The last week has been spent away in Australia on holiday. This is the first holiday we took with the kids in a different country, so they were excited about the plane trip and being in a different country.
I'm in the process of uploading photos, but I've already put up a set of photos from Movieworld.
We had a great time. We visited Seaworld, Movieworld, Dreamworld and visited the Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary. The kids loved Movieworld the most, but enjoyed all the parks.
My tips for travelling there (and at least one person could be interested) are:
- Buy a freedom pass (bus tickets) at the airport - that way you get the return transfer as well as all bus travel for the period you purchase (we purchased a 7 day pass).
- Getting a hotel on Main Beach means that you are a walk from Seaworld - pretty much the only park you can walk to. We stayed at the Deville apartments, although our apartment was just a little tired it worked out economically and had good views.
- If I was doing it again, I'd probably do them in order of Dreamworld, Seaworld and Movieworld. This would probably build a good momentum and allows you to get something like an escape pass to do a two day stint at Seaworld and Movieworld.
- Realise that you either won't be able to do everything OR buy two day tickets (particularly for Movieworld/Dreamworld) and do everything on a two day pass.
- Factor in a couple of days with no plans and no parks to recover
The favourite ride for the kids was the Scooby Doo Spooky castle at Movie world - which they did five times followed by either the corkscrew at Seaworld or the Roadrunner roller coaster in the Loony Tunes section of Movieworld.
You can view the slide show from our Movieworld visit now and I'll have more up here later.
Coming back to work is so hard after a great holiday...