The Rotorua Experience

Have you ever been to Rotorua and thought of anything besides the smell? Have you ever thought that maybe you’d want to do something besides swimming, eating or sleeping. Have you ever thought about doing something fun and exciting like… zip lining, bungee jumping or maybe even having fun on The Luge. The Luge is basically a 1/2 person vehicle that escorts you down the mountain on tracks. Sometimes very fast and sometimes very slow. So let me entertain you about my adventures with my family about the holidays.

As we are traveling home to Auckland from Nelson we stop off at a few places, Wellington, Rotorua then back home. But while we were at Rotorua we thought it would be fun to do a little bit of adventuring. So just before we head back home we decide to take a little drive by, by Skyline Rotorua. And there are so many cool things their. But I already knew what we were going to do their, we were going on the Luge ride. It’s so cool, and the last time I was there was 4 years ago! and back then I wasn't able to go on the advanced by myself, but now I am, because I’m over the age of twelve and I’m over 135cm in height.

The Gondola ride up was fun. There are six of us in a eight person Gondola so we weren't squished at all. The view is great, you can even see the mountain bike tracks and also the city looks beautiful. The not so good news happens when we get off the Gondola. The line for the Luge rides are packed! Like seriously packed. There’s just one word for that. Patience, lots and lots of patience. But before we go and wait for a while we first need helmets. And these particular helmets are fancy pants. There are different colors for different sizes, like red for small, blue for medium, and well you get the idea right.

Anyway the line has not died down yet and the sun is blazing down on us, well, at least it’s not raining. Looking at the three different tracks, Scenic, Intermediate and Advanced, we decide which one to go on. Most of us want to go on the Intermediate to start of with, But sadly we found out that on your first go you had to go down the Scenic track. After learning about the rules on how to drive they let us go for a little ride down the track. My brother Levi and I raced down the track and managed to pass other riders on the way. At the bottom there’s this two seater ride that escorts you back up to the top from whence you started.

At the top my brother and I have to wait a little while for the rest of the family. Because we bought a family pass and that means we all have to stay as a group. When the rest of the family get to the top we finally go for another ride. But this time we go on the intermediate ride. A little more tricky, sharper turns, one little jump and a faster ride. So this is what we did all day until the pass ran out and after that we hopped on the gondola and rode back in a real car.