2. This is Our Original Spread Sheet:
We chose to set our book in the Gold Coast.
The weather is Sunny and hot, there is rain-forests, theme
parks, out backs and deserts. For survival we could build a
shelter out of tree's and other plants, and eat off coconuts.
3. The Cost
$2,781 For flight, Accommodation, Travel and Food.
We need the money because if we go to the place where we want
the book to be set it will give us a better idea about what
everything looks like, and we need the extra money for food and
accommodation.
Flight
$431 return (from Auckland to Gold Coast Airport) Air New Zealand
Sep 3 Sep-13
Accommodation:
Hotel Grand Chancellor Surfers Paradise $145, per night, Staying 10
days. ($1,450)
Food:
$45,
Breakfast: $15 Lunch: $10 Dinner: $20
($450)
Travel:
$45 A day for car hire
($450
5. Our Story
The bus pulled up outside Dreamworld and everyone piled off, we saw there was no queue at the
ticket desk so we quickly ran up to it before anyone else did, but it was pointless. The lady said to us
“Sorry kids, Dreamworld is closed” “For how long?” I asked “Well... It could be forever She replied
“But why?!” Exclaimed Brendon “The staff weren’t told, but good luck trying to figure that one out
kids!” We left the ticket area and decided what we would do next. “Well, we could see if movie world
is open?” Suggested Brendon “Yep, I suppose that’s just as good.” So we headed back to the bus
stop only to find that the bus had left, we looked at the bus schedule and it looked as though we’d be
waiting another two hours! The only thing left to do was to walk there, surely it can’t be that far, right?
Wrong. It had taken us at least an hour to find the exit of dreamworld, but we didn’t give up. We went
on the side of the road, and it must of been our lucky day moment. My auntie Jo happened to be
driving to work and Movieworld was on the way so she said she’d give us a lift. We told her how
Dreamworld was closed and she said that she would wait and see if movieworld was closed, and if it
was she would drive us to wet ‘n wild.
Just our luck, it was also closed. Except there was just a sign on the ticket booths ‘Closed Until
Further Notice, Sorry For The Inconvenience.’ Wet n’ Wild was just the same. I asked Auntie Jo if she
could take us to where she worked and we could get a bus from there, luckily auntie Jo works at
habourtown, a huge shopping mall. So there was definitely a bus stop there, when we got there we
thanked auntie Jo and headed to the bus stop. We looked on the bus schedule here for one that said
Soutport, we found it but it was under the one that said ‘Dreamworld’ (that bus takes you to all of the
theme parks) but it was crossed out, all of the dreamworld ones were. Brendon and I were talking
about it for the whole trip home. “I wonder why someone crossed off Dreamworld on the bus
schedule” I said to Brendon “Because they are all closed and there is no point in taking a bus there”
He replied “but why are they all closed, what’s going on?”
6. We rushed up stairs saying a quick ‘hi’ to mum when we got home, I turned the computer on and typed
in dreamworld, it said, where the sight should have been ‘This website is no longer available’ it looked
as though all of the theme parks were closed though, apart from one. Disney world. Why are all the
other theme parks closed and not this one? That’s exactly what I asked Brendon “I don’t know, but we
are going to find out.” He said. Then I noticed that there was a name on the bottom of every website
‘Dr. Drakken’ and I have been on the dreamworld website a LOT, and I have never seen that logo on it.
I moved the mouse towards it and noticed that I could click on it, so I did and it took me to a website
labeled www.dr.drakken.com I looked around it and came across an address, I showed Brendon and
he said that it was by his house. We went downstairs and asked mum if she could drop us off at
Brendon’s house.
When we got there he showed me where he thought it might be, all we could see was a little shed, we
carefully crept up to it just in case there was someone in there, first we looked through the dusty
window on the side of the shed, there was no-one and nothing in there. First we opened the door, it
creaked a bit but that didn’t matter there was no-one around. We looked around and I moved over to
the window but something caught my shoe, I looked down and saw a small trapdoor, Brendon bent
down to look at it, he tried opening it, it sort of budged but not enough for us to see what was in it, I
bent down to help him, neither of us saying a word, we didn’t have to, so in silence we pulled at the
latch, lucky for us it swung open, revealing some sort of secret hide out.
7. In there we could see, a large group at a big office type table, and another group of people
crowed around computers. They were all wearing a dark red uniform, except for one, he was
wearing a bark blue uniform. We thought he was probably the head of all of this. Then we heard
someone say, “Dr. Drakken, have a look at this, we have shut down rainbows end in New
Zealand!” Then the man in the blue suit (obviously Dr.Drakken) said “Great. Now quit telling me
every time you shut one down.” “Sorry boss” We watched for a bit longer, but nothing else really
happened, then after about twenty minutes, Dr. Drakken said “OK everyone gather around I
think it’s time I told you how I am shutting everything down” We both looked at each other then
and leaned in for a closer listen. “You see, the button you press that says ‘Destroy TP’-” then he
got interrupted by one of the workers “What does TP stand for?” angrily he said “Theme park,
anyway, when you press it, it sends a radio wave that somehow stops the buttons that control
the rides. And it also stops all water from running down tubes.” Then there was a lot of muttering
and questioning. They all started heading towards the trap door, so we quickly ran out, making
sure we left it the way they had it.
We ran into a bush where we could still see the little shed that held a huge evil cooperation
underneath it. We saw all of the people coming out, once we thought everyone was out we went
back to the shed, I helped Brendon open the trapdoor then he looked around the hide out to see
if it was empty, “All clear” he told me. We carefully climbed down the ladder and looked in front
of us into a place we hadn’t seen from where we were. It was a room full of Disneyland
souvenirs. “wow.” we said simultaneously. I turned to look at where we saw all of the people, I
could see a lot more computers now, they were all off, so I tried to turn them on, but they didn’t
have a normal on switch. While I was doing that Brendon had found a piece of paper and he
was reading it with a shocked expression on his face. He said to me “Dr. Drakken is trying to
close down every single theme park except for the Disneylands, he’s making sure people only
go to his theme park!”
8. We heard footsteps in the shed above, we were hiding next to the ladder that they will
use to get in. It looked as though only Dr. Drakken was coming down, luckily he didn’t
see us, as he got nearer to the bottom Brendon nodded and we both pounced at him,
we had him pinned down, “We know what you are trying to do, now tell us how we
reset everything or we will call the police” I told him firmly. “Haha. I’m not going to give
in to some kids, what are you like 13?” He said, “Sixteen actually” Brendon told him
while I searched for a reset button. I got my phone out and he saw me dial the first ‘1’
“OK, OK I’ll tell you where it is, first you need to look under the computer to your left,
then open the little latch and you’ll see four buttons, press the orange one then the red
one, another little door will appear, then press the button on that that says ‘reset’” I
followed his instructions and pressed that button, then Brendon got out his cellphone
and dialed 111. Once the police had arrived we were able to leave them to it, but not
before I got a pair of mickey mouse ears.
“Why did you grab those?” Brendon said pointing to the ears. “Just a little souvenir.”
The next day we were all over the news and newspaper, that shows people that alot
can happen in a little town like southport.
9. Conclusion
Overall we thought that even though it was quite hard, and
we had a couple of problems at the start, it was still fun. And
we hope we can do another one this year.
