Bahamas Day 5, Atlantis Water Park

The famed Atlantis Water Park, just in the backyard of the Atlantis Casino, was our visit for this day. The water park itself is billed as top notch and one of a kind. The only waterpark where you can be propelled upwards via conveyors and jets of water. For the 110 dollar price tag, I half expected a helicopter ride somwhere! The admission price tag does include quite a few extras, including unlimited towel use, access to the Dig during the day, and access to all their pools and lagoons, however the big ticket are the Slides!

View from the semi-lazy river called the Current

The Current looks like a lazy river at its entrance points, except for the warning signs posted. In most parts, the Current is a lazy river, however at different areas you would have the following: Rapids, option to go to power tower slides via conveyor belt (2 slides), wave machine creating 4 foot+ waves, and "flood" areas.

Power Tower - people lining up for 2 of the slides on top

The power tower had 4 slides total, 2 of them associated with The Current, and then 2 more. One was a slide for intertubes, and bounced along at high speed (keep your butt up, otherwise it will become mighty bruised!), and the other is a screamfest, straight down on your back into darkness, that drops you into the middle of the power tower where lies a "underground cavern" of sorts.

"Underground cavern"

Mayan Temple Slide - The Challenger

The Mayan Temple consisted of 4 slides, of which 2 you could use tubes. The Challenger seen above, is duel racing slides, that have timing devices so you can compare with your friends. Approximately 5 seconds separate you from top of slide to splash down. The Jungle Slide is a curvy slide that you could use a tube on, thrashing you from side to side like a ride through a narrow river in the jungle. Lots of foliage to see on that one. Leap of Faith we didn't do, it is basically straight down on your backs into a transparent, plastic tube where you slow down to witness sharks swimming alongside. The last slide is similar to Leap of Faith but is on tubes, and again you slow down inside a transparent, plastic tube, to see sharks swimming alongside you.

Unfortunately after splash-down their were some water spots on my camera lens, but this is the best picture we got.

Colorful little sting ray in one of the underwater tunnels

After an exhausting day at the waterpark, we are at the high class Japanese place Nobu.

Ooooh, Pretty!

Vanilla and Chocolate Martini

Lychee Martini

Vanilla and Chocolate Martini - sweet, but strong alcohol taste to this one
Lychee Martini - alcohol taste almost drowned out by lychee juice goodness

Seafood Soup - Miso broth spiced up with seafood and mushrooms, yummy!

Conch Ceviche - was just ok, preferred the conch salad from the streets

Rock Tempura Shrimp in Spicy, Creamy Sauce - great dish, too bad pic overexposed

Garlicky Scallops - good but nothing special

Nobu House Sashimi Plate - A for presentation, didn't get to taste, was told it was good

Yellowtail Jalapeno and Whitefish Sushi plates

The yellowtail was sour? The whitefish was good but not special. Was also told the expensive toro was not all that either.

One of many desserts on the night

Desserts were beautifully presented, and tasted awesome! If you go here, make sure you order some dessert.

Well that's it for this day, next entry is our farewell to Bahamas entry. After that will come reviews of our camera, the Olympus Stylus 1050 SW, our new car, a Nissan Sentra 2009, our new TV, an RCA 32" 720p, and our visits to Jerry's Dogs and Joe's Crab Shack! Wow lots of blog posts still to come!