If you visit Phuket, and don’t visit the Fantasea Theme Park, there is something seriously wrong with you! Fantasea Theme Park rightly claims to be the most popular and renowned point of tourist attraction in Phuket and most definitely one of the most famous tourist spots in Thailand.
It packs the focal points of the entire Thai culture in 140 acres in the guise of much-enjoyable lights, sights and sounds, amazing performances, architecture and endless fun and entertainment and mouth-watering food.
The main event, The Fantasea Show, is an eye-popping performance by supremely talented performers depicting the treasures of Thai culture and heritage, including all kinds of animals! To add to it, there is a host of special effects enabled by the latest technology. All in all, it can give Las Vegas a run for its money!
Sorry .. prior to entering the magnificient Theatre for the performance all cameras are stored (ie., no pics allowed). I can tell you it's well worth seeing, but they have sister events in Bangkok (Siam Niramit) and another in Pattaya with similar themes ...
As if that’s not enough, The Palace of the Elephants, a majestic replica of a Sukhothai-era stone palace which is actually a grand 3000-seater theater marked by unbelievable architecture and amazingly life-like replicas of elephants, proceeds to thrill visitors of every age to no end.
The Carnival Village is a galore of fun for everyone, especially children as it has an unending range of games, magic tricks, and much more. Tourists can also indulge in ‘shopping till they drop’ as a tempting variety of souvenirs are out for the grabs. To show off to friends back home, you can dress as a traditional Thai and pose with tigers and elephants and take back photos of your achievements.
Of course, this action-packed time is bound to leave you ravenous. The hospitable Thais have taken good care to make sure your taste buds are well-treated.
Delve into scrumptious multi-cuisine dinner at the world’s biggest (4000 seater!) and amazingly dazzling restaurant - the Golden Kinnaree Buffet Restaurant. The best idea is to go for original Thai cuisine to get the taste (literally) of the local culture. Otherwise, give the food stalls a shot.
Wash it down with beverages from the open-air bar where, with your drink, you get for free a nice jig and juggle from the barman.
Picture left - Auswathai Tour Songkran 2010 ..
Picture left: Mechelle and daughter Hayley
some of our tour group visited the venue for dinner only and look at the theme park. The dinner is great value (buffet) and so too is the stroll throught the theme Park (more designed for the younger kids) nonetheless it's good value for money - we would rate it 8 out of 10
The buffet dinner venue is a tourist site in it;s own right - it's a massive complex- beautiful decor and efficiently organised
You can see all of the 2010 Songkran tour to Phuket including travel log and pics at thislink
Overall, Fantasea Theme Park is sure to be embedded in your memory as an evening well spent.
This place is so great for kids, we had a 2 1/2 year old with us, she had an absolute ball chasing everyone with tiger toys and eating ice cream. The architecture is amazing, one of the buildings is all white and was stunning, another was full of show games and the inside was entirely glowing. They have gorgeous souveneir shops and although we didn't watch the show this time, I have seen it before when I was younger and it was great. It's worth a stop and look around even if it's just too look around and indulge in the buffet!