Innovative film city (http://innovativefilmcity.in/) in Bangalore is located in Bidadi on Bangalore-Mysore highway. It's about 40KMs from Bangalore and would take anywhere from 1-2 hours to reach the place based on the traffic and from different locations in Bangalore. Whole day package costs Rs 599 which includes most attraction. Visit to the park post 3PM would cost Rs. 399. Check for discounts on GroupOn/Nearbuy. There are usually discounts open on the tickets.There is nothing fancy about this park. However if one is looking for a place close to Bangalore for a day outing with a group of friends/family, with availability of food and rest rooms, less crowd and some activity which will cater to different age groups - then this is definitely not a bad option.
We had last visited this place around 7 years back and visited again this December. Nothing much has changed. Though it was Christmas vacation, there was hardly any crowd. We were able to experience each activity at ease without wasting any time in the queues.
My brother and sister were here in Bangalore for Christmas holidays. My brother's kids are very young and we wanted to visit a place where we could spend a relaxed time and also older kids could engage themselves into the activities of their interest. My cousin and aunt also joined. So it was 13 of us - we had an early breakfast and set out in two cars on 30th Dec to Innovative film city. Due to holiday season, Bangalore traffic was peaceful. We reached the park by 9:45AM. The parking lot was empty. Older kids were getting annoyed with the number of pictures we were clicking. They wanted to enter the park and start with the activities :)
We had taken a full day package. Luckily we got some discount voucher on Groupon. Lot of things were covered in the package and that kept the kids busy for the whole day with lots of breaks too. Interesting things available are - Mirror Maze, Roller coaster (not very big - but good for enough), Ripley's believe it or not, Wax Museum, Aqua World (not very great, changing rooms are pathetic), Dinosaur World, Fossil World, Toon World, etc. There are some paid activities too - like Big Boss Tour, Go Karting, bungee jumping etc. Since we had small kids in the group, we covered each activity at our own pace. Food is pretty decent and we did not have any issues. Filtered water was also available at different points to re-fill our bottles.
Post-lunch we went to the Aqua World. The water was not very clean and it was pretty crowded. Nevertheless, we entered the water. The water-rides did not look very safe, hence restricted ourselves to wave pool and kids water-ride area. Changing rooms are a big hassle in most water parks. This was no exception :( After fun with water, we had some chats and chai. We visited the Tribal Museum and also tried our luck with Bow and Arrow. The Magic show was pretty interesting. The magician did some excellent tricks.
We had lots of fun. By the time we exited the park it was 6PM. With evening traffic, we managed to reach home only by 8:30PM. Everybody was tired, had our dinner and crashed.
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