Futuroscope


The unique Futuroscope theme park combines fun and education.

There’s nowhere else like Futuroscope for learning and relaxing.
With almost 40 million visitors since it opened, Futuroscope is one of the best-known and best-loved leisure parks in France, a different kind of leisure park experience that combines pleasure and knowledge. Here pupils learn whilst having fun. More than 25 experiences are waiting to be discovered in a 60 hectares area. At Futuroscope, opening windows onto the world in order to shape the future means informing children about protecting the environment, about new technologies, new perceptions of art, and living better together.

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 Highlights include: 8th

The 8th continent
A dangerous mission to eradicate the waste and refuse that is polluting our oceans. Our oceans are being poisoned with plastic. More than 70% of marine pollution comes from man-made waste. The idea behind this new attraction comes from the discovery in 1997 by British sailor Charles Moore of a gigantic “soup” of plastic waste materials stuck together by marine micro-organisms, floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This “Great Garbage Patch” is so deep (around 100 ft) and so vast (three times the size of France) that it has been called the 8th continent. This attraction is also an opportunity for Futuroscope to deliver a message that advocates environmental responsibility in a fun way, in keeping with its ethos.
  
Arthur, the 4D Adventure
Realized by Luc Besson (director of The Fifth Element, Leon, and The Big Blue), Arthur the 4D Adventure takes young visitors into the make-believe world of the Minimoys. The full array of image technologies (3D modelling, large-format IMAX 3D images, motion simulator and physical effects in the theatre) and the creative flair seen in the Minimoys world thrust young visitors on a roller coaster ride of excitement and thrills. Arthur 4D is a unique experience that has been hailed by the industry as one of the Top TEN attractions anywhere in the world in 2010 at the IAPPA EXPO in Florida.

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 Accommodation hotel1

Hotel du Parc

Description: Modern, 1-star hotel.
Location: 8 minutes walk from Futuroscope.
Capacity: 669
Rooms for Pupils: Mostly 5 beds; All with shower/WC and TV.
Facilities: Foyer with drinks/snack.machines. Games and pool-table at La Fiesta.
Meals: Continental breakfast and evening meals (served at your table) are taken at the nearby La Fiesta restaurant. Lunch on the first day of your visit is taken at a cafeteria in Futuroscope. Evening meals may also be taken at one of the restaurants in the park on request (subject to availability).

  
Hotel Jules Verne

Description: Comfortable, 2-star hotel.
Location: 8 minutes walk from Futuroscope.
Capacity: 426
Rooms for Pupils: 3-4 beds; All with shower/WC and TV.
Facilities: Foyer with drinks/snack machines. Games and pool-table at La Fiesta.
Meals: Continental breakfast and evening meals (served at your table) are taken at the nearby La Fiesta restaurant. Lunch on the first day of your visit is taken at a cafeteria in Futuroscope. Evening meals may also be taken at one of the restaurants in the park on request (subject to availability).
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 Travel Notes and Prices futuroscope

2 DAYS IN THE PARK PACKAGE

Minimum length of tour: 4 days / 3 nights. Half Board Staff free 1:8
plus lunch on the first day of your visit at a cafeteria in Futuroscope

Channel Crossing: Dover / Folkestone - Calais by ferry or shuttle

Approximate journey time from Calais: 8½ hrs

A guide will be allocated to your group on the first day of your visit. Free discovery packs on various subjects available for group leaders on request. Alternatively, during part of your second day, you may wish to choose one of the following optional excursions:

  • Guided walking tour of Poitiers, the “town of 100 bells” with a rich architectural heritage.
  • La Vallée des Singes (Monkey Valley),over 350 free-roaming monkeys.
  • Les Géants du Ciel (Giants of the Sky), birds from around the world.
  • A visit to the Abbaye de Fontevraud, the largest monastic city in France.
Prices from:
Hotel du Parc
£270 per pupil (40-47 paying)
£290 per pupil (32-39 paying)
£320 per pupil (24-31 paying)
Hotel Jules Verne
£280 per pupil (40-47 paying)
£300 per pupil (32-39 paying)
£335 per pupil (24-31 paying)


Packed lunches on subsequent days available at extra charge. Optional
excursions are not included in the above prices.

 
Contact Us Dragons International. Douglas House, Tollgate Park, Stafford ST16 3EE
Tel: 01785 224420bulletFax: 01785 214217bulletEmail: info@dragonsinternational.co.uk
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