Donut Ride Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A donut ride is fifteen minutes of being towed across the water on an inflatable ring behind a speedboat, and it is a great deal more fun than that description suggests. You are fitted with a life jacket and briefed by the crew, then you hang on while the boat pulls away and starts carving turns - each one swinging the ring out wide, skipping it across the wake and drenching everyone on board. The driver reads how much your group wants and adjusts the speed to match, so it can be a gentle ride for younger passengers or a genuinely wild one if you ask for it. The run follows the Arabian coastline off JBR Beach, with the skyline behind you the whole way. Safety instructions are given by trained professionals before launch, and it works well as a short addition to a day at the beach.