Community Corner
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Detroit Zoo's Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater
Limited engagement of "The Wizard of Oz" featured during October.
There’s no place like the Detroit Zoo this Halloween season as the Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater presents a limited engagement of “The Wizard of Oz”. During October, visitors can join Dorothy Gale and her friends as they make their way to the Emerald City to meet the great and powerful wizard. This condensed version of the beloved classic takes audiences somewhere over the rainbow and back again in just 15 minutes.
The Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater engages all of the senses with special effects that make “The Wizard of Oz” even more spectacular. Viewers will be blown away by swirling wind and debris as a powerful twister transports Dorothy and Toto to the merry old land of Oz. They’ll feel the thud as her house drops on the Wicked Witch of the East and smell the fragrant flowers that greet her as she discovers she’s not in Kansas anymore – and that’s just the beginning of the 4-D surprises.
Tickets for “The Wizard of Oz” are $5 with Detroit Zoo admission for visitors ages 2 and older (children under 2 are free) and are available at the main gate, the Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater ticket booth or online.
Produced by SimEx-Iwerks, an entertainment company specializing in 3-D/4-D cinematic experiences, “The Wizard of Oz” will be a featured attraction of Zoo Boo – the Detroit Zoo’s annual merry-not-scary Halloween celebration – Oct. 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28, 2012. Theater tickets are $5 with Zoo Boo admission or $7 when purchased as a Beastly Bundle in combination with the Wild Adventure Ride, featuring “Happy Feet: Mumble’s Wild Ride”.
Located in the Ford Education Center, the 126-seat Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater delivers a high-definition viewing experience in 3-D with 7.1 digital audio surround sound. The experience features a variety of sensory surprises that are built into the seats and theater environment, bringing on-screen images to life with 4-D effects such as mist, scents, back pokers, leg ticklers and seat vibrations. Some 4-D effects may be too intense for children 5 and under; parental discretion is advised.
