SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California is the oldest of the American SeaWorld Parks. The park was founded in 1964 and is famous for its marine animal shows. The animal and theme park offers a great number of rides, stunning shows and numerous animal enclosures to experience.
After my visit to Belmont Park I went straight to my motel. I stayed at the Kings Inn, which made a good impression with its neat 50s look. The breakfast restaurant next door, the Waffle Spot, wasn’t bad either.
As I didn’t want to visit Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park until the evening, I had some time to explore the city of San Diego. I know the sights of San Diego mainly from a rather charming South Park song, which in the German dubbed version is incredibly creative and plays with many more words than the English original. Accordingly, I wanted to visit the Gaslamp District and Old Town – unfortunately, there was no time for the San Diego Zoo.
After a great morning in San Diego, I continued along the beautiful coastline to Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel, where I would spend the night. Thanks to a great package that included a visit to the amusement park within walking distance and the Halloween event, the stay was more than worth it. Even though the Ghost Rider wooden roller coaster was still running over an hour after the park closed, I was able to get a good night’s sleep.
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Belmont Park not far from SeaWorld San Diego is a small Seaside Amusement Park in San Diego, CA, which opened its doors in 1925. A lot has changed here over the years, but the park’s main attraction has always been the wooden roller coaster Giant Dipper. Other attractions in the park include an ice cream-themed Tilt-a-Whirl, the Chance Rides Fireball Beach Blaster and the interactive looping rides Octotron and Flip Out.
Giant Dipper
After leaving the station on a bend, we immediately enter a long tunnel, at the end of which the ride’s lift hill awaits us. This takes us to a starting height of around 22 metres. Once at the top, we immediately ride down a tight steep curve, which is a little too steep in the valley and shakes us back and forth a little, just before we take on a big hill. After a long double down, we reach the other end of the rollercoaster and change direction in a big turnaround, just like the first drop. Well shaken, we hurtle over a series of hills to the other end of the ride, where another steep turn awaits us. This is also followed by a series of classic airtime hills. Finally, the track takes us through a long Bavarian curve before we reach the ride’s braking section.
The Giant Dipper at Belmont Park has a pretty daring layout for a wooden roller coaster that is almost 100 years old and, unfortunately, it rides accordingly. The steeply inclined valleys are somewhat reminiscent of the French funfair rollercoaster The King, but we don’t necessarily have to expect to get a wipeout on this one – instead, we either make an uncomfortable acquaintance with the side wall of the train or our seat neighbours. I therefore decided not to go on another ride.
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SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California is the oldest of the American SeaWorld Parks. The park was founded in 1964 and is famous for its marine animal shows. The animal and theme park offers a great number of rides, stunning shows and numerous animal enclosures to experience.
