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I had been to innovative Film city last weekend. No idea why it is named a Film city but a nice theme park to hang out on the weekends. A trip with family/ friends is a must for people searching for new places to hang out on weekends.

Though it is a little costly affair [ 700 + food + extra ticket for haunted mansion ], a visit will make u feel satisfied for what you have spent. It is just 7kms away from the famous water park wonderla. Opens at 10:30 AM in the morning and open till 7PM in the night. They have plans to open it 24hrs from this year end.

We will be greeted with a huge old European sculptures at the entrance, but it seems everything is made of rubber and they have plans to change the theme of the entire park every now and then.

You pass through the shopping high street [ as of now only bata has a stall, pantaloon retail chain has more coming up in due course of time it seems] and reach the innovative talkies. Don't mistake that to the innovative multiplex in the Outer ring road. It is a replica of one of the oldest theaters in the old times when ppl used to sit on the floor and wooden benches with aluminium roof tops. You need to pay 10bucks to watch a movie clip of your choice for 15 mins.

• Aqua Kingdom: They have set up an artificial beach over there..and a stage on the top of the wave pool for the corporate events and the DJ's to keep up the enthu while swimming...

• Cartoon City : Place for kids..Many games for the kids..chess on the floor..tattoo's, caricatures in 10 mins..and a lot of play area with all the major cartoon characters enchanting you

• Go-Karting[Velocity]: This is the only place where you can see long queues, people waiting for their turn eagerly. There are two types of cars the traditional karting cars and the family cars which are no more than a toy car which can take two people...designed for kids and women who are afraid of racing. I took the sports car , though it was only 3 laps the speeding up was amazing . I could feel how difficult it is to make a sharp turn in a high speed. This was one of the best things u can go there for.

• Mini-Golf: I guess many of you might have played mini-clip game golf. The golf court there is an exact replica of the same with some 8 holes for each player. 10 mins of practice time and you get 3 trails for each hole. I shot none :(

• Mirror Maze : This is from Ripley's enchanted . This is also one of the best you must watch in. I don't wanna express anything here. You should feel it...Might take only 5 mins inside but i am sure you will be lost.

• Ripley's Believe it or Not: I didn't like this very much..Most of the items displayed are photo graphs or dupes of the originals. No point going there to watch the dupes and the replica's

• Dinosaur World: The set is very nice but all the dinosaur structures are very artificial. Only one big dinosaur which is some 25 feet looks a better one. The ambiance inside is good and reflects a forest kind of atmosphere with water falls and plenty of trees.

• Roller skater : From there you can normally proceed to any of the attractions based on your interest and the map, we were guided by one of the staff members as we went with a VIP pass. Next stop is at the Roller Stake where u get the complete kit to skate on the skate board by paying 50 bucks.

• Wax Museum: None of the wax images are good...you just go there since it is in the package...not worth watching.

• Fun Plex : The gaming station where you get cards and need to swipe every time you wanna play something.

• Fossil World: There are very few fossils and the remaining ones are also replica's. No point watching them..you might not take more than a few minutes to come out.

• Wild Wild West: Cowboy time sets where film shootings also takes place it seems. There is a shooting spot where you can give a try to hit the bottles.

• Miniature City: This is under construction and there is a small airport and train station as of now..and all the miniatures don't even look like the real ones..

• Haunted Mansion: Scary house concept. Only 3 rooms are ready as of now. It seems it will ready with 13 rooms to make it the most scary house in India by end of this year. You should go and feel it..not scary as of now..

• The Grub Hub: (MacDonald's Coming soon) Only Pizza corner is worth mentioning..All others are local brands with reasonable prices..

I shall upload the photos into my Picasa web albums soon...