"Once more polama ,daddy?
NO!!"
25th December,2013 was a holiday. This was a much needed holiday for all of us. The entire batch yearned to spend a lazy holiday at home, but this wasn't going to be such a day.
After many a failed attempts at planning, we decided to visit a water theme park..after various rounds of voting and vetoing we finalized on 'Kishkinta water theme park". Some of my batch mates told me not to have any prior expectations but me being me held great hopes at a fun day.
As discussed, we all met up at a common point at 10.30 AM. (You might hear different versions of this story wherein I would be described as unpunctual, but pay no heed! :D ). 16 of us boarded the local Chennai safari (or MTC some might call it). We changed two buses and after an hour of traveling, landed in the kishkinta island. As I reached there, a wave of nostalgia crossed me. Come to think of it, my childhood would have been incomplete without the regular Kishkinta and Black Thunder ads on TV.
We bought entry passes(quite frankly they were priced on higher side) and ventured into what we hoped would be a memorable experience.
Ride 1:
Wow!Whatte a start. This was an aerodynamic lift thingy. It made us a little dizzy but fun nonetheless.
Ride 2:
Okay dashing cars. Bleh. Could've skipped that. Next ride
Ride 3:
"Closed for lunch. Pinne vango."
Ride 4:
Columbus woooohooooo.
But hey,thats it. Dry rides were done.
(Say whaaat? )
We were shocked. There were hardly 4 dry rides.Someone aptly summed it;"these are trial versions da ,where is the real deal?" This was when I understood the initial 'don't get your hopes up' expression.
As depressing as it was, we were trying to focus on the water rides, for it was called ' WATER' theme park.
The water pool lived up to our expectations.Large waves of water crashed into us, it came as a blessing under the blazing hot sun. Neither fiery red eyes nor tanned bodies could get us out of water.
After a full two hours of splashing and swaying ,hunger succeeded in doing that task.
The collective growling of our stomachs couldn't be missed from a mile away. It is said that a hungry Indian would go at any lengths to fulfill his food needs, even otherwise unimaginable things like following a queue. We patiently waited in line only to find out that our orders were canceled. Instantaneously, the 16 of us started to yell at the chef cum manager guy. Helpless, the guy managed to get us 11 plates. With no second question, we devoured it.
Tsunami:
After the elephants, Kishkinta is next best known for Tsunami. Of course it was a man made Tsunami.
After almost an hour of announcements and build up at the wave pool, it finally arrived. And when it arrived, it took us all away. It was an adventurous experience and yes I wouldn't want to do it again.
Water Rides:
I have to agree this was awesome. Water slides were not a new sight, but there was something that made the combination of water and rides the perfect recipe for fun.
One hour of fun on slides, we had had enough. At the end, it turned out to be an eventful day.So this batch outing was a sooper success.
But then:
"Once more polama daddy?
Still, NO!"
P.S.: Once more polama daddy translates to "Let's go again "in Tamil, referring to a Kishkinta ad.
For people interested to do further research on the subject,here's a YouTube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8OE3K6LFR0
NO!!"
25th December,2013 was a holiday. This was a much needed holiday for all of us. The entire batch yearned to spend a lazy holiday at home, but this wasn't going to be such a day.
After many a failed attempts at planning, we decided to visit a water theme park..after various rounds of voting and vetoing we finalized on 'Kishkinta water theme park". Some of my batch mates told me not to have any prior expectations but me being me held great hopes at a fun day.
As discussed, we all met up at a common point at 10.30 AM. (You might hear different versions of this story wherein I would be described as unpunctual, but pay no heed! :D ). 16 of us boarded the local Chennai safari (or MTC some might call it). We changed two buses and after an hour of traveling, landed in the kishkinta island. As I reached there, a wave of nostalgia crossed me. Come to think of it, my childhood would have been incomplete without the regular Kishkinta and Black Thunder ads on TV.
We bought entry passes(quite frankly they were priced on higher side) and ventured into what we hoped would be a memorable experience.
Ride 1:
Wow!Whatte a start. This was an aerodynamic lift thingy. It made us a little dizzy but fun nonetheless.
Ride 2:
Okay dashing cars. Bleh. Could've skipped that. Next ride
Ride 3:
"Closed for lunch. Pinne vango."
Ride 4:
Columbus woooohooooo.
But hey,thats it. Dry rides were done.
(Say whaaat? )
We were shocked. There were hardly 4 dry rides.Someone aptly summed it;"these are trial versions da ,where is the real deal?" This was when I understood the initial 'don't get your hopes up' expression.
As depressing as it was, we were trying to focus on the water rides, for it was called ' WATER' theme park.
The water pool lived up to our expectations.Large waves of water crashed into us, it came as a blessing under the blazing hot sun. Neither fiery red eyes nor tanned bodies could get us out of water.
After a full two hours of splashing and swaying ,hunger succeeded in doing that task.
The collective growling of our stomachs couldn't be missed from a mile away. It is said that a hungry Indian would go at any lengths to fulfill his food needs, even otherwise unimaginable things like following a queue. We patiently waited in line only to find out that our orders were canceled. Instantaneously, the 16 of us started to yell at the chef cum manager guy. Helpless, the guy managed to get us 11 plates. With no second question, we devoured it.
Tsunami:
After the elephants, Kishkinta is next best known for Tsunami. Of course it was a man made Tsunami.
After almost an hour of announcements and build up at the wave pool, it finally arrived. And when it arrived, it took us all away. It was an adventurous experience and yes I wouldn't want to do it again.
Water Rides:
I have to agree this was awesome. Water slides were not a new sight, but there was something that made the combination of water and rides the perfect recipe for fun.
One hour of fun on slides, we had had enough. At the end, it turned out to be an eventful day.So this batch outing was a sooper success.
But then:
"Once more polama daddy?
Still, NO!"
P.S.: Once more polama daddy translates to "Let's go again "in Tamil, referring to a Kishkinta ad.
For people interested to do further research on the subject,here's a YouTube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8OE3K6LFR0
oh ho!batch outing no.1-visit to bessy beach!
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ReplyDeleteExactly...even i was about to write the same comment Ashok :)
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