Fact File
Ideal for:
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Key features:
A guide in the park is included in your tour. Top Tip:
Travel to Futuroscope by Eurostar!
A guide in the park is included in your tour. Top Tip:
Travel to Futuroscope by Eurostar!
School & College Tours to Futuroscope
Located just outside the city of Poitiers in western France, Futuroscope is a theme park with a difference: it was designed with education in mind! At the cutting edge of moving image technology and astonishing optical trickery, this state-of-the-art science park is an ideal study visit for Science groups and a dazzling experience to all groups. In the summer there’s a fabulous fireworks, laser and light show over Futuroscope's own Lake of Images.
Futuroscope offer Discover Study Packs that support single or mixed-subject group visits to Futuroscope, encouraging students to explore key areas of the National Curriculum.
All Discovery Packs are suitable for students aged 14 and upwards. You can download and print them from the website.
Top Futuroscope Excursions:
- Arthur, the 4D Adventure - This new attraction boasts an unrivalled combination of technologies all in one place. The 3D animated film viewed on a 9,700-ft2 IMAX® dome screen, the synchronised motion simulator and multi-sensory physical effects in the theatre all combine to absorb visitors in this original digital work from Luc Besson.
- Hurricane on the Bayou - The gigantic images on the 9,700-ft² dome screen take viewers deep into the Louisiana heartland. When the Mississippi was diverted, New Orleans was able to spread out into these zones, but doing so has resulted in massive coastal erosion. Hurricane on the Bayou is a thrilling story and a musical celebration of New Orleans that teaches about the importance of preserving wetlands and ecosystems.
- Van Gogh: Brush with Genius - The images on the 6,500-ft² screen in Brush with Genius offer a totally new look at Van Gogh and his work, and the film’s stunning graphics are a moving journey to the sources of the artist’s inspiration.
- Fly me to the Moon - Get ready to be thrust into an incredible 3D adventure with three flies who are passengers on the legendary Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
- Dances with Robots - Enter the vast ballroom, climb on board one of the 10 moving robot arms and prepare to be whisked off on a wild waltz 7 metres up in the air!
