Day 3 : “Scooby Dooby Doo oooo !!!!”

Warner Bro’s Movie World! I was soooooo looking forward to this! My heart was racing like a child’s when I stepped into this Wonderland! Everything here was enchanting! The shops (Harry Potter's shop, Shrek's shop, The Daily Planet, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, etc), the characters from my favourite cartoon shows (Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo, Shrek, Batman etc), the ice cream parlour, the Wild Wild West…I was the wide-eyed child again, roaming with careless abandonment.

We started off by watching a 4D Shrek adventure show. It was extremely entertaining… and if you are going to catch it soon, beware of the effects. They’re so real. Be warned of the creepy spiders cause it sure did feel like they were crawling up your feet!! Eeee!

At the giant Panasonic screen up in the main street, many live performances were scheduled every hour. We watched The Looney Tunes Fab Four (Bugs, Daffy, Slyvester & Taz) paying their tribute to the sounds of The Beatles. We also caught the Batman and Scooby Doo show. Here, also, the All Star Parade took place, where all the stars will walk down the main street and back and adjourned for photo sessions.

Of course, there were the famed roller coaster rides in this park, namely the Lethal Weapon, Superman and Batman rides. Believe me, they’re definitely not for the faint hearted. They were so scary, that even watching them from the ground made my knees go weak. The Lethal Weapon ride, for instance, is where you seat with your feet dangling in the air, while the coaster takes you on 2 - 3 rounds of 360 degrees turns. The Superman rides are equally terrifying with a high speed coaster making an almost 90 degrees turn while descending at a break neck speed from the top! The Batman ride gives you an exhilarating vertical ride. It speeds up vertically, falls down equally fast and goes up again. You’ll feel like a human yo-yo….. so, we quickly concluded that we’ll give all these 3 rides a miss. Not to be taunted as too cowardly to try any roller coaster rides in a theme park, we settled for something less intimidating - the Scooby Doo ride! “Oh, boy! Oh, boy!” What a mistake! The ride was not as harmless as it sounds. It moves at a breakneck speed, doing 90 degrees turns and a REVERSE as well !! I dare anyone who thinks this is just a child’s ride to take it!!

The Wild Wild West area provided some good old cowboy feel. There was a a short performance and some game stalls. I tried 2 games but did not manage to win anything. Hubby, played 2 games and won both games! The prize? A cute small lion soft toy and a much coveted 2 ½ feet tall Bugs! My hero!

Finally, after a whole day in Movie World, we returned to the Hotel. In the evenings, we strolled along Surfers and found a place called Hog’s Breath Café where they served 100% Aussie meat. Really nice ambience and hugely popular among locals. We had to wait for 15 minutes before getting a place. But the food was worth the wait.