Dream World Theme Park

Posted by Sukhumwit Steve on July 2nd, 2010 filed in Day trips

An interesting day out for kids and adults of all ages is Dream World, which is a large, Western-style amusement park just outside Bangkok. Here, the natural Thai flare for fun and style has been utilised to make the park a true fantasy wonderland.

First stop is the obligatory roller coaster, an elevated orange tangle of track, which loops suddenly and violently, causing its passengers to scream loudly.

The Giant’s House is also popular and inside the house everything is blown up to 50 times the usual size, which instantly makes visitors feel like small children.
Everything seems realistic and yet magical at the same time; it feels just like being inside a fairy tale. There is a magic mirror, goose with golden eggs and even large cobwebs with spiders. Fantastic. The best part is that you are free to play with things and climb on them as you choose. For once, there are no barriers.

Perhaps the main attraction is Snow Town as for most Asian people this is a rare opportunity to experience snow, and a room has been specially created with rooms around 0ºC. Visitors are handed a large padded coat each and a pair of rather large wellington boots and then waddle their way in to the snow room.
Snow Town is suitably snowy and filled with quaint decorative touches such as model penguins, Eskimos and a colossal snowman. To one side is a long icy slope and people are queuing up to ride large padded tyres down the slope.

Information:
The park is open daily from 10:00 – 17:00. Entrance to Dream World costs 450 baht for foreigners, which includes most rides, although attractions such as Snow Town and go-karting cost extra.

Most travel agencies offer a package tour that includes transfer to and from your hotel, entrance fee, a guided tour and lunch. The tour costs 1,000 baht and is a pretty good deal.

Alternatively, it is easy to find Dream World on your own. Air-con bus 523 from the northern bus terminal and bus 538 from Victory Monument will take you right there.

The address is:
62 Moo, 1 Rangsit Nakornnayok Road, Km 7 Thanyaburi, Pathumthani.
For a full colour map, go to
http://www.dreamworld-th.com/english/index.php email: info@dreamworld-th.com
tel: 02533 1152 extension 0