My sister and I love Scoopon and Groupon for being able to give "experiences" as gifts. This week we got to try Wet'n'Wild Buggy. I gave her daughter Kali a voucher for her birthday, and she gave my kids vouchers for Christmas. The fine print said they had to be used by the end of October - early Christmas for my kids! There was no complaining about that.
I found their FAQs a little lacking so I thought I'd share some info.
When you arrive at Wet'n'Wild, you go towards the normal entrance but then go to the left and enter through guest services. They will give you a lovely yellow wrist band to identify you as a buggy only guest and send you on your way.
If your kids are doing it and you just want to watch, you also get a wrist band (this was one of my question - spectators are allowed).
The buggy area is right up the back of the park but there are signs along the way pointing in the right direction.
Once you get there, you check in and fill out a waiver for each participant. You are given another wrist band, upon which they write whether you are a licensed driver or not, and how many laps you will be doing.
After watching a short safety video, you are given a helmet (complete with lovely under-helmet hair net) and plastic glasses (if you don't have your own sunglasses).
4 buggies go on the track at a time. If you are licensed, you get to sit in the right side with full access to the steering wheel, brake, and most importantly, the accelerator. An "instructor" sits in the left seat. Kids sit on the left side with their own steering wheel, while the instructor does all of the braking and accelerating (and quite possibly some of the steering).
I found them a bit harder to steer than expected at first - no power steering here. But I quickly got the feel of it and had a great time driving over logs, up and down stairs, through water holes, and around tight corners. At one point I asked my co-pilot if he had an emergency brake in case I did anything stupid, and he responded by bringing us to a grinding halt.
He said that they are usually extremely busy in the mornings and the afternoons are a bit less crowded.
One of my other questions was whether we would get muddy or wet. I came out without a drop on me. I did find that even though the helmet seemed snug when I first put it on, it bounced around a bit and was falling towards the back of my head, so make sure your helmet is nice and tight or it gets annoying with all the bumping.
The information we were given said to allow an hour, but I don't think it took us more than about 30 minutes. It probably depends on how long it takes to get everyone ready to go, and whether there is a bit of a queue waiting their turn to drive.
The kids loved it and now feel that they are professional 4WD drivers. I enjoyed it but I suspect it is a lot more fun for kids because they do not normally have the opportunity to drive, and therefore there is a big novelty factor for them too.
I found their FAQs a little lacking so I thought I'd share some info.
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If your kids are doing it and you just want to watch, you also get a wrist band (this was one of my question - spectators are allowed).
The buggy area is right up the back of the park but there are signs along the way pointing in the right direction.
Once you get there, you check in and fill out a waiver for each participant. You are given another wrist band, upon which they write whether you are a licensed driver or not, and how many laps you will be doing.
After watching a short safety video, you are given a helmet (complete with lovely under-helmet hair net) and plastic glasses (if you don't have your own sunglasses).
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I found them a bit harder to steer than expected at first - no power steering here. But I quickly got the feel of it and had a great time driving over logs, up and down stairs, through water holes, and around tight corners. At one point I asked my co-pilot if he had an emergency brake in case I did anything stupid, and he responded by bringing us to a grinding halt.
He said that they are usually extremely busy in the mornings and the afternoons are a bit less crowded.
One of my other questions was whether we would get muddy or wet. I came out without a drop on me. I did find that even though the helmet seemed snug when I first put it on, it bounced around a bit and was falling towards the back of my head, so make sure your helmet is nice and tight or it gets annoying with all the bumping.
The information we were given said to allow an hour, but I don't think it took us more than about 30 minutes. It probably depends on how long it takes to get everyone ready to go, and whether there is a bit of a queue waiting their turn to drive.
The kids loved it and now feel that they are professional 4WD drivers. I enjoyed it but I suspect it is a lot more fun for kids because they do not normally have the opportunity to drive, and therefore there is a big novelty factor for them too.
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