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Friday, June 6, 2025

Is It Strange to Make a Vacation Out of Going to a Theme Park?

I know it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but is it considered strange to make a vacation out of going to a theme park? I was starting to make plans to visit Universal Studios Orlando because I'm now tall enough to ride the rides there. I went with my mom, dad and sister when we were younger, but it was useless; we were too short to ride any of the big rides. Now the park has changed rides. The Jaws ride, where you ride in a boat and get "attacked" by a shark, has been cleared out to make way for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The Back to the Future Motion Ride was cleared out to make way for The Simpsons Land ride Kang & Kodos Twirl 'N' Hurl, the Twister Storm Simulator was cleared to make way for a motion simulator called Race Through New York with Jimmy Fallon

And in years past, they've added rides. Such as Jurassic World Velocicoaster while the old original Jurassic Park River Adventure still remains (and frightens the living daylights out of anyone towards the end). I will especially enjoy eating in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter because the restaurants in the park, The Leaky Cauldron, The Hogs Head Pub, The Three Broomsticks, all serve English food, in addition to food from the US and other typical theme park fare. I will look forward to eating good food from the UK, but nothing would compare to eating that food while actually in England!!!

I was recently reading a book about roller coasters and it mentioned this park in England called Alton Towers. The rides this book mentioned were The Smiler, Oblivion, Nemesis Reborn and Wicker Man. When I looked at the site for the park, it looks so beautiful. Now, if I get the chance to go to England, I want to make a small trip within a trip to this park. I want to ride Oblivion because the book said that someone who used to do special effects for five of the James Bond films helped create the concrete area around it, making it look like the lair of a supervillain. As for price, online tickets were only $38 in US dollars. I did the conversion using an app on my phone!! That is fantastic!! Especially given that I would pay between $48-$60 to get into Kings Island, a theme park local to me. Now I want to to go to Alton Towers; I've added it to my travel bucket list. If I go to this park, I will most definitely be purchasing my tickets online. And eagerly awaiting their arrival

Wicker Man. Definitely a ride I need to go on!

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