We had planned for Day 2 to be for Ramoji Film City. We had actually planned to leave hotel by around 8 AM so as to reach the venue by 9 AM. However, we woke up late so we ended up reaching the venue by around 10:30 AM. But thank God I had booked the Ramoji tickets online in advance which helped to avoid the large queues of the weekend. Note that there are just too many attractions at Ramoji to be able to finish all of them in 1 day. And then we reached there late so we were bound to skip a few of them.
We started with the Dadajinn's section that has children's play area included, along with a 10-15 mins entertainment show at a small theater starring Dadajinn himself. Thereafter, we enjoyed the 'Spirit of Ramoji' entertainment show which included some Jugglery acts, a magic show and some song and dance sequences. Then, we boarded the Ramoji film city tour bus that took us to various places for a guided tour. This included visit to the Bahubali sets which was simply awesome. One can imagine how the sets were used alongside the special effects to make the film look that grand. We had our lunch here and then proceeded to visit the sets of a new version of Mahabharata tv series that was recently shot there. There was also the set that was used for shooting of Chennai Express.
Following that, we reached the Jaipur Palace replica. After that, the tourists are supposed to go to a bus stop to board the next bus that takes them to the Bird Park and Butterfly park. But the Wild West show, which is a live stunt show including actors zipling across the arena and firing bullets (not the real ones though, but the sound effects are nothing short of real) was also a must-watch so we walked all the way back to the main avenue, watched the Wild West show, then went to the Space Amusement park. Now this is something that we can always skip since we didn't find it entertaining enough. Even the movie making workshop wasn't worth the time so we skipped that.
Then we walked all the way back to the bus stop but by then, the last bus had left. So again, we asked for directions and started to walk towards the Bird Park (the Assistants there informed us that the parks were just about 1km away). But luckily, we were picked up by a bus coming from some other direction but going towards the Bird park. Bird Park is a MUST VISIT place if you go to Ramoji. There is a huge variety of birds, some of which are kept in cages (expectedly) but there is another section where the birds are flying around freely and you could almost touch them. Its a treat to watch so many birds of different species and colours. We were exhilarated to be in the Bird Park and felt that our efforts to walk all that distance paid off in the end.
Then there are the Rock Garden and the Bonsai Garden too but we were already out of time and we had to board the last bus of the evening to get back to the main avenue so had to skip these. Since we were lucky enough to go to Ramoji around the New Year's time, our day's quota of entertainment wasn't just over yet. We had another dance and light show at the center stage, followed by a Ramoji parade which has lots of lights and dance shows. After this, we walked a few paces to the Mysore Garden replica to enjoy the lighting before getting back to the Car Parking zone. We left Ramoji at around 9 PM and reached the hotel by around 10 PM. What a memorable day we had here!!
Some pictures:
We started with the Dadajinn's section that has children's play area included, along with a 10-15 mins entertainment show at a small theater starring Dadajinn himself. Thereafter, we enjoyed the 'Spirit of Ramoji' entertainment show which included some Jugglery acts, a magic show and some song and dance sequences. Then, we boarded the Ramoji film city tour bus that took us to various places for a guided tour. This included visit to the Bahubali sets which was simply awesome. One can imagine how the sets were used alongside the special effects to make the film look that grand. We had our lunch here and then proceeded to visit the sets of a new version of Mahabharata tv series that was recently shot there. There was also the set that was used for shooting of Chennai Express.
Following that, we reached the Jaipur Palace replica. After that, the tourists are supposed to go to a bus stop to board the next bus that takes them to the Bird Park and Butterfly park. But the Wild West show, which is a live stunt show including actors zipling across the arena and firing bullets (not the real ones though, but the sound effects are nothing short of real) was also a must-watch so we walked all the way back to the main avenue, watched the Wild West show, then went to the Space Amusement park. Now this is something that we can always skip since we didn't find it entertaining enough. Even the movie making workshop wasn't worth the time so we skipped that.
Then we walked all the way back to the bus stop but by then, the last bus had left. So again, we asked for directions and started to walk towards the Bird Park (the Assistants there informed us that the parks were just about 1km away). But luckily, we were picked up by a bus coming from some other direction but going towards the Bird park. Bird Park is a MUST VISIT place if you go to Ramoji. There is a huge variety of birds, some of which are kept in cages (expectedly) but there is another section where the birds are flying around freely and you could almost touch them. Its a treat to watch so many birds of different species and colours. We were exhilarated to be in the Bird Park and felt that our efforts to walk all that distance paid off in the end.
Then there are the Rock Garden and the Bonsai Garden too but we were already out of time and we had to board the last bus of the evening to get back to the main avenue so had to skip these. Since we were lucky enough to go to Ramoji around the New Year's time, our day's quota of entertainment wasn't just over yet. We had another dance and light show at the center stage, followed by a Ramoji parade which has lots of lights and dance shows. After this, we walked a few paces to the Mysore Garden replica to enjoy the lighting before getting back to the Car Parking zone. We left Ramoji at around 9 PM and reached the hotel by around 10 PM. What a memorable day we had here!!
Some pictures:
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