by A Visit to WonderWorks Pigeon Forge Location
As a homeschool mom, I like to visit places that are not only fun for the whole family but also provide an educational aspect. I strongly believe that learning does not only happen in the classroom and WonderWorks Pigeon Forge was the perfect place for education and entertainment or “edu-tainment.” WonderWorks is an indoor amusement park for the mind taking up over 35,000 square feet. It is located on the main parkway in Pigeon Forge and is not hard to miss because the building is upside down. The story goes that this once top-secret laboratory was located in the Bermuda Triangle but an experiment went awry and lifted the laboratory all the way to Music Drive in Pigeon Forge, where it landed upside down.
WonderWorks Pigeon Forge has more than 100 hands on exhibits that make up six fun filled wonder zones. Before you can start your visit you need to pass through the inversion tunnel to align yourself for your journey. Get started on your journey with National Disasters Zone. Here you can get hands on with a Tesla Coil, discover what it would be like to experience an earthquake at the Earthquake Cafe, and locate your house on the Google Earth virtual globe. If you feeling intelligent you can test your knowledge at the trivia wall.
Put your body to the test in the Physical Challenge Zone. Discover how lying down on a Bed of Nails is possible, challenge your family at Mindball to see who can be the most calm and relaxed, test your sports ability with Virtual Sports. If you are feeling adventurous, buckle up and see if you can pedal fast enough to power the 360 degree Bike. Kids of all ages will love seeing how many bubbles they can make at the Bubble Zone. Even my husband enjoyed challenging my daughter to see who could make the largest bubble.
Explore the Light & Sound Zone to discover how fast light moves, watch your shadow multiply quickly into colors and patterns, and create music on the giant piano. When you have satisfied your curiosity of light and sound head on over to the Space Discovery Zone. Here you can explore a life sized replica of an EVA suit that astronauts wear when working outside their aircraft, climb into a replica of the Project Mercury Capsule, and hop on board the Wonder Coaster for a virtual simulation of real roller coaster ride.
There is still more to explore at the Imagination Lab where you can create designs with a giant Lite-Brite, explore the science behind gears as you create your own set of gears, and entertain the little ones at the Fun Express. Your brain will get a work out when you visit the Far Out Art Gallery. Here illusions and hidden objects will make you take a second or third look to discover the hidden pictures.
For even more fun while visiting WonderWorks Pigeon Forge, they have a indoor ropes challenge, laser tag arena, and an arcade. These are an additional cost on top of the admission to WonderWorks but they offer great pricing on combination tickets. Visit them online to purchase your tickets and find out more information to plan your visit to WonderWorks Pigeon Forge.
This looks like a very interesting place! It’s the first time that I’ve heard of this place and it’s really worth checking out. For sure, there’s so much more to learn and discover about life outside of the 4 corners of a classroom
This looks like it was such a fun place to visit! Lots to do and see. I have heard of Pigeon Forge and would love to go one day.
Hubby and I traveled through Tennessee over 20 years ago while headed to Disney World. I’d love to stop in Tennessee for our next family vacation. Love the huge eyeball on the fish. Cute.
Wonderworks looks like an awesome place to take my family — my kids would love it! I love going places that are fun, yet are also educational. The kids don’t even know they’re learning! 🙂 This place reminds me of Ripley’s Believe it or Not museums, which are also a lot of fun!
Looks like there is fun for ALL ages at WonderWorks! Its definitely the kind of place I liked visiting as a kid! I was homeschooled as well and my mom did a fantastic job at getting us out of the house aka classroom and into the world experiencing all there was to see and do!
I’d certainly agree that learning isn’t just limited within the four walls of a classroom. This place looks so fun. I’d love to bring my family here. I’m happy that the place could also provide some educational learning to everyone.
I love this! It looks like so much fun. I also agree that not all learning comes from the classroom. When I was in high school, I learned the most from traveling abroad and visiting places I had learned about in my history books. History made so much more sense and things meant so much more to me when I actually visited historical sites and museums across Europe. Great post! Your kids will thank you one day!
OMG so much fun! What a fun and entertaining place. Love that they have games and exhibits. Looks like Pigeon Forge has so much to offer families
I didn’t know there was an “Upside-down House” in Pigeon Forge – that’s what we call the one in Orlando. I am a Florida native, so I have been to the Wonderworks in Orlando several times. Such fun times. Cool to know they’re in Tennessee, too!