We had a very late start to the academic year, and so we couldn?t afford to have more than a one day trip from the college. When the option of Veegaland came up, everyone was like ?amusement parks are for school children? kind off an attitude. I got to confess, I was a supporter of that argument. But since our options were very limited, being a one day trip, we finally decided to go Veegaland.
Veegaland is located in outskirts of Cochin, one of the biggest cities in south India. It is a very convenient location and also not too close to the city as it is located on top of a hill. It is one of the finest amusement parks in India.
When we reached there, all of us were very surprised to see that many of the visitors to the park were not children, but rather college students, and elders. There were also people coming from different parts of the country to this park.
The park has got both water based rides and what do you say? Gizmo rides? It has some very good rides like space gun. That ugly thing starts off like a pendulum, a very big one. What is special about that, you may ask? Wait till it gains speeds and then all off a sudden you start going in circles. It even stays at the top position for about 5 seconds. Trust me, for that 5 seconds, you will be screaming for your life, as you will upside down, facing the ground and nothing but the seat belt to keep you in your seat.
Then there are these water rides, which are common in all the parks nowadays. But in Veegaland, you get some pretty wild ones too? which could scare the hell out of you? But that is the very idea of going to an amusement park, isn?t it? The trill of living on the edge.
There is also this ride where you are placed in front of this screen and you see your vehicle going out off control to an old creepy mine. Very scary for the kids. But was somewhat boring for us. The good thing about the ride was that we were sitting on a platform, with a seat belt (inside the theatre, of course) and the whole platform was shaking and throwing us around corresponding to the movement of the vehicle on screen.
But some of the rides were closed due to maintenance before the vacation season.
Something worth mentioning about the park is its cleanliness. It recently got an international certification for being the cleanest and eco- friendliest amusement park in India.
The park is really cool? And it is somewhat near to the places of some of our famous MSians like diver. So you know were to ask for help.