Dream World

In the north of Bangkok can be found Dream World, the biggest and most popular theme park in Thailand and the second Dream World of the trip. How would this one compare with it's Aussie namesake?



Chinese New Year theming was on the way out, and Valentines was in (pushes fingers down throat). I'd be too much of an entendre to comment that the entrance was very nice and well maintained and I'm pleased it wasn't too wet from the get go. Well let's go in and enjoy ourselves.

OK, so not all the Chinese theming had been removed.




First impressions were very favourable indeed. The staff had done an amazing job with this place.


The small lake marks the centrepiece at the front of the park. I'm liking the paddle steamer.

The inverted coaster in the distance. We'll be riding that in a bit.

How cute is that!



Despite being listed as out-of-operation at the entrance the speedy mouse coaster was in fact running. Yippee!

In the middle of the park is the park dodgems and they had a DJ playing some very bizarre Thai Rave stuff. I've made a note to do some research in this area as the music was really good and not a genre I had heard before.


The second coaster was their indoor ride. A large vekoma coaster that was great to ride. This one had a lengthy queue on account of the number of school kids in the park. Odd that it was the weekend but they were all in uniform. In the UK being stuck with this lot would have been a nightmare but the kids were really well behaved and the 30 minute journey through the queue passed off fine.

At first you look at this and think "aww" then you take a second look and think "did the park let them hop on the rocks like that", then you realise "yes". Thai parks are great!

I loved this piece!





Saving the best for last, the final coaster was the suspended coaster and it wasn't bad at all but then it didn't invert it's more like Grampas Jet in Japan in that it just swings a bit. Cute that when the restraint system broke rather than reboot the ride the op just picked the locks with a couple of metal pins.

Whilst queueing we spotted this in the queue line. We had just missed the down time on this ride. Had we been here 2 days earlier it would have been down. Phew!

The park has a small monorail that goes around the rear half of the park.



The toilet signs in the park have to be some of the best I've ever come across. Moody babies with hands in dubious positions!

The park is very narrow and you can easily see one edge of the park from the other but there's still plenty of signage needed to know where along the park the rides are. To be honest you'll just walk through the park to the back and then forward anyway so not sure if these are needed really. 

So this is where Bill and Ben ran off to after playing their part in the Great Train Robbery.



There are some cute little touches around the park and I think a good sign of a park is doing things just because they can, not because they have to.

I love the car models.

The big splash ride was down for maintenance. Given the time of year it was unlikely that everything would be running and we didn't mind not being able to ride this.


This photo opportunity outside the haunted walkthrough was way better than the attraction itself.

So this is what the Easter Island People really look like, all different body types just like us!

Cute!

Pool tables in a theme park. I'd never seen that before and it's a great sign that the patrons have respect for the park. I can promise this'll never happen at any park in the UK.

Strange tree that has it's roots above the ground. It's called the Banyan Tree, which some of you may remember from 80's video game Jet Set Willy.

Some of the theming could do with a little rethinking. Best sentiments I'm sure but a little out-of-date perhaps.

Could this be the strangest park theming ever? Just before I took this photo a group of school kids had picked him out of the bath and posed with him being held above their heads. I couldn't get to my camera in time and I was laughing too hard anyway.

The park was humid and I have no idea what it must have been like to be inside one of those suits. Is it part of the park's disciplinary procedures to be the mascot?

A nice little touch near the entrance was a photo opportunity within a little sunflower field they'd set up.


Goodbye Dream World, time to move on!

This park was much better than I could possibly have imagined. Despite the climate, the park looked very well maintained and they have a decent compliment of rides, not A-class rides but perfect for the park. Tourists seem to get some extra treatment as well. We were pulled from the main ticket queue and guided towards the information desk where we were given a sticker to wear rather than a more complicated ticket which involved having bits torn off it as it was used. The only other people I noticed wearing stickers were the 6 other tourists visting (I counted them)

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