Lucy Pitts ventures into the weird and wonderful world of Futuroscope
A fantastically bizarre day out
Futuroscope is brilliant although I was nearly sick on the first ride. To be fair though, I’m 47, hadn’t had any breakfast and it probably wasn’t designed for me. But my kids aged 6, 9 and 11 loved it.
If you haven’t heard of Futuroscope, what exactly is it? Well put at its simplest, it’s a theme park just outside Poitiers based on multimedia, cinematography and audio-visual techniques, with 3D and 4D attractions, some of which are unique in the world. But that doesn’t really do justice to this insanely bizarre and utterly French experience.
We started with the Vienne Dynamique, one of the top attractions and the one that made me feel sick. If you can imagine being strapped into a seat in a simulator and then taken on a journey which involved a magical spitting tree (yes we got wet), a bride groom late for his wedding and a full throttle journey journey that had