When you want to find something that is totally unusual and fun, you want to go to WonderWorks in Pigeon Forge, TN. Even looking at the outside of the building will immediately tell you that something is wrong - drastically wrong with this place. The building is upside down and at an awkward angle - as though a tornado blew it here from Kansas.
There are a number of entertainment features in WonderWorks, and it will certainly leave you and your family with something to talk about when you leave. It combines science with fun, and gives their visitors a new look at "edutainment."
The WonderWorks has about five different tickets you can buy. Each one is for different parts of their shows and programs, and this enables you to pick one or all of them.
Inside the crazy looking building, you will find many exhibits - many of which are interactive. You can find out what it feels like to go through a hurricane with the Hurricane Hole Hurricane Simulator! You can also land the Discovery Space Shuttle; or fly fighter jets on a three-screen wide simulator; or actually find out what it is like to be inside the Mercury capsule, or get your picture taken inside a full-size spacesuit replica.
If you like rock climbing you will find it here, as well as an anti-gravity chamber, a 5.3 Richter scale earthquake simulator, or feel what it is like to have 3,497 sharp nails rise underneath you on a bed of nails. You can also design and ride your own roller coaster in a simulation which lets you make it as bold and daring as you want!
WonderWorks also has a Lazer Tag and arcade center. There are more than 10,000 square feet of space to shoot and fight off your opponents. There is a huge maze and it offers fun and a challenge for everyone.
Other features include the experience of snowboarding, ride on a bicycle and flip through the air, throw a baseball to virtual professional ballplayers and many other interactive and fun and exciting things. Altogether there are more than 120 different exhibits and you can do them over and over again. One exhibit will even let you see your shadow - after you move away.
The Museum calls itself an amusement park for the mind and it certainly can make you think and rethink about some things. At any rate, you won't be thinking exactly the same way as you did when you went in.
The Hoot and Holler Dinner Show is a fun show that combines dinner with a comedy. The food is an Italian trio of great food - Baked Ziti, Chicken Parmesan and Stuffed Shells. Then there is a show with dancers and a comedian which is sure to bring a lot of laughs for the whole family.
Many families make a whole day of it at WonderWorks in Pigeon Forge, TN. Some of the rides and exhibits may be a little rough on full stomachs, so be sure to come when you can best enjoy all of them. Groups are also welcome.
