what a day for a day DREAM!

Biggest theme park in the Middle East (?)

middle of nowhere (the desert)

I went to DREAMPARK here in Egypt on Saturday. It was hilarious. I had so much fun and laughed so hard. We took this small bus to Sixth of October City, about an hour drive from New Campus. There weren't many cars in the parking lot when we got there. And a lot more international students had 'said' they would come too but flaked. They were probably 'tired' from a night of partying. I on the other hand, was pumped for this!!

At first there was just a row of empty restaurants. I think this was Egypt's attempt at Universal City Walk, just much much smaller. We paid $10 to get into the park. We were all under the impression that $10 was all we would need to pay, but we were wrong about that. All the cool rides were $2. Still cheap and worth it. The rides that were free were fun but do one thing- spin. Luckily, no one got sick.

The first thing I noticed when we walked in was this sign for Little Caesar's Pizza. I laughed a bit at that. Then there were some spinning rides, a water ride that was shut down, some shops, more food, arcade room, and go cart racing. Then we saw two awesome rides right next to each other. Each for $2. I paid for 3 rides. This park only really had 3 rides. One coaster, one tower that shoots you up and back down, and one CRAZY OUTTA CONTROL ride that spins and swings. If I had wanted to, I could have paid to ride a horse for 5 minutes, or an ATV for one minute, or race in the go carts. Rides that are free have longer and slower lines. The last ride we went on was called the Discovery. Not a very good name for how CRAZY OUTTA CONTROL it was. I screamed the entire time. It was more fun that way. But definitely scary and make-you-want-to-throw-up kind of ride. By the time that was over the water ride had been open for about half an hour and we were all set to leave soon. Some kids wanted to wait in that crazy long line for the lame boat/water ride and be wet for our bus ride home. NOT me! No one rode it anyway.

This park also had a miniature zoo. Ostrich, llamas, parrots, monkeys, and peacocks. In this area was the ATV and horse riding. The other students I went with did the ATV riding, I could tell it wasn't worth it. They had to wear helmets, elbow pads, and knee pads. They also had to follow this other guy. No racing or fun!! Just one giant loop for such a short time. My favorite ride in the whole park was probably "Dark Ride." That's really what it was called. It was this indoor roller coaster. The kids in front of us didn't even have their lap bar locked into place until we were already climbing up for our first drop. All the rides were small and over quickly (except Discovery, sheesh!) but still exhilarating and worth it!!