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		<title>Futuroscope still rocks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from a short trip to Futuroscope (english site / french site) in Poitiers, France with Robert and Liesbeth (which they gave me as an early birthday gift&#8230;AWESOME!), and although I&#8217;ve been there twice before it still rocks. In fact, since my last visit a couple of years ago they updated appox. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just got back from a short trip to Futuroscope (<a title="Futuroscope.com (in English)" href="http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/index.php" target="_blank">english site</a> / <a title="Futuroscope.com (in French)" href="http://www.futuroscope.com/" target="_blank">french site</a>) in Poitiers, France with Robert and <a title="Liesbeth's site" href="http://www.moqub.com" target="_blank">Liesbeth</a> (which they gave me as an early birthday gift&#8230;AWESOME!), and although I&#8217;ve been there twice before it still rocks. In fact, since my last visit a couple of years ago they updated appox. 50% of the experiences. Yowza!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s basically a theme park about movie technology, interactivity and effects, hosted in a series of very futuristic buildings.<br />
There are some 20 &#8220;experiences&#8221; to enjoy, ranging from a fun kiddy park (skipped <img src='http://www.kathmann.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ) to full-on Omnimax 3D movies. My favorites are still the 3D Omnimax and the live show at the end of the day (using projection on water-jet screens, lighted water jets, multi-color lasers, fire and smoke effects and fireworks), but the new stuff is very cool as well.  Some are &#8220;immersion&#8221; rides using motion and screen tech simultaneously, some are closer to thrill rides like the &#8220;Danse avec les robots&#8221; (&#8220;Dance with the robots&#8221;) where you&#8217;re strapped into a seat connected to a huge industrial robot which then performs a choregraphed dance to music. It&#8217;s all great.</p>
<p>I always realy, really enjoy going anywhere or doing anything with Robert and Liesbeth, and add the really great Futuroscope to the mix and you have one awesome mini-trip, well worth the long drive!<br />
<strong>Thank you guys</strong>!</p>
<p>Oh yeah, Liesbeth took some piccies, find them <a title="Liesbeth's photostream on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/sets/72157604795892714/" target="_blank">here on Flickr</a>.</p>
<p>Small update: Liesbeth put a small clip of the dancing robots on YouTube:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kathmann.com/2008/04/30/futuroscope-still-rocks/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/AF97wc_NQmY/default.jpg" width="130" height="97" border=0></a></p>
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