
I’ll get Tibidabo up sometime in the next couple of days. As per ****ing usual I’ve written way too much already and I’ve got an episode of Wife Swap to get watched before I get to bed….
