No Worries Mate & Hollywood of Australia!

As I rise to the morning of Merdeka, I was overwhelmed with much excitement because it is also the day I will fly away to the land of no worries down under. Groggy and heavy eye bags didn't stop me from grinning away up till we had our boarding passes in our hands. Then of coz and as usual we are much too early to board, so we hung out at KLIA, taking in the morning of our 2 years relationship anniversary and imagining how our destination will be.
And then it was time to board, in which I was so excited to find that the Boeing 777 seatings had a personal video system. As we indulge in our own choices of movies (mine was a re-watch of Mr & Mrs Smith and Lots Like Love), we savoured the airline food. Yes, did I tell u, regardless of how many ppl hate airline food, I always loved it :P I had the mushroom omelette, which came with blueberry cheesecake as the dessert! Yummy. Then I settled in, couldn't shut eye very well, and the flight took a long 7.5 hours..I can see my hubby tossing and cramping away in the economy class seat :\ and I was getting edgy myself.
When finally, touchdown Brisbane! It was 8pm locally, and it was miserably dark, as we ran out from the airport for fresh cool Brisbane air. Ahh..
Then our pick up service person came to view. This cute chap who I thought looked similar to Craig David politely told us we were the last ppl on his list to arrive..oops..and he was also polite enough to wait up as I ran to the restroom before boarding the van to our hotel which will take about 1 hr..
On arrival to Mercure Paradise Resort, the hotel lobby was practically empty! Then a staff came from a room behind the reception who showed two messy and tired looking creatures (that's us!) to our room. Ooh..our room looked delightfully comfy with complete necessary ammenities. Yey, got hairdryer and tv remote control..phewh. After glancing at our haggard faces and splashing it with water, we stepped downstairs to the nearest gas station shop to get some snacks. Yeah, we were hungry for food, but too tired to search for a restaurant. Went back to the room, and snored away.
The next day! Early morning rise to hotel breakfast. Food kinda sucked, u know the usual English breakfast, which half I can't eat coz it's pork. But gobble up some omelette and hash browns anyway to fill the stomach before our exciting day to Movie World!
The 1st day is always the most confusing and doubtful one. Went up to the hotel tour desk to inquire everything. Ark, the hired coach to the theme parks is a whopping AU$16/pax..not worth it. So I asked about local bus to the venue. The gal behind the counter appeared not very friendly almost reluctant/afraid to serve me. Which I thought was a bit weird and insulting. Anyways, I got the info I need, and explained to B. And we hop on the bus which was very systematic and frequent, and on our way to the Hollywood of Australia!
Movie World by Warner Brothers of the Gold Coast is the main reason I wanted to visit Australia this time. Heard so many good stuff about it. And now I'm finally here! Ok, enough being a dork. As we entered the fabolous theme park, I dragged B straight to Batman The Ride 2. The line wasn't that long (yet), so it was a short wait till we were ushered in. The simulation ride was nice, but not as great as I expected. Nevertheless, upon passing through the exit of the ride, we snapped away with Batman's power boat which he used in the movie Batman Begins.
Then we proceeded to the heart of the park, which was the shops walkway. Glanced through only, coz shopping is to be done later if any at all :D
Next ride was Lethal Weapon the ride. This was the most painful one, as it is the hanging/inverted roller coaster kind. I was quite nervous, but I had experienced this kinda coaster before and remembered it being not very scary. Yeah right, as the hanging coaster woosh down after the big climb, it was a near death experience all the way. It was extremely fast (happened to be 4G against gravity), and quite unpleasant. Still very satisfying as we reached the docking station. I thought it was too fast that I wasn't able to enjoy 'hanging around' on it. Anyways, neck pain was produced from this ride. B started to experience nauseous-ness and headache :D So we sat down for a bite as it was lunch time anyways. Ah, and you'd think we had enough of the adrenalin 'pain', we boarded on Scooby Doo's Spooky Roller Coaster ride. I thought this must be kid's stuff. But no, I screamed like a mad woman, embarassinngly enough as this bunch of kids in the same car was quiet as a mouse. This ride was more exciting and enjoyable, as it had pauses and slow speed cruises which allowed us to register what creatures/ghosts we were seeing in the ride. One down-side, I lost my sunglasses in the ride :\
Along the rides and breaks, we caught up with old friends. We snapped some photos with the characters we idolised from movies and cartoons such as Batman, Catwoman, Bug Bunny and Scooby Doo casts.
We went on to view the Matrix exhibit. Which was quite boring. Yeah to me anything with the word exhibit must not be very exciting..Then we sat and had some churros! Yeah my fav long cinnamon donut, which can only be found at theme parks (weird!) was heavenly in the mouth. It's like finding a long lost friend.
Then, it was showtime. We proceeded to the main walkway of the park, in which Matrix Action was to be featured. It was good, as martial arts fighting was used. The Keanu-to-be actor wasn't so good looking though. After some other small rides we boarded which I can't remember, we sat for various hollywood-type of shows, such as Police Academy and Bugs Bunny & Friends dance showcase. And before leaving the park, we watched the Parade of movie characters and proceeded to shop for souvenirs.
That evening after reaching our hotel, we realised it was only 8pm! So we decided to do a lil walking to the nearby shops which were shown in the brochures we took. And how wonderful it was as we discovered Surfers Paradise outdoor mall with cafes, shops, and several attractions to be checked out in the next few days we were there! We grabbed some fast food for dinner and hunged out Star Bucks. Took some awesome nite shots and walked slowly back to the hotel, feeling refreshed and happy.