It was a bumpy trip due to airbnb host issues (but let's not go there for now). For a summary of what happened, see my story here.
We had a pretty good start to our trip with a free upgrade to business class! And we only knew that right before our boarding. Naturally, we were overwhelmed but we were very excited as it was our first business class experience.
Buttons which looked like greek to me at first. But really glad to have a comfortable seat for our overnight flight. We slept so well!
Supper in two courses. And they also offered us hot bread on top of these which i declined because i didn't want to stuff myself with too much food just before sleeping. Not to mention i was still full from dinner with my dad before the flight.
After leaving our luggages in the lockers at Hongik station, we took the train down to Gangnam, which was about 40 minutes. The bus to Everland came very quickly and we were able to find seats on our 45 minutes bus journey. After getting off, we had to take another shuttle bus from the bus terminal to Everland. Arduous journey.
So anyway. We were directed to a separate counter for foreign visitors and we made use of the special 50% discount.
The first ride that we went onto was the double rock spin. In my opinion, it's scarier than the T express. i kept screaming OMG OMG during the 360 degree turn. Hahaha. But it was so fun!
Then we went to the roller X train which was very mild. After that we queued up for the T express which is supposedly a very scary roller coaster ride. i read that queues could be as long as an hour but we were lucky that day and only had to wait for 10 minutes. If i would say, i think i was pretty disappointed by the ride after reading all the reviews.
Still, we did it! The best part was letting our arms dangle in the air when we zoomed down the steep slope. i think it helps in reducing the fall pressure. And i kept complaining about how my head banged from side to side during the sudden turns. My neck felt like it was going to dislocate.
We went for this water ride called amazon express that was quite fun and relaxing. It's quite similar to the jurassic park rapids adventure in USS, except that this is much better! Each float allows up to 8 people.
The safari world tour is just next to the amazon express. The queue for this was pretty long, comprising of mostly families. i liked the part when our vehicle went into the water. i would have liked to listen to what the staff was saying but it was entirely in korean. Not surprising of course, haha.
Mr Giraffe, what long tongue you have!
The carousel has such a child-like feel to it. i was slightly touched when i saw a father taking pictures of his daughter, who was seated next to me. It brought back childhood memories of my dad taking taking me out to play :)
And our last ride before the sudden downpour sat in...
The weather changed so suddenly. During our 3 hours stay there, we had to buy iced drinks at 3 different points to beat the heat.
Due to the rain, we couldn't visit Carribean Bay, which was a good thing too as we were tired from all the walking and heat.
Lesson learnt: Never visit Korea during the summer. The heat is more unbearable than ours.
