Sun Sea Sand Resort

The final park of the day, and the trip was located a few miles East along the coast at the Sun, Sea and Sand Park. This is a large man made strip of beach, protected from the dirty sea by a rock wall and unlike the last place, this is a resort that did actually have some public using it, despite the heat.

As you approach the resort you can see the coaster way off in the distance, and the only way to get there is to walk...so be prepared for that.

There are land trains waiting by the car park that give the impression that they can drive you there; they can't. They're only able to go to the entrance about 200 metres away and you still have the 3/4 of a mile or so in the hottest heat imaginable to get there...

We've made it to the entrance. Now the real trek begins.

...and when you do you may find, like we did that the coaster has no cars. Yep it was all a waste of time a little upsetting to some that the entrance gate still took our money knowing that there was nothing for us. Myself and the guide consoled ourselves by climbing all over the ride and claiming another lift hill conquered!

So with the trip at an end we made our way back to the hotel to say goodbye to our guide who's efforts were in short, amazing. A couple did head back to Happy Valley to ride the coaster they failed to do so initially, and their feedback was that the crowds are much less on a weekday than a weekend, which ironically was when we were down to visit in the initial itinerary. In the 2 hours they were there they were able to walk onto the dive coaster and only had to wait about 4 cars on Fireball before riding that.