Five Ways To Upgrade Your Bucket List

Sumner Park Contributor
Font Size:

Fly A Jetpack

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be Iron Man, now is your chance to find out! This jet pack adventure will give you the adrenaline rush of your life as you take flight from the water near San Diego. First-time flyers will be paired with a trained and experience instructor to help you learn the technology and fundamentals  of flight, as well as the basic maneuvers such as deep-water takeoffs and landings and controlling your elevation and steering. (Photo: Getty Images)

 

 


Action Hero Training 

Live some of the scenes from epic action movies when you train to be an Action Hero in Austin. With a variety of options, you get to decide what stunts you can learn to safely perform- from free falling three floors to jumping out of a car set on fire. The once-in-a-lifetime package lets you spend the day training with the Hollywood Special Effects Coordinator, Steve Wolf and his team of experienced staff. (Photo: Getty Images)

 

Fighter Pilot For A Day 

Don your flight suit and prepare to engage in air to air combat as you spend the day manning the controls of a real, aerobatic, high performance aircraft. After a full briefing covering formation flight, gun sight tracking, and aerial combat maneuvers, you will be ready to board the Marchetti SF260, a current production Italian built fighter aircraft. The twist is, your instructor pilot will become your enemy, as if you were engaging in actual combat! Once you roll away as a victor, you can also take away a Hi-Def video on an SD Card from 3 in-cockpit cameras to relive the memories. (Photo: Getty Images)

 

 

 

Charlotte NASCAR Racing Experience 

Put the pedal to the medal in your personal 500 horsepower Sprint Cup stick car and experience the first-hand thrill and excitement of racing at speeds more than 150 MPH around the NASCAR track. Don’t worry about being lapped- it’s just you, the track and a 2-way radio. As a guaranteed winner, you can also take home a racing license and a certificate listing your top speed. (Photo: Getty Images)

 

Dive With Great White Sharks 

On this 5 day excursion from Isla Guadalupe from San Diego, you will get to experience the ocean’s greatest predator behind upscale shark vessels in the industry’s largest shark cages. In these safely designed cages, you can lay back and enjoy the beauty of Great Whites as they roam in their natural habitat. After a long day of diving, you can relax on-board while chefs prepare you delicious traditional meals, or the finest fresh fish in the world, along with free beer and wine. “Shark Trust Wines” are featured with your meals – a local eco minded company that gives back 10% of its total sales to ongoing shark research world wide.

Sumner Park