Dream World - Bangkok

Welcome to Dream World

The lake with cable car hanging across

The ticketing office

On the 2nd day of our holiday to Bangkok recently, we went to Dream World. One among few famous amusement park in Thailand. We bought our tickets online from Hotel2Thailand which included the return shuttle (we found out that the place was quite difficult to reach using BTS or public transportation), entrance continuing ticket (all ride excludes the snow world) and all-you-can-eat luncheon. You could buy the ticket on the spot and there were non-continuing ticket as well (means you only buy the entrance ticket but you have to purchase another ticket for the rides inside the park). If you are going to try all of the rides, then continuing ticket is the most economic one. However, if you are bringing kids under 110cm, probably it would be best to buy ticket per ride (since some of the rides require the minimum height).

Sky coaster

Bumper boat

 

According to our voucher, we would be picked up at the hotel by 8.30am however the shuttle was late for almost an hour. I didn't know whether the delay happened due to the morning traffic (beats Jkt's traffic as well LOL) or because the other group wasn't ready during the pick-up time (there were a family of 4 from India who stayed at Holiday Inn - a 5mins drive from our hotel). Anyway, we started our trip on 9.15am and after an hour of drive (including a 10mins stop on the side of the road since the van suddenly encountered some mechanical problem), we arrived at the destination. We were told to be at the meeting point at 3.30pm for the shuttle to drive us back to the hotel. With entrance and lunch tickets on hand, we started to explore the park.

The haunted mansion

Rapter...just seeing made me dizzy

Flying carpet

At the very first sight, it reminded me of Shenzhen's Window of the World (while my hubby said - it reminded him of Cikupa World of Wonders which were basically the same). Playful colours on the shop galleries on both sides of the pathway leads us to the main open area with round water fountain in the middle of it. Another step showed a lovely garden with big round lake as the backdrop. Long-neck swans and heart shapes in pink were almost everywhere on the garden, it earns the name of Ŀ♡√Ɛ Garden. Surely it didn't feel strange seeing few couples were taking their pre-wed pics here...made me reminisced the lovey-dovey-moment with my hubby. After posed for the umptenth times, we moved forward to the rides area.

Grand canyon

Antique car

Speedy mouse

Started with bicycle boat on the lake with cute and pretty setting around it, we continued with the cable car. Seeing the whole park from atop sure gave different feeling than simply strolling by. Some areas were fascinating from the above, such as the Jack and Jill's giant which was buried halfbody. Then the fairy tales areas with its cute house. The cable ride itself was quite rough especially when turning around. The same happened when we rode the sightseeing train, mini roller coaster, space mountain ride and monorail too.

Dreamy garden

Topiary

 

For the space mountain ride, that was one scary spontaneous ride. We entered without knowing what kind of ride it was, until the train shot into a dark tunnel n hiked up slowly. Then we realized, this was a bad option. My oldest girl was trembling and looked down...I tried to calm her though I didn't feel calm at all (geez...I am no fan of extreme ride...even carrousel has me dizzy). Then the train lurched down and up, left and right until it was going on a very slope curve (felt like falling loosely). I felt I lost my balance (I felt being turned upside down) and my stomach felt funny then arrghhh...couldn't help myself from screaming. Before I managed to calm myself, the train halted. Even my fingers were still trembling when I was typing this part (we sit outside after the ride coz my girl was terribly terrified). I hate ride like this one ‎​=.=! pheω...‎​⊙﹏⊙ The haunted house was another scary attraction. We went inside...seeing only normal picture frames hang onto the mansion's wall. But when we trully stepped into the main lobby, the light was suddenly went off and my girls screamed. Since I am a sceredy cat, I guessed it would be better for my mental health to call a quit.

Love garden

Super splash

View from cable car

According to my hubby, it was quite scary, especially the mansion was pitch dark with only glow-in-the-dark-footstep guiding him along. Many sudden things were appeared or dropped from the ceiling during the tracing the footstep until he reached the shoulder-to-shoulder-small-alley (it was so spooky since he knew nobody was entering the alley with him yet he bumped with lots of (dead?) bodies. If you like Thai's horror movie then you will definitely love this. The screaming from inside the mansion was aired thru the loud speaker so we (me and the girls) who were waiting outside could hear the non-stop-throat-screaming). Definitely not the best way to spend my afternoon :-)

Inside the giant's castle

The sunflower garden...and those are real

The panorama of giant's house

Next was the 4D show (we loved the day we choose for this trip, a weekday with less queue line). The show was about an assistant to a scientist who broke the lab accidentally. Dangerous chemical mixed into one and turned the experiment animals into monster size ones. It was quite fun, with lots of water spray and fan blowing from the normal position across head and body, but also from the feet. My older girl was quite terrified, surprised to feel something was moving between her feet(geez...she is a lot like me 【ツ】ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²² ƗƗє²²【ツ】 ), she hid her face and rose her feet off the floor for the rest of the show. My youngest one only covered her eyes for several mins when the scary looking insects with huge eyes attacked the assistant. Pretty good and entertaining one.

Toddler' playhouse

Various house on fairy tales garden

 

Closing to 3.30pm, we went directly to the promised meeting point...however...again...the other family was late and had to be summoned using loudspeaker few times ‎​=.=! pheω...‎​⊙﹏⊙ . Geez...at this time I was pretty much ensured that they were the cause of us being picked up late earlier. It really wasted our time since we did have another plan in the afternoon. Anyway, if you are planning to visit the park, please bring your cap/hat, sunblock (though Dream World provides umbrella rental and canopied pathway but it was still sooo HOT), umbrella and raincoat (Thai does have shower occassionally, especially in the morning and dusk). Don't forget clothes for change too, especially if you are planning to ride the Super Splash and Grand
Canyon, both awesome rides that we didn't try it out coz we didn't wanna get wet. If lunch is included within your ticket, you could go to the Pavillion, a place reserved specifically for group. Don't expect a wide range of food like at the stars hotel but the dishes were pretty good. I was impressed seeing how effective and efficiently the waitress working together, cleaning up the table and refilling the dishes before it finished, despite the small number of them catering a large number of starving person.

On the most beautiful spot in dreamy garden

The restaurant

Some of the food

Though on some level, the attractions inside the park weren't as good as the ones that we visited before, but the service inside the park was absolutely top class. The restroom was big, clean with plenty tissue paper and running water. I thought Dream World indeed has earned its reputation of being the top amusement park in Bangkok. So, if you are here, sneak a day for the exhilarating rides.

Play port

Lines of shop

Snack corner

Address: 62 Rangsit - Ongkarak Rd (KM 7), Thanyaburi, Pathumthani 12130

How to get there: Bus no 188 Mochit - Ratchamongkol or Air Condition no 538 Victory Monument - Ratchamongkol or Air Condition no 559 - Suvarnabhumi Airport

One of 7 wonders of the world (in tiny size)

I loved the trashbin

Cute restroom sign