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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Adlabs Imagica International Theme Park

Adlabs Imagica is a theme park near the city of Khopoli on Mumbai-Pune expressway. Adlabs Imagica is an alternative world, which celebrates unique way of storytelling. Adlabs Imagica is India’s First International Theme Park, sprawled over an area of 300 acres on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Khopoli. This theme park of Mumbai is one of a kind and ideal to be visited any day of the year. This is one destination in Mumbai, where, children, adults as well as senior citizens could enjoy, irrespective of weather conditions. The park can accommodate about 20,000 visitors at one time.

Imagica Ticket Bookings :Ticket booking can be done by phone or website. While booking tickets on the website, payment had to be done online. The normal tickets were 1500 (all rides included) for adults, 1200 for a child, while the Express tickets were priced at 2200 for the adults. Not wanting to waste time in queues at the venue, we went for the Express option.

Park Opening Timings : 11am to 9pm. All rides and attractions operate till 8pm only.

Mumbai To ADLABS Imagica :Being located in Khopoli, we had 2 options to reach there: By Bus and By CST to Khopoli Train. CST to Khopoli trains do not really have good frequency. There was just this 7am train which would reach Khopoli at around 10am. Wondering how to reach Imagica from Khopoli station? Well, Imagica provides free shuttle service from Khopoli station to Imagica at around 10.15am.
The 2nd option was much more luxurious and we opted for it i.e. air-conditioned Bus. It has many pick-up points across Mumbai.

Theme Rides :The rides in the park are in order to recreate the unique experiences from India, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and America. There are also various special rides designed for the kids. Here is the list of theme rides available in the park for a complete exciting and thrilled experience. It is advisable not to violate any of the entrance guidelines to ascertain best of the excursion to Adlabs Imagica.

  • Gold Rush Express
  • Prince of the Dark Waters
  • Wrath of Gods
  • D2 Dare Drop
  • Scream Machine
  • Starting shortly Deep Space
  • Themed rides Mr India
  • Curse of Salimgarh
  • Alibaba Aur Chalis Chorr
  • Rajasaurus River Adventure
  • Nitro

Food Spots :After enjoying the wonderful rides in the park, now here are some of the Food Spots inside the park. Roberto’s Food Coaster it's offered Chinese, Italian, Mexican and Indian. We opted for Indian Non-veg Thali. The food was not worth praising but enough to help us regain our energy we lost in the rides. In the evening we went for snacks at Red Bonnet American Diner. The burger, Coke, French fries were these spots are praised for providing scrumptious food and generous serving. The ambiance is also pleasing for the guests and there also are sections especially designed to entertain kids. The menu has almost every variety of food loved by the guests.

  • Red Bonnet - American Diner
  • The Imagica Capital
  • ZEZE - Bar+Grill
  • Roberto's - Food Coaster
  • Arrmada - Tapas Bar

Visitors Information :

  • Takes about 120 minutes from Mumbai.
  • Separate one-time entry fee for children, adults and senior citizens - Rs. 1,200 to 1,400. Special group discounts and family passes also available.
  • Shuttle bus functional inside the theme park.
  • For eating & resting, 4 plazas present.
  • For children, there is special plaza with dessert kiosks, candies and cupcakes.
  • Baggage counter.
  • Around the park there are various food kiosks.
  • ATM facility available within the park.
  • Souvenirs of Imagica, For India, and Mr. India are available at an exit retail store.
  • Live performances and entertainment options.
  • Incredible laser show in the evening.
  • Pop Jets Pad section has music for entertainment for kids.

Adlabs Imagica Address :

30/31, Khopoli - Pali Road, Off Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Sangdewadi, Khopoli, Dist - Raigad, Maharashtra 410206

So go ahead, plan a trip with your family, a mega outing with your team or just a beautiful day with your friend. It's Imagica!

Victoria Falls In Africa > Zimbabwe

Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide publisher in the world announced its Best Top 10 regions to travel this month, giving Victoria Falls reason to celebrate. As a joint destination shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia, Victoria Falls was ranked 6th the Lonely Planet list. Lonely Planet has a wide readership with the ever popular travel guides, a globally distributed monthly magazine the Lonely Planet Traveller, the vast online community The Thorn Tree as well as a television production company. From February to April of 2013, Lonely Planet.com had 10.3 million unique visitors and 45.9 million page views. Impressively, Lonely Planet has over 400,000 points of interest throughout the world and Victoria Falls is the 6th best!

Victoria Falls is truly one the world’s great wonders. Standing in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in front of the mighty Zambezi falling 108m down the first gorge with such exceptional force that you are drenched, is a remarkable experience. As David Livingstone perfectly summarised, “Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by Angels in their flight”.

Victoria Falls offers superb game viewing opportunities, a range of activities to suit every age, superb restaurants, unique cultural artefacts and art, banks and ATMs, and a hospital all within a National Park. The completion of the infrastructural developments at the Victoria Falls airport, including a new terminal in 2015 and 4km runways in 2014 to handle long haul wide body jets will be an exciting development for the destination.

Such achievement and recognition comes on the back of the successful co hosting by Zimbabwe and Zambia in August, of the United Nations World Trade Organisation general assembly in Victoria Falls. The event saw representatives of 120 countries and 900 affiliate organisations experience firsthand the splendour of one of the 7 Wonders of the World.

The destination caters to all budgets and tastes, from backpacking lodges to luxurious lodges and hotels. New properties such as Africa Albida Tourism’s lavish butler-service Victoria Falls Safari Club (VFSC) have placed the destination on the discerning travellers radar. The VFSC has earned a reputation as a trend setting and innovative establishment. The first of its kind on the Zimbabwean side, the VFSC has broken the mould offering world class, 5 star luxury clothed in the warmth for which the region is famous. As the destination continues to gain attention from the world, there is little doubt that Victoria Falls is The place to be.