Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Theme park (mis)adventure!

Dont try what you shoudnt be trying, is what I should have said to myself during my trip to a theme park in B'lore...
Me the great, forgetting how weak-hearted i actually am, went for my team outing to the theme park....


Wow, what a place, i said.. after looking at the various rides, not knowing that it was going to give me ultimate horror shocks and vayatha kalakkals! :D


Here goes my experience...

We went for the first ride, which was supposed to be 'even-the- smallest-of-baccha-will-enjoy-it' kinda ride... My team mates said that it will be nothing at all and will be loads of fun! Trusting is the last thing you should be doing in such instances.. :p


Me, though i was slightly scared, projected an expressionless face, trying big time to hide the fear which i felt.. Bu still, the great lady decides to do it!! "Thats the spirit", my teammates echoed...That moment was nice, believe me, probably that was the last moment which was nice, that whole day!!

So we all settled in our seats, they were locked.. Slowly the feeling, and hence the fear began to sink in.. I was dead scared.. It was going to start.. Oh My God!!! I shouted to the operator.. "Can I get down now??" The operator said that it was locked and that was it!!

Now I was scared to something beyond death!!!! He wouldnt even let me out till its over! What if i faint there? :( What if everything in my stomach comes out? Oh no!! :( :(
The ride starts... First few seconds it moves at ok speed... Its a ride wherein, everyone faces in front, and the whole row of seats move as if a circle is being drawn.. It slowly goes up, then increases the speed and goes round and round like CRAZY!!

I was screaming in fright at the top of my voice.. I tried to close my eyes.. I could actually feel that all the organs in my system were getting displaced from their original positions..I was sure that I was going to die, if I continued there..

At that moment of fear, I didnt even realize that I was the only one screaming.. In less than a minute, all of a sudden a magical thing happened.. The machine stopped!!!!!! I was almost dead.. and relieved as well... The operator came to me, and seeing my plight, asked me if i wanted to get down... Whew!!! Finally!! The 10-12 yr old kid sitting next to me gave a 'whats-wrong-with-her' kinda look... One brave kid I thought.. :p..

I thanked the operator profusely for saving my life, and got out of the death machine and hurried far away from that ride.. Phew!!!

You think I wud have got tricked to taking some other ride after this??
Muhahahaha... NO way! Not a chance! :D

So was a mute spectator/photograher during the other rides where people went up and down vertically at terrorizing speed, where people with high level guts were suspended in mid air upside down, totally at the mercy of the machine..!! etc...

After getting bored becoz of jus accompanying ppl, I decided to go atleast one more ride..the water splash ride.. Thought that this was comparitively better as the shock will last only for a few seconds..
When the boat was moving towards the top, during the final stage, everyone screamed and i joined too... After a few seconds, thinking that it was all over, i opened my eyes, and only then realized that the boat had just started its deadly journey down the hill..!!!!!!!!

Aaaauuuuwww!! I saw the free fall which we were taking.. My heart was in my stomach...My stomach was in my mouth and everything else jumbled up.. I thought that it was the end of it all.!!!.. I was going to either fall from the boat or get a heart attack..!! After a few seconds i realized that neither happened.. "I survived! I survived!! "- I screamed to the other people in the boat....

Went back home with a haunted look on my face!

Thats it folks.. no more experiences like this.. enough for the entire lifetime.. Phew! Tooo much! ...


32 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oy sudha, wonder if u ever climb into one of those scary rides. better u could try the simulation games at the theme parks .. those are atleast entertaining rather than tryin to scare the wits out of u.

still somehow i feel that the rides in the US may not be actually scary. they entertain mabe, especially all those water rides that are so famed of.


venkat

Eclectic Blogger said...

I am also a mute spectator when it comes to rides.. also a mute spectator when someone then questions me "nee ellam ambalaiya da?" ;-)

NaiKutti said...

haha... I can feel it :-) and very nicely written. But am not a mute spectator in any of these, would just go out and see myself why people think its scary...once i did a ride for 5 times continuously w/o breaks and came out alive :-)... starting from a group of 10, this group came down to 3 at the end of 5 rides

NS said...

looks like an interesting place... is it this wonderla? i dont like this upside down rides, but others are ok..:) a giant wheel is one thing i will never ever get onto in all my life!

Anonymous said...

I dont know whether it was really a freaking ride or whether u got freaked out for a simple one, but i enjoyed reading it. excellently written sudha!! keep it up!!

Anonymous said...

haha!! ... maybe .. next time u should try a 'even-big-bachas-wont-dare-this' ride ...

that would be a even great experience to write .. and ofcourse ..lol .. to read..

Sujay said...

shud be wonderla! thats the only theme park in blore !! :D

more than ur experiences, u imagined each one of them to write abt it??

Sheks said...

:) i can see a ghost-slapped face(peyaranja mugam).
what's the name of the theme park??

Anonymous said...

Me too! Me too!
The giant wheel on the 13th floor made me realise how acrophobic i am!!! :o

awakeningcoma said...

ithoda1 etho spaceshipla pona maathiri solringa.hmm ponugaley ippaditaan. paavam pakathu seat kid.

Expert Reviewer said...

@venkat
simulation games? do we have them here?

@eclectic blogger
:P

@naikutti
thanks! and well.. 5 times?!?!? YOU ARE REAL BRAVE! ;)

Expert Reviewer said...

@nithya
yeah! adhedhaan! and Giant wheel is surely one big time terrorizing thing!! :( :(

@mayur
is was kinda freaking i thought! :(
And thanks a lot mayur! :)

@arun
yeah! If I would live to write about it.. ;)

Expert Reviewer said...

@sujay
yeah! Its the same place! I did recollect every second of what I went through, to put it in words!:)

@sheks
:( :( yeah sheks u are right! NO way i'll do it again!

@awakeningcoma
ongala mid air suspension ride ku anuppanum.. appa ongalukku theriyu.. :p

Div said...

I'm sorry, but I had a lot of fun reading this one :))

Even my sister was like this years ago, till i 'rectified' her! I myself was a kid then and dragged her in all those daring rides.

Don't worry, i'm totally normal now. Hey u know there's bungee jumping being organized at Palace Grounds?

Jagan said...

ayyo..ethukku ellam bayantha eppadi ? u sud try riding a scooty in bangalore traffic ..

Sheks said...

sudha will henceforth travel to office by volvo bus :)

NaiKutti said...

Have a wonderful and peaceful year ahead Sudha

Eclectic Blogger said...

Happy New Year :)

Sheks said...

Happy new year,sudha.

Anonymous said...

I liked the comment "sudha will travel to office in a volvo bus" ...then there was a marketing guy for sellin trucks and wt not ...all "used" :p ...
now ur post....
yena ba iddhu, i thought u were brave....now , i know it was an illusion :p

--monsh

Anonymous said...

It is scary for many people.. not only for you.. nicely written... instead of directly jumping into the arena.. you can try some simulation games and can go for such rides...

Expert Reviewer said...

@div
:( Bunjee jumping?!?!? Dont hik u wud like to see me alive!

@jagan
adhu semma slow ya!

@sheks
:P .. office la andha alavukku travel expense kudutha ok..

Expert Reviewer said...

@eclectic blogger, sheks
thanks! same to you! :)

@monsh
i am CONFIDENT! but not brave! :p

@sivasai
thanks! :) yeah guess i shud try that from the next time..

@vee-jay
looks like u are this brave brave lady.. :D

SamY said...

ride ha haaaa

every chance I had I was adament to be the 1st whatever it be ... unfortunately I didn't have a stomach churning experience with loops n all :( ... someday I hope to catch up with that

Sheks said...

new yr-kku appuram update-ae kaanom??

Unknown said...

me used to be terrified by rollercoasters....malaysia-la got on one coaster and appadiye went for 2 more rides staying in the same place..appo dhaan bayam poachu :D

Prasan said...

i wud echo ur thots...

Sheks said...

ur blog's accumulating dust!update!

Neets said...

never the less dear, it sure must have been the ride of your life. its been a long time since you update your blog... its screamin for attn- so listen up!

Anonymous said...

I have done lots of these rides. All kinds. Very scary and good fun and satisfaction too. Very well written Sudha. Liked it a lot!!

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