Aqua Land

Whilst we were last over there we took the nieces to Aqua Land the first water park on the island. Although somewhat over shadowed by the newly built Siam Park - Aqua Land is still worth a visit. Now in these money tightening times - there are a few tips I will share with you. 

Firstly, you do not have to pay the full price for your party. There are various offers available. Such as the 15% off voucher you can print from the website.  Or when you arrive at the airport you will get a voucher giving you one free child admission per 2 adults, get one and keep it. If you are a party of 2 adults with 1 or 2 kids this latter voucher saves you slightly more. I will let you do the maths. Adults are 24.50 euros each whilst the children are 17 euros. Another tip is to bring your own food and drink - 5 euros for a coke is no joke, when a 2 litre bottle is only 1.55 from the supermarket. You can keep everything in a large locker which you can hire. Ignore the sign about the doughnuts that can be hired, they are free on the rides/slides where you have to use them. Also avoid the underwater viewing area for the Dolphins - it is a rip off - not much to see unless you count the attempted buggery by one dolphin with another. They were not mating as I found out later they were all males!!

The Dolphin show is free and you may be lucky - by getting there early and have a front row seat in the middle of the seating, you might get picked to be towed or pushed by the dolphins. see the picture above.   

Overall Aqua Land is not as new or exciting as Siam Park and is showing it's age, but it has some differences to Siam Park. It is cheaper as a day out than Siam Park. It has an excellent Dolphin show which is included in the price. 

And it has a slide far scarier than the Tower of Terror at Siam Park - the Boomerang. On the ground it does not look anything scary till you get to the top and look down! It looks like a straight drop. We saw quite a few  people turning around and coming back down. However, take a deep breath and push off you will be glad you did, the adrenalin rush is addictive, I went back twice.