Go karts at Isla Magica

by Bryce

I'd recommend wearing shorts at Isla Magica's circuit kart station for three reasons. The first one, the kart gets hotter as you race, and that means at the final lap you'll be sweating faster than you can say Jack Robinson. Reason number two, Seville's hot sun will make you burn after those 15 laps so make sure to drink a lot of ice water after burning a bit of rubber. Last but not least, if you're like me you'll be burning your wheels in no time so make sure to sit back, relax, and watch me do pretty good on my 4th time kart racing ever.

Well, it was pretty fun on those single man go-karts but I know you're dying to hear what it was like so I'll tell you guys. First, I walked around the park a bit and went on rides like a log flume ride called the Anaconda and then a pirate ride where you squirt people with water cannons. I had some really good shots on that ride. First of all, I hit all the targets and all the human targets (mostly in the face)! I only got hit once when a whole boat ganged up on me.

Then I saw that glorious sign. Oh, that great huge glorious sign: Go-karts!  My face clearly expressed where I wanted to go. "Anaconda, here we come!" said Dad. My eyes turned as huge as dinner plates. I sniffled a bit, made my eyes watery, and stepped up to Dad. "Why can't we go to the go-kart station?" I said in a low small voice.  "I've only done it twice in my life".  Dad tried to hold back but I knew he couldn't resist letting his son miss something this big. "Alright", he said. Glad I won, I dashed to the go-cart station with 10 euros for my ticket while the rest of the family was choking on my kicked up dust. "Uno taquilla para mi por favor,". "Cuantos años tienes" asked the attendant. "Diez," I answered solemnly. He opened a gate so I could get in my helmet and then my go-cart. After a while the whole family (except for Mom) was looking at the starting flag and hearing the "Tres! Dos! Uno! Sero!" Mom's camera started up and soon we were burning a lot of rubber. Laurel took a small, slow, inside turn as I quickly passed her by taking a fast middle turn. Dad passed her on the straightway as I slowed down a bit to take the hardest turn of the track. I heard a tiny creak and thought that I must have turned too sharply. Back to the race, I thought. Dad sped around the turn as I went on the straightaway. What? How did he accelerate on that turn if I wasn't at top speed and I took it wider than him?  Better control?! That's unfair! He went ahead of me not at top speed while I was at top speed.  Soon the race ended. Dad was first, I was second, and poor Laurel, who we lapped three times, came in third. I raced another guy after that and nearly won but he had a grown up car so I came in second. Here's the video of my second lap down below. Ciao!     




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