October 1, 2012
Everland!
Hey everyone 😀
Yesterday I went to Everland ^^. And as usual when we’re doing something fun.. I had to get up really early. So again, the alarm clock wanted to sing me a song at 6 am again. I luckily bought myself some noms before going back from Sinchon the day before. I had two croissants for breakfast, and it was really cold outside!
We made it to Everland at around 9.20 in the morning, we had to take one bus to Gangnam station, and from there another bus to get to Everland, finally there was the shuttle bus. So we waited.. the gates first opened at 10:07 while the official park opening time is actually 10 am. There were a lot of people queuing for some reason (I’m not really used to it) . Because Halloween will be soon, the park was decorated in some sort of ‘Halloween style’
 
After this we went on our first water ride, roughly.. twenty minutes after we entered the park. My biggest nightmare would be my bag getting wet, so I had another plastic bag (in my bag) to save them. The water ride was much like the ‘splash’ ride we have in Duinrell at home, just less wet. I also went on the Rolling X-train, it’s been operating since 1988 (The Olympics in South Korea) doesn’t make it less intense though. Â My head was still spinning after I came out of the ride (frontal flips in the morning syndrome?).
After this our group split up, because I didn’t feel like going to this rollercoaster:
Instead I went to the petting zoo. I prefer cuddly and cute any time! I also managed to see a white tiger cub, and white tigers and a (bengal?) tiger which were all sleeping. I also fed some budgies, it was like being at home for a few seconds. They were all over the place ^^. Also, there were a lot of fennec’s. For the people who don’t know what those are, they are incredibly cute (or at least I’d like to think so) :
  
Furthermore it surprised me that some of the enclosures didn’t feel like an enclosure at all. Like, things that would have had fences and glass in Europe, were ‘just’ out in the open. Sometimes for the good, and sometimes I’d worry a little bit as to whether this was a good idea or not. But that’s just me ^^.
We met up again, and after going to the Amazon express together (another water ride) some of us decided to go to the ‘dangerous’ rollercoaster (T-express), while we took the horror maze. The point of the attraction was to scare the hell out of people, which it did for me; not at first but as the tour progressed I did feel some changes in breathing and the beating of my heart. The people up front weren’t bothered by anything because hey, they had the flashlight! But for the people like me, who were in the middle and in the back, stuff was ten times scarier. (I forgot that true Asian horror is in fact.. scary)
We had been to the kids version earlier that day, so I didn’t expect much of it to be scary. Furthermore, someone in the back freaked me out by not staying in line at all times, I mean.. if the shoulder on your hand is removed (inconsistently) while you are walking, wouldn’t that freak anyone out? There was the usual rattling and scaring of people, but it got freaky when they started honestly stalking us near the end. Like.. touching and actually chasing. I guess everyone had their own way of dealing with all of this. One of the things was particulary scary..
You know those things they have in a room before surgery? Someone was lying on such a bed, and at first glance, you think.. alright. The person up front moves his flashlight over it and nothing moves; so you assume you’re safe. AND THEN the person either jumps up from behind the table, gets up from the table or there is a lot of rattling and random leg-grabbing going on. Anyways, the video that you’re shown when you’re queuing is more funny than scary, but it’s a little more different when you’re past the halfway point inside.
It’s a new ride, and I guess that in the case that you’re up for some funny stuff (which I usually am) you should try it ^^. Only there is one thing that is written at the entrance ‘To retreat, sit on the floor and make an X with your arms, help will arrive’. At least the last part of the sentence is somewhat comforting :D.
Finally, after all of this; we decided to go home again.
Until (probably) tomorrow!
– Kirti
Experiences in South Korea, 2012 / 2013 