Future World @ Goonhilly - Visitors Guide, Reviews and Directions

Future World @ Goonhilly

User Rating: Very Poor

Goonhilly Earth and Satellite Station has reinvented itself as "Future World", dubbed “the latest attraction unique to Cornwall and the only place where you become a futurologist, share your thoughts and predictions for the next 100 years and beyond.”

There is a state of the art, high definition holographic stage show and a "Future Project" display, where visitors’ ideas can be stored and collated for the world to see. Visitors also have the opportunity to control a "real" robot, making it laugh, sing and even tell jokes! But probably not terribly funny ones.

Learn about 200 years of communications technology, check emails in the free internet café, watch film shows and make a free telephone call to anywhere in the world. With gimmicks like that, you won’t just want to visit, you’ll want to tell your own landlord where to stick it and move in there permanently.

There is also a restaurant.

Some interesting and stimulating futuristic-themed exhibits; check the website for more details.

Goonhilly

Location / Directions

Future World @ Goonhilly, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 6LQ
Take the B3293 Helston to St. Keverne road and follow the brown signs.
Freephone: 0800 679593

Check Goonhilly website for admission times and entrance / admission fees

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Anonymous gave:	Review:
0/5	Waste of time and money. A completely dumbed-down ridiculous 'experience'. Nothing had any relevance the historic nature of the site at all. If you like being treated like an idiot and surrounded with stuff that looks like a knee jerk reaction a 'that'll be good' brainstorming session, then this is the place for you. Expensivly presented nonsense. Not worth the Co2 it took to get there. Dire! Meh!


Anonymous gave:	Review:
1/5	We visited in August 2008 - poor weather closed Arthur and Segway. We have two young kids (6 and 4) who were very excited about the possibility of meeting a robot and the other attractions advertsied. Frankly the who exhibiition is a disappointment - Future Scope in particular is poor, with no real direction or point, few interactive displays and the video show seemed to have no point to it at all. We visited Flambards later in the week and the 'Hands On' feature was infinitely better. I would not recommend unless Arthur tours were on and the kids were older than say 10 years.


Johnboy gave:	Review:
1/5	When we visited nothing was available! And what was available was broken!- the free phones were out of order, one X-box and the webcams were broken, there was no 'Arthur' tour (the big dish). The exhibition element was below average. AND Segway sessions have to be booked in advance! our boys missed out on it and boy, were we unhappy. Ring ahead and you might be ok... I won't be going again! My boys and I are into electronics and all that and ultimately we just found the video, the exhibitions and the whole thing just plain boring. Cafe was average and expensive too. Avoid! go to cornwall for the scenery, not for so-called attractions like this.


Anonymous gave:	Review:
3/5	Jived up and jazzed up with an evil-looking robot. Still great family fun.