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THEME PARK HOLIDAYS
While your days at home with the children may sometimes feel like you’re riding a roller coaster at your own crazy theme park, there’s nothing quite like experiencing the real thing.
Theme parks offer a whole world of fun and adventure - fulfilling every child´s dream of the ultimate in holiday fun. And let’s face it - this type of holiday isn’t just for the little children. It will be just as hard to wipe the smile from your face as you are about to take off on the world´s fastest rollercoaster as it will be the children’s faces.
With so much entertainment provided by theme parks the world over, there’s no doubt about the fact that a theme park holiday is a great way for every member of the family, no matter their age, to have a great day out. Today’s theme parks are not just about rollercoaster rides, many have a wide variety of entertainment, guaranteed to please even the pickiest of people.
Take a look at our top 10 world theme parks and start planning the trip of a lifetime with your family today.
THE TOP 10 THEMEPARKS
- Disneyland Resort, California USA
Now bigger and more magical than ever, featuring Disney’s California Adventure Park and Disneyland Park, plus dining, entertainment and shopping at the Downtown Disney District. With more to see and do here than ever before, Disneyland Resort is truly the holiday Where Dreams Come True.
- Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando USA
Walt Disney World Resort covers a vast area of 122 square kilometres - experience world as big as your imagination and create memories to last a lifetime! You’ll need at least five days to a week to completely explore the Magic Kingdom.
- Universal Studios, Hollywood USA
Go behind the scenes and on the sets where movies are made. See thrilling rides, shows and attractions that bring movie action to life. Finish your day with LA’s coolest restaurants, clubs and fun at Universal CityWalk.
- Hong Kong Disneyland Park, Hong Kong
Discover a magical kingdom of thrilling adventures, storybook journeys and much loved Disney Characters. Stay amid the magic in two enchanting hotels offering unique shopping, imaginative dining and family recreation, all delivered with the style and service for which Disney is renowned.
- Sea World, Gold Coast Australia
Experience a whole world of amazing rides, shows and attractions. More than just a theme park, Sea World is committed to educating guests about the marine environment and playing an active role in Australian marine research and rescue.
- Kennedy Space Centre, USA
Here you get the chance to tour NASA’s launch and landing facilities. Experience interactive simulators, live shows and jaw-dropping encounters with massive rockets, as well as have the opportunity to meet a real member of NASA’s Astronaut Corps.
- Eurodisney, Paris France
There are rides, rollercoasters and themed areas suitable for all ages. Ride a runaway mine train on the wind-swept sierras of the Big Thunder Mountain.
- Alton Towers, United Kingdom
The UK’s most popular theme park offers rides like Nemesis, Oblivion and Rita, Queen of Speed (where you are catapulted at tremendous speed - reaching 0 to 100 in 2.5 seconds)
- Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen Denmark
The Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are said to be the oldest amusement park that has survived intact to the present. It opened in August 1843 and was said to have been the place that inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland.
- Gold Reef City, Johannesburg South Africa
Closer to home we have a number of exciting theme parks here in South Africa. There’s Ratanga Junction in Cape Town and Ushaka Marine World in Durban. Gold Reef City in Johannesburg has a plethora of fun rides, exciting experiences and more. From the skyline, the Giant Wheel, Anaconda and Tower of Terror will beckon: join the young at heart and test-drive these or any of the more than thirty adrenaline-boosting rides.
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