then, I entered the school.
It was 8:10am so I was on-time which was good, but most people were here already, I suspect they all came early because they were excited. I went down to where Mr Barracloughs room was and found James and Kane there talking.
I remember a lot of people were commenting on the clothes people were wearing, which I know wasn’t nice but it was happening. Kane was wearing the Wolves t-shirt and black jeans, James was wearing this lack tracksuit I think. and I was wearing dark blue tracksuit and black t-shirt. Then everyone was called into their classrooms for the register. Almost everyone was in today, we said our names then proceeded to the front gates where the coaches were waiting. I think there was a coach for each side of the year, I don’t remember too well, and I also remember another year coming along. But it was all good.
When we were all getting on the coach everyone stormed on to get their desired seats. My lot, Me, Kane, James and Adam were one of the last to get on so our seats were near the front. The coaches took a long time to actually start which used up a lot of time. I remember that the trip was going to take a few hours, so before I got on I used the toilet at school. The journey there began quite wild and everyone was screaming and shouting and causing trouble. I just sat back and read a magazine which Adam brought, I think it was a games magazine.
I don’t remember much of what happened on the way there, but I remember when we first got into the Chessington car park, everyone cheered and we waited to be let off. We were told we could leave anything that we didn’t want to carry on the coach but we would not be able to get it before the end of the day. Me and James didn’t have any bags and Kane took his with him. When we got off the coach we proceeded to the turnstiles when you put your tickets in , but because were are part of a school we had to just show our ticket to the man and we get let in through the side. It would have taken forever if we had to go through the turnstiles.
Then we were in, it was amazing, there was people screaming on the rides, people walking around and joking, and lots of people having a good time. The first thing we did was line up for this Laser Challenge game, but what I noticed was a lot of people went to line up for the Samurai. I heard its got over an hour waiting time to get on, but we weren’t too bothered, we just waited patiently to get on our ride. We waited for about forty minuets, moving inside closer each time. Then, as we were about to get on, the lights went out and we were told the ride has been shut down.
All the crowd signed and began getting the message down the end so every could move out. We were so disappointed, we just walked out slowly that began to walk to the Samurai ride. We saw Jonny in his group still lining up for it, we noticed they had only go half way in forty minuets. We agreed we didn’t want to do that and continued walking to see what else we could find. All there was, was a hill with the log flume, and the line for that was horrendous so we walked back down and watched the Samurai. We noticed there was two lines, one if you want to go on in a group, and one if you don’t mind who you go on with. The line where you didn’t mind was very small and concluded that if we lined up here we would get on quicker than Jonny and co. We began to line up, and after a few rides has past, it was my go.
The Samurai was meant to be the worst ride in Chessington, it was a ball with pillars coming out of it, high up which all spin around. The sit all in a line on the pillars which spin and the ball which spins; very scary, it goes upside down, I had never been on a ride which goes upside down before but this gave me a rush of excitement and urged me to go on more. I stepped up onto the raised platform and got in. The safety support came down onto us and secured us in place. then the ride raised up off the floor and began to spin slowly, it was fun. The spinning started to get faster and I began to feel good. I was enjoying it. The ride was spinning round and round and then started to go upside down in all direction. People were screaming, but I just held on for dear life and made the most of it. It went round about a hundred times then began to slow again and lower to the bottom so we could get off. Many people were dizzy and disorientated as they stepped of the ride, other were smiling. I remember there was one loud American man who got of and shouted to his friends, “that was totally intense dude”. I wanted to laugh but we may have heard me.
We all walked back talking about the ride and thinking about what to do next. We went to check out the line on the Vampire Ride but that was longer than the Samurai one so we forgot it. Then we saw Ricardo's group lining up for the Tomb ride and we decided to join them. I’ve been on the Tomb ride before when I was younger and enjoyed it a lot, it was like a story about this man trying to get the jewel inside the Tomb and your on a ride going round. It has shocking parts because it stops and you see a bit of the story happening, then you suddenly drop or speed up. I remember very well the line went all around, up and down this castle sort of building with the ride inside. But because we were all together we could talk which made some of the time pass.
When we got on it wasn’t as good as I expected, it was slow and quite boring and not at all worth the lining up time. We were disappointed. Then I remember there was an arguments between Ricardo and Kane. Ricardo turned round and said, “Why are you following us, go and play with your merry men somewhere else!” But as you may know the language he user was much more coarse and offensive. We weren’t going to waste our time here, so we went off and decided to line up for the log flume. Two hours had already past and we only had about an hour and a half left so we decided that we were going to ride the Log Flume seeing as it is very cool and relaxing but also has it’s fast and scary bits. Gosh, it was a very long wait. All the different people you see lining up, going through, pushing in. I remember one group of boys just jumped over and pushed in half-way. And just as your round one corner, there's a million more, and just as you go inside, you think your about to get on, there’s more lining up. But finally we managed to get on and we all sat in, me, Kane, Daniel and James. It was lovely, your in a big plastic log, there’s beautiful scenery and it feels like the jungle. But then, the log turns a corner, slows down, the begins a slow and anticipating assent to the top of the hill. It stopped. We all looked down, I remember James saying, “Oh S***” then it dropped, we all screamed with joy and landed at the bottom with a splash. Only the person at the front, Kane, got wet but it was only a little bit, then the log carried on it’s two faced calmness round the flume. It felt good, just the feeling of being in a log gliding through the water like a duck or crocodile made me feel excellent. This was by far the most worth-while ride I have been on, even if I had only been on three. As the log turned another corner, there was another one of the assents to the top of the hill, the log hit the bottom, hooked in, and began to rise. The problem with this one is that it was twice as big as the last, and dives three times the distance. Then, it stopped again. We were worried, James said the same thing again, and it dropped, “Ahhhhhhh” we all said at once, “Ahhhhhhh” we all said again. It was brilliant, there was even a camera which took the photo of your shocked face as you dived. The log went calmly round the last corner, into the building, and slowed down. We all jumped out, dusted ourselves down and went to see the pictures. I didn’t buy ours because I though it was a waste of money, although a few people from our school did. We saw our one, Murphy's law came into play and I automatically looked the worst. But we ignored it and walked on; Oh no! There’s only twenty minuets left and we haven’t eaten yet. Quick guys, to McDonalds. We ran fast using our map we picked up straight to the other side of Chessington. We found McDonalds on the other side of the Vampire Ride. We ran in, “No!” more lines. Don’t worry I thought to myself. They don’t take too long, and this is fast food, you can eat it quick. I got to the counter, ordered my meal and ran out. Still waiting for James I ate quickly. He came out five minuets later with a extra large meal and began to gobble it up. We had five or so minuets left so we made our way back to the coach. There wasn’t many people there yet, and seeing as this is Christ Church, I figured we would be a bit late leaving. Imagine trying to gather up the whole of the year group lost on a theme park; Yes, hell.
Finally everyone did arrive back and we began to board the coach. Although back in McDonalds I remembered Mr Brian arguing with two guys who looked about eighteen, they were sitting in there car in the car park looking not too friendly. But we just got on our coach. Then, I don’t know how it happened, but the other coaches window was smashed at the back, and the two guys in the car were gone. The people in the coach were made to get off in case it shatters and someone called for repairs. They were allowed to go back into the park for another hour or so while we head home. Not fair. I remember on the way back on the motor way, people were swearing and making rude gestures to lorry drivers. Some laughed, most ignored and some swore back. I remember we passed the same man about three times and he looked like he got angry. But that was about it. It was a boring travel home and I couldn't wait to get back. We arrived at the school at about 6pm and I went straight to the bus stop. Waited for the 134 again with Aristos for about 10 minuets. We briefly summarised the day, then he bus came. I got on and went and sat down.
