Top-rated teeth whitening strips currently 30% off in ‘cheaper than Amazon’ Easter sale<\/a><\/p>\nThe park itself continues the immersive experience, with areas reflecting different parts of the globe. At the entrance lies Mediterra\u0300nia, featuring the Furius Baco ride \u2013 a wing coaster that launches riders on a high-speed tour around a vineyard under the blazing sun. In the Far West section, a river rapids adventure and log flume take visitors back to the days of cowboy saloons.<\/p>\n
This zone also boasts a duelling wooden racing coaster and a junior version that weaves through it, ensuring even the little ones get a taste of the excitement.<\/p>\n
The tropical Polynesia section of the park offers a swinging ship ride and other water-based attractions. However, bear in mind that many of these rides close during the winter months, so it’s worth checking online before booking if you’re planning an early season visit.<\/p>\n
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The Hurakan Condor Ride is one of the world’s tallest drop tower attractions(Image: slava296 via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Mexico area is steeped in ancient history, with temples and statues nestled between spinning rides, a family-friendly coaster journeying through a mine network, and a mirror maze.<\/p>\n
The star attraction here is Huracan Condor, one of the world’s tallest drop tower attractions, which uniquely allows riders to stand while experiencing the plunge.<\/p>\n
China, the largest themed land in the park, boasts two major coasters. Dragon Khan, featuring eight inversions, has been thrilling visitors since the park’s opening in 1995. Shambhala, the park’s newest rollercoaster, stands over 75m tall and reaches speeds nearing 80mph.<\/p>\n
Ferrari Land, a major drawcard for the park since its 2017 opening, houses Europe’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, the formidable Red Force. Towering at an impressive 112m and reaching speeds of 112mph, it dwarfs the UK’s tallest rollercoaster, Thorpe Park’s Hyperia, which will stand at 72m and take riders to 80mph.<\/p>\n
The Ferrari ride, designed to emulate the adrenaline-pumping speed of an F1 car, offers a straight launch track that promises to give thrill-seekers the acceleration experience they crave. Fans can watch from a special stand designed to imitate the thrill of a real racetrack.<\/p>\n
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The theme park is home to lots of water based rides(Image: Publicity picture)<\/p>\n
A Sydney-sider raved on TripAdvisor about their experience, saying: “For us, it was all about the rides, and we were not disappointed. We stayed at the Gold River Hotel and accessed the park quickly and easily.<\/p>\n
“The queue times were very acceptable – the maximum wait time that we experienced was about 30 minutes – and well worth it, it’s better than Disneyland.”<\/p>\n
Echoing these sentiments, a visitor hailing from County Durham declared: “This is much better than Disneyland Paris, the rides were super fun with short bearable queues (15-30mins). This park is well laid out and features many rides suited for all types of thrillseeker.”<\/p>\n
UK residents can jet off easily to PortAventura; return flights from Liverpool Airport to nearby Reus are now going for a steal at \u00a334, with pre-booked online park entry fees standing at \u00a348 for adults and just \u00a342 for kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PortAventura in Spain is a fraction of the size of Disneyland Paris, but welcomes five million guests a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[19762,2000,299,5187,19761,6113,19760],"class_list":{"0":"post-33930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-disneyland-paris","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-the-walt-disney-company","13":"tag-theme-parks","14":"tag-tripadvisor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114366783641181640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Dragon Khan and Shambhala attractions at PortAventura in Spain(Image: TeodorStefanov via Getty Images)<\/p>\n