Penguins go 4-D

SC Aquarium now offers 15 minutes of escape from reality for the full additional amount of 5.

Attract today officially opened the state's first "four-dimensional immersion" theater.

While the film three-dimensional mean goofy glasses and scenes almost touchable, and this setting as well as all of the above to allow the pelvis audieThe beginning to show "Happy Feet Experience 4 D" about a week ago at the scene of an independent right of the road slope basin.Movie film condenses nearly two hours to 15 minutes can feel the viewer.

Children gasped and whined as soon as the trailer started on Friday afternoon, pulling them a roller coaster, and on the wing of the plane before the rats ran over their feet and the sea spit on them. As "Happy Feet" I was playing families breaking eggshell when the main character, Mumble Penguin, hatched.

Wear glasses red giant, and the smell of fish so they're coming in the network and felt the rush of snow on the glacier and the bubbles and penguins dove under the water.

Aquarium director of communications, trade Kevin Kampwerth said "Happy Feet" seems to fit right because it coincides with the aquarium to extend the "penguin" Planet of the exhibition includes four playful, warm, birds, and because the movie sends a message and conservation.

"Everyone thinks of it as a great little cartoon, but also has a great message about protecting the ocean," said Kampwerth.

Basin plans to change the main feature of each year, and also to show seasonal films such as "The Polar Express," according to Kampwerth. Can also swap out the movie, such as the BBC "series" Planet Earth, for groups of schools.

Aquarium in the budget $ 40,000 in capital investment funds for the theater, who works in the past in the Olympic Games in Vancouver. Toronto-based SimEx - Iwerks Entertainment owns the installation, which, thanks to a partnership with the aquarium, is now a permanent feature on the waterfront in Charleston.

It holds 52 people, with all the red chair is equipped with seating movement. Mirrors and agencies in the Universal Studios and aquariums in New York and Baltimore.

Decorated with wooden walkways and a clear and metal railings to match the adjacent aquarium, theater works Trivia penguin on the balcony of the flat screens showing every half hour. Admission costs an additional amount of 5 at the top of the regular price of the tub for adults, or 6.95 dollars for the film alone.

May be visiting from Fort Mill and Family Post does not agree the best part of their experience.

I love Nora nine-year-old ice, while 7-year-old Quinn) has bubbles. He said their mother, Kim, said they both love the movement and also the unexpected - for the most part.

"But this thing poking," she said. "This was a surprise a little too much."

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