The T EXPRESS

Do you like long lines, expensive hotdogs, and endless vendors selling churros? If your answer is "yes!", you should visit Korea's fabulous amusement park Everland and Caribbean Bay!

Only a three hour drive away from Gwangju, we set out on our journey at 6:30AM to get there before the lines got too long. We arrived around 10AM and spent most of the day at the water park, Caribbean Bay. Unfortunately CB only has about 6 cool rides and it's maximum capacity is 14,000 people at one time. Maximum wait time for us was 1.5hours...for a 20sec ride. But.....true to it's pirate theme, we were allowed to drink beers in line. CB does have a mediocre wave pool that you must wear a swimming cap and lifevest in. Good thing CB provides the lifevest for a small fee... Overall, the CB was kind of a disappointment, but we were in good company with our friends Soyeon and Steven.

After a short nap/rest time we took the shuttle from our hotel back to Everland, for a night experience of SK's 'Disneyland'. As much as a disappointment the CB was, Everland made up for it with it's rollercoaster and rad fireworks show. Everland's famous rollercoaster, the "T-EXPRESS", is ranked the steepest rollercoaster in the world (70 some degrees). A ranking I didn't take too seriously until we were seated in the cart beginning our ascent...big mistake. We waited about 40 minutes for the ride, and I can safely say the wait was worth it. I almost had a heartattack on the ride - it was so scary! If you are interested, check out this video of the ride and relive our rollercoaster adventure: http://vimeo.com/3109322 I thought the fireworks show at Disneyland was impressive, but Everland's show is 10 times better.

We made it back to our hotel and managed to drink a few beers until we passed out from sheer exhaustion.