Photo-TR: Hopi Hari + Wet´t Wild in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Last edited by Hattuchili on Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:15 am

Photo-TR: Hopi Hari + Wet´t Wild in Sao Paulo, Brazil
My First Theme Park In Brazil (+ I Burned My Neck) - Part 1

Hey everyone,
I can not really remember when I posted my last Photo TR from a theme park visit? It feels like years. But finally I had the chance to visit a theme park here in brazil.
My fiance (it is still strange to say that) and I left Sao Paulo for the christmas days to relax without any bad traffic and any smog at all. We were driving to a nice city (Campinas) around 2 hours away. The good thing, there was a Wet´n Wild water park and the Hopi Hari theme park near by the hotel. We could use a free shuttle to visit both parks and I finally could ride some coasters in brasil, which was even better.

Part 1 - Hopi Hari:
After spending a long time at Disney, isn´t it very easy anymore to not compare every other theme park with a Disney park. But since I have not been to a theme park for a long time, was everything fine.
The park was kind of empty, which was great for us. The overall theming was nice and the park was clean.
We right made our way to the first and biggest attraction, a wooden coaster. There we were staying nearly 1 hour in the sun, to finally ride the coaster. They were only running 1 train, which was the reason for the long waiting time. The ride itself was not feeling very good. My lapbar was not really closing and I was holding on to it the whole time, to stay in the seat. I really thought Gwazi at Bush Gardens was the worst wooden coaster I have been to, but this one was worse.
Anyway, after that horrible ride we got 3 more coaster, a shuttle loop, a kiddie powered coaster and a indoor spinning coaster. Except the wooden coaster was everything okay. We also spend some time on the river rapids to cool down for a while.
So, in total I got some new credits and burned my neck, what a great day! Taiko Wink

--Soren

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:55 am Post subject:

Hey nice TR! Hopi Hari seems very much like a European park. Has a sort of Terra Mítica feel to it.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:

Very nice trip report Soren. The park looks very well themed etc.

However it makes me miss 'Thunderlooper' Taiko Sad

How was Katapul ?
Look forward to rest of your trip report.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:15 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:25 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:17 am Post subject:

My thoughts exactly - Thunderlooper was great! Those were the days - a ride on Nemesis, then a ride on Thunderlooper, back to Nemesis, and so on... - hours and hours of fun!! Taiko Bounce

Glad to see that it's safe and well!

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:24 am Post subject:

1. I know who the sponsor is! But I wont say, lest I ruin the fun for everyone else.

2. I may be culturally incorrect, but I think everyone left the park to go for a siesta (big long snooze in the middle of the day). Hmm, I bet Latin American parks can prove to be quite accessible during siesta...no crowds!

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:30 am Post subject:

Ok, that is one terrifying dark ride. They took the scariest ride at Disney and modified it to terrorize more people than ever before. Awesome TR Soren. Can't wait to see more.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:27 am Post subject:

This is a really nice TR. It put me back in the summer mood. Taiko Really Happy

And Montezum looks really cool, too bad it was crappy. Looks like a nicely themed park.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

Now that's a neat park. I like the themeing, and the style. Thanks for sharing this and for the Rio Bravo pics (Big grin).

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