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Thrill the kids with a visit to Shrek’s Adventure in London


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or some frivolous fun on a wet afternoon in the capital,


Shrek’s Adventure! offers the kind of easy escapism and interaction only enthusiastic actors dressed as fairytale characters can provide. As confusing as it might be for adults unfamiliar with the Shrek films to be travelling to a Far Far Away land in search of a big green man, our six-year-old twins


ogre- excited


had no problem adapting to the scenario of this unusual walk- and-ride attraction.


As soon as Joe and Nina went


into the attraction they were captivated by Princess Fiona and the other characters who passed clues to our group to find Shrek, invariably passing an item to one of the children to deliver to the next person we met. Adults too were urged to engage with the


actors, with plenty of gags for the older audience. There is no doubt, however,


that the best part of the experience is the 4D magic bus ride with Donkey as your guide. When the red double-decker bus lurched and leapt from side to side (or appeared to), we all screamed and shrieked. Scary witches on broomsticks appeared in the sky beside us as we rose


above the chimney tops and into the clouds in a fantastically realistic fantasy ride, seeing the likes of Po from Kung Fu Panda on our way. When our bus arrived with a bump in Shrek’s Swamp, we were told we had crash-landed on Rumpelstiltskin’s favourite witch. It became clear our aim was to find Shrek before Rumpelstiltskin found us. The race was on.


11 February 2016 travelweekly.co.uk 67


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