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Rainbow's End

Theme Park Guy Rating: 2.52.52.5
Date Visited:
March 02, 2010

Review

What a great name for a theme park located at the end of the world!

Beautiful New Zealand's only theme park 'Rainbow's End', located close to Auckland's airport, certainly isn't the most extravagantly funded venture. However, given its limited budget, I was quite impressed by the attention to detail inside the Mine Car ride and the 'Enchanted' flume ride. These are exactly the (albeit non-existent) coaster and water rides that I could imagine Michael Jackson having built at his Neverland Ranch: they feel, rattle and smell like Captain EO was here. Apart from that, the park offers a looping roller coaster, a 3-D cinema, a drop tower and a thrilling brand-new W-shaped mini-coaster.


Rainbow's End entrance Rainbow's End entrance

Inside New Zealand's sole theme park Inside New Zealand's sole theme park

Roller coaster Roller coaster

Coaster corkscrew Coaster corkscrew

Rainbow's flume ride Rainbow's flume ride

It's a charming little ride It's a charming little ride

Attention to detail Attention to detail

Approaching the drop Approaching the drop

Mine coaster queue Mine coaster queue

Mine coaster car Mine coaster car

Mine coaster on-ride view Mine coaster on-ride view

Charming indoor sections of the mine coaster Charming indoor sections of the mine coaster

4-D cinema 4-D cinema

Cinema chairs Cinema chairs

Unique ride operator Unique ride operator

'Invader', a turning, W-shaped mini-coaster (manufactured in Italy and called Disko'O) 'Invader', a turning, W-shaped mini-coaster (manufactured in Italy and called Disko'O)

Employee performing a little maintenance task Employee performing a little maintenance task

Cadbury Chocolate Land Cadbury Chocolate Land