Great America
It was not about a week back that we heard about this amusement park from a relative. Hazy descriptions of some of the rides were enough to get me all charged up and bug my hubby to plan a trip. It was going to be Saturday.
It is called the Great America Parkway and is located in Santa Clara, off 101. Simply put, our backyard. We reached at about 11 and it took us a while to get our tickets and go through the security checks. We had no clue what laid ahead.
Invertigo
‘Thrilling’ is not the word. It takes you up to a reasonable height, and in no time you have descended the slant at a head spinning speed, and are now twisting and turning through the glistening yellow rails you had looked at wonderstruck while you waited in the queue. At that speed, you turn a whole 360 degrees and you don’t realize it until after a while, you try to keep your head still, you have no clue whatever happened to your arms and legs. And then it suddenly stops. Before the world comes dawning upon you, the coaster whirls again and takes you back the same route, in the opposite direction. When it finally stops, you just don’t know what to say!
Drop Tower
A Tower. A real tall one at that. Now how scary can that be. You gotto try this one! It takes you up, really high, really slow. The view is breathtaking. The entire expanse of the park suddenly comes into view, the winding coaster rails, the colorful water slides and the many high tech buildings in the vicinity. It stops at about 224 feet above ground level. It stops for a couple of seconds. And just as you are devouring the scenic view in front of you, it drops. At about 60 miles an hour, it shrieks you down 224 feet, almost like a free fall. Suddenly, the seat, the safety belts, all the things you were holding on to seem non-existent. In fact, your entire body feels non-existent. In that moment, it’s just your mind and nature.
We went on a lot of other rides. Psycho Mouse was one with little pink, blue and orange fast cars that followed green rails and took weird and sudden turns. The rope way was a slow cable car ride giving us a good view of the park as well as saving us some walking to the other end. The usual bumper car rides of course, you don’t want to miss out refreshing the good old childhood memories. Another thrilling roller coaster ride called the Flight Deck, with the sound and speed of a jet plane.
Having feasted on some yummy garlic French fries, we were ready for the water rides. We got on this round boat that went through roaring and gushing waters, splashing enough water on every side. We came out dripping and cold. The next one was a boat that went over a steep water slide only to throw you into the flowing waters below. The descent on the slide was great fun, the steepness does things to your stomach and when you fall into the water, you are splashed all over. Once wasn’t enough, so we went twice on this one!
We ended our adventure day with a more peaceful ride, a rotating disc that went high on a tower. This was slow, but aerial views are never boring, and you can never have enough of them.
To a lot more fun and adventure days ahead!
It is called the Great America Parkway and is located in Santa Clara, off 101. Simply put, our backyard. We reached at about 11 and it took us a while to get our tickets and go through the security checks. We had no clue what laid ahead.
Invertigo
‘Thrilling’ is not the word. It takes you up to a reasonable height, and in no time you have descended the slant at a head spinning speed, and are now twisting and turning through the glistening yellow rails you had looked at wonderstruck while you waited in the queue. At that speed, you turn a whole 360 degrees and you don’t realize it until after a while, you try to keep your head still, you have no clue whatever happened to your arms and legs. And then it suddenly stops. Before the world comes dawning upon you, the coaster whirls again and takes you back the same route, in the opposite direction. When it finally stops, you just don’t know what to say!Drop Tower
A Tower. A real tall one at that. Now how scary can that be. You gotto try this one! It takes you up, really high, really slow. The view is breathtaking. The entire expanse of the park suddenly comes into view, the winding coaster rails, the colorful water slides and the many high tech buildings in the vicinity. It stops at about 224 feet above ground level. It stops for a couple of seconds. And just as you are devouring the scenic view in front of you, it drops. At about 60 miles an hour, it shrieks you down 224 feet, almost like a free fall. Suddenly, the seat, the safety belts, all the things you were holding on to seem non-existent. In fact, your entire body feels non-existent. In that moment, it’s just your mind and nature. We went on a lot of other rides. Psycho Mouse was one with little pink, blue and orange fast cars that followed green rails and took weird and sudden turns. The rope way was a slow cable car ride giving us a good view of the park as well as saving us some walking to the other end. The usual bumper car rides of course, you don’t want to miss out refreshing the good old childhood memories. Another thrilling roller coaster ride called the Flight Deck, with the sound and speed of a jet plane.
Having feasted on some yummy garlic French fries, we were ready for the water rides. We got on this round boat that went through roaring and gushing waters, splashing enough water on every side. We came out dripping and cold. The next one was a boat that went over a steep water slide only to throw you into the flowing waters below. The descent on the slide was great fun, the steepness does things to your stomach and when you fall into the water, you are splashed all over. Once wasn’t enough, so we went twice on this one!
We ended our adventure day with a more peaceful ride, a rotating disc that went high on a tower. This was slow, but aerial views are never boring, and you can never have enough of them.
To a lot more fun and adventure days ahead!
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