Brat Camp Explained

http://www.southtravels.com/middleeast/uae/dreamlandaquapark/

Ok some of you have tried to match my Facebook comments up to this and I now realise I have been a little confusing. Last weekend we were going to go away to a water park but it got moved to the weekend just been. As it was 7 "families" going away with lots of kids - we were calling it "Brat Camp". So as you can guess, we went this weekend!
It was a great facility - have provided a bookmark for it above - things in this country are so geared for kids and ease for parents. Took two hours to get there but the place is really well laid out with loads of lifegaurds and the whole thing felt very safe.
The park is next to the Arabian Gulf which made for spectacular scenery. Unfortunately my camera only lasted until Friday night (must remember to charge it much more for London!) so I don't have any pics of the rides etc - will steal some off the others for here.
Spent all Friday going up and down the rides etc with the kids - was great - good excuse to have fun - especially when I mostly had Kiana who's 7, Anja who's 3 and Niamh who's 5 - they needed adult supervision! (Any excuse eh...) However one ride was called the Kamikaze - HUGE slides that go very fast - I got to the top and badly wanted to chicken out but had the 5 year old waiting behind me - had to save face - OMG! Only did it once!
The park was really well laid out, well supervised, reasoanbly priced (considering you couldn't take food and drink in) and even though it was busy think the longest I waited for a ride was about 4 mins! They have cabins on site so we booked 7 to stay the night. The price included food for a bbq, breakfast and great facilities (with air con!) Luxury camping I tell you. I stayed with G and her two girls - there was plenty of room and comfty air beds.
That night we had a big bbq all together - quite funny coz we are all kiwis and sat around, had a few drinks, sang some songs, chatted away and ate BBQ food - could have been at home! Made us think of NZ that's for sure. Beautiful sunset - which you'll kind of see in one of the pics - just finished it all off. Also we were allowed access to some pools etc once the main crowd had gone and the park was closed as we were staying right inside it - and they provided two lifeguards still - the kids were in heaven! There was also a belly dancer provided but I was knackered so crashed before she came. However everyone said they had a good time and of course some (boys) stayed up til the wee hours...as you do!
Yesterday we got up and cooked some more bbq for brekkie, went off swimming and relaxed until check out at 12. We could have stayed the afternoon but were all tired so made our way home slowly. Amazing trip though - great facility and no doubt we'll return.
Have the 7s this weekend so now trying to gear up for that as well as getting organised for London whihc is only two days later! Yay, yay, yay!
Bit of a quiet week at work as there's baseline exams and not much we can do to help - and we're not spending too much time with teachers so they can get assessment done. Paperwork week coming on. :0)
Hope you NZ people are getting some sunshine and warmth - it is cooling down here but still lovely during the day!