One among the few escape spots in / around Bangalore, is Innovative Film City (just like they mention in the FM jingle ad)...This place is about 50 Kms away from the centre of Bangalore enroute to Mysore.
Perhaps built on the idea of matching a theme-park that is equivalent to a Disneyland or Universal Studios or our very own Esselworld of Bombay / Mumbai in everything that they have to offer. And perhaps not even a judicious attempt to try and match Innovative Film City with the famous brands present or rather benchmarked in India in the plethora of rides and games they offer to the visitors.
Although different by a huge degree in comparison to Esselworld and perhaps considered by it's owners / management committe as one of the best in it's own class; inaugurated in 2006 by H.D.Kumaraswamy; it still has a but a fingerful (yes, not handful) of rides that barely manage to impress those looking for excitement and thrill. The very reason they escape out of their comfy nests to let their hair down, relax and chill out, to have a break from the 5 day rigorous employee-employer relationship.
Heavily priced (combination rides) at `499 and `299; utterly non-judicious combination of rides to go with the monies given...more than 70% of them rides are not even 25% as genuine as they should be; heavily mismanaged and disorganised in terms of handling the crowd at each game / ride. So no matter what and how hard or best you try, if your day is planned from morning 8/9 AM to 4/5PM, you would surely end up missing a few games / rides in trying to make the most of them in the interest of time and making the best of day light available and also while the kids are in the best of their behaviour and mood.
Your very own cameras (digital still & video) are charged separately at `100 and `200 respectively for god knows under what protocol. The tickets are not verified at the counter for neither the combination package you paid for or the camera equipment you may be carrying. You always have your superb phone cameras these days that serves the purpose of capturing the moment and that too a minimum 5MP. Not sure what would the committe have to say to phone cameras...???
The shooting games are over crowded and utterly mismanaged as there are visitors trying to get at least 5 tries at one game while they get the chance.
The 4D theatre is the worst of all in terms of being crowded - stand in the queue from 4PM and expect to witness what you vied for by 7PM; at any point in time at least 5 games or rides are under maintenance or out of order in the them-park; mind you these are also included in your priced combination. So surely not a genuine attempt at giving what the visitor paid for...or perhaps a genuine attempt at fleecing the visitor off his / her money.
But if you are a parent, then you would only perhaps look for your kids' happiness and excitement at the end of the day. A definite rating of at most 5 out of 10.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Fossil / Dino Park is perhaps 2 among at most 5 items of attraction that will perhaps keep your excitement half alive; so keep these for the last.
Will try and post a collage of photographs; you may like some of the games / rides in here, especially the Bungee ride... :o) And if you wanna have fun you can choose to stick to a select few rides / games but ensure you alternate, shuffle and mix your turns among the rides you choose, else that chap behind the counter will surely recognise your face even if the lights go out in the dark! ;o)
Happy Outdooring / Theme-Parking experience.
Perhaps built on the idea of matching a theme-park that is equivalent to a Disneyland or Universal Studios or our very own Esselworld of Bombay / Mumbai in everything that they have to offer. And perhaps not even a judicious attempt to try and match Innovative Film City with the famous brands present or rather benchmarked in India in the plethora of rides and games they offer to the visitors.
Although different by a huge degree in comparison to Esselworld and perhaps considered by it's owners / management committe as one of the best in it's own class; inaugurated in 2006 by H.D.Kumaraswamy; it still has a but a fingerful (yes, not handful) of rides that barely manage to impress those looking for excitement and thrill. The very reason they escape out of their comfy nests to let their hair down, relax and chill out, to have a break from the 5 day rigorous employee-employer relationship.
Heavily priced (combination rides) at `499 and `299; utterly non-judicious combination of rides to go with the monies given...more than 70% of them rides are not even 25% as genuine as they should be; heavily mismanaged and disorganised in terms of handling the crowd at each game / ride. So no matter what and how hard or best you try, if your day is planned from morning 8/9 AM to 4/5PM, you would surely end up missing a few games / rides in trying to make the most of them in the interest of time and making the best of day light available and also while the kids are in the best of their behaviour and mood.
Your very own cameras (digital still & video) are charged separately at `100 and `200 respectively for god knows under what protocol. The tickets are not verified at the counter for neither the combination package you paid for or the camera equipment you may be carrying. You always have your superb phone cameras these days that serves the purpose of capturing the moment and that too a minimum 5MP. Not sure what would the committe have to say to phone cameras...???
The shooting games are over crowded and utterly mismanaged as there are visitors trying to get at least 5 tries at one game while they get the chance.
The 4D theatre is the worst of all in terms of being crowded - stand in the queue from 4PM and expect to witness what you vied for by 7PM; at any point in time at least 5 games or rides are under maintenance or out of order in the them-park; mind you these are also included in your priced combination. So surely not a genuine attempt at giving what the visitor paid for...or perhaps a genuine attempt at fleecing the visitor off his / her money.
But if you are a parent, then you would only perhaps look for your kids' happiness and excitement at the end of the day. A definite rating of at most 5 out of 10.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Fossil / Dino Park is perhaps 2 among at most 5 items of attraction that will perhaps keep your excitement half alive; so keep these for the last.
Will try and post a collage of photographs; you may like some of the games / rides in here, especially the Bungee ride... :o) And if you wanna have fun you can choose to stick to a select few rides / games but ensure you alternate, shuffle and mix your turns among the rides you choose, else that chap behind the counter will surely recognise your face even if the lights go out in the dark! ;o)
Happy Outdooring / Theme-Parking experience.