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Bookme ReviewGold Coast Premium Hot Air Balloon Flight - Balloon AloftPosted by Rebecca McLauchlan from Australia on 26 Jun 2019

  • Rebecca McLauchlan said... The flight should have been cancelled today as the weather was very unfavourable (pouring with rain). Instead the company decided to go all the way out to Beaudesert, nowhere near the coast line or beautiful Hinterland. It was very disappointing. We were up for the minimum amount of time to deem it a flight, 20mins. During landing you could see the pilot struggling to direct the balloon to land. Consequently we had a very, very rough landing on our backs, which turns out to be a result of him having to land in between two barbwire fences very close together. Later the pilot admitted that he thought we were going to land in the creek so we were ‘lucky’. After this ordeal we had to pack up the balloon. Not complaining about lending a hand but this was more than that, women had to push a heavy trailer over very uneven ground which made it hard and the men had to do the lifting of the balloon up into the trailer and then run back down to have their next turn in line. The flight cost a lot of money, didn’t expect to be a labourer. Then when we finally got back for our Buffett breakfast, which the kids were really looking forward to, the Buffett has been packed away because we arrived back too late. They then just slapped a bacon and egg meal in front of us without asking how we liked our eggs or if there was any allergies. One of the girls asked for more bacon and they said ‘sorry we have run out’. Eggs had to be sent back 3 times as they were undercooked. I have had the pleasure of taking a balloon flight in Brisbane and that was a truly wonderful experience. I had planned this for my daughter’s 16th birthday. Didn’t work out the way I had expected it to. Did I mention that to get out of the paddock we landed in we had to stand on the side of the trailer, which the pilot said ‘be careful someone slipped under there last time’, really wasn’t safe. ?

    Experience the thrill of a hot air balloon ride and witness the sunrise over the Gold Coast skyline - this makes for a truely unforgettable morning!

    Experience the thrill of a hot air balloon ride and witness the sunrise over the Gold Coast skyline - this makes for a truely unforgettable morning!

    Experience the thrill of a hot air balloon ride and witness the sunrise over the Gold Coast skyline - this makes for a truely unforgettable morning!

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