Sunday finally came, a day where we could
just relax and have fun. After having a little bit of a lie in, we got ready
and took the 401 to Slussen. This time, however we walked over the bridge to
Gamla Stan and then caught a ferry across the water to the amusement park, Gronalund.
Everyone was so excited and once we had bought tickets, we split into two
groups. I was with Ryno, Luan, Heather, Sarah, Carla, Carl, Tania and Paul.
Dylan, Tristan, Tinus and Cameron went off on their own mission.
The first ride we did was a purple
rollercoaster with spiraled up vertically. None of us had ever seen a ride
like it before and there was much anticipation. The ride was a hit and we rode
it twice.
We then went to the fun house, which was filled with many laughs as
we made our way round a house filled with illusions. It ended with a ride on a carpet down a tunnel. After
that, the group went on Ikaros, which is a ride that drops you face first 95m
down. Luan, Sarah and I did not do that one, so we went around the fun house
again.
Tania then called us back and we all rode the Katapulten, which is
similar to the tower of terror at Disney. You go up and down a 55m tall tower
and then at the end you wait 15 seconds at the top and get plunged back down.
After that we went to the tallest swings in the world. Going up 120m high, it
was terrifying at first, but it was so cool. It was also freezing cold, but luckily,
I had my gloves.
We
tried the blue rollercoaster next called Jetline, this was another favourite and
we came back and did it again later. We also did a wooden rollercoaster, which
was a bit terrifying as it did not sound very safe as we were going
around. We stopped for donuts and a cup
of coffee and then went straight back to the rides.
After that we did the Ghost
train. This went around showing spooky images and models and also had chairs
that poked you in the back. Everyone thought that the person behind then was
poking them. Pop expression, another fan favourite. This was a ride similar to
the teacups, but way cooler. Carla and I were dancing to the avicci music
booming around the ride. We then did the magic carpet ride (similar to the boat
ride) which looks so calm when you watch it, but was so painful, because when
you when from one side to the other you got flung forward and backwards,
bruising your ribs and back. After all of these rides we started making our way
back to Tania to have lunch.
There we met up with the boys and decided that we
would all go do the bumper cars together. They were so much fun, especially
because if you turned the steering wheel lots, then you would start reversing.
Half the time, I had no idea what I was doing.
We had 20 minutes until the
ferry back home and decided that we would do one last ride on the purple rollercoaster.
When we got there we ad to wait in a queue for 15 minutes and so afterwards we
had to run to the ferry. Once we had regained our breaths, we could relax and
enjoy the ride home. On our return we had some fun tour award, the funniest being
awarded Dylan- something to beef up his Ninja outfit (from the KEPS -OL) and also to help him improve
his cooking.
We had some delicious pork chops with stir
fry and noodles for dinner made by Tristan and Heather. Finishing it off with a
chocolate pudding made by me (which totally failed as I have never done it
before.) All in all, the day was filled with many laughs and friendships were
strengthened.
Written by Sarah Wimberley
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