On a Saturday IAESTE went to a theme park called Bobbejaanland. It was excellent, and we went on a lot of rides. The food at the park was, of course, costly. Overall it was an outstanding experience.
The first ride that was encountered was a decently fast roller coaster. There was a significant drop and a few sharp turns that get more excited than your run of the mill bus ride in Regina. I did not find it too terribly extreme though. A friend of mine, who has not been on roller coasters before, did not think that I got excited enough. I told him that after a while he won't get that excited too.
There was also a ride that was similar to the 'swinging ship' rides. It swang from side to side like normal, but the place where everyone who goes on sits is round and spins. This means as you are swinging back and forth you are also spinning. On the downswing, the ride got impressive speed. It was probably my favourite ride at the amusement park.
There were two water rides. The first one the person in the front got wet and the rest of the people came out sort of dry. The second one everyone got wet because where you sat for the ride was round and it spun, so this meant that each person usually got a chance to be hit by water when coming down from a hill. Both of these rides were quite fun.
It was a great day.
Here is the Wikipedia page about the theme park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbejaanland
Here is the Wikipedia article about the swinging ships ride
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_ship_(ride)
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