The VVC amusement park was established in 1993. It covers an area of six hectares. In its place there used to be a wasteland. For many years, the park has been the only place in Moscow where you can look at the capital from a 73-meter height, ride a breathtaking rollercoaster and visit a variety of extreme rides.
Where to spend the day off?
The All-Russian Exhibition Center amusement park in Moscow is considered one of the best places where you can brighten up the hot days of the capital. Those who want to diversify their walks and make them unforgettable should visit the territory of the former VDNKh.
Vacationers can ride here on the unique Troika. This is fun for the whole family. The horses harnessed to the carriage are easy to manage on their own. For children, there are more modern means of transportation - electric cars. It should be borne in mind that only those kids who are already three years old are allowed to manage them. The carousels with boats, on chains and with animals will attract the attention of the children. There are small multi-colored trains in the park.
As for adult visitors, VVC offers them more serious rides. Among them are the Corkscrew Tower, Enterprise, Capsule and others. If youdecided to visit the All-Russian Exhibition Center (attractions), you need to know the opening hours of the park: it is open from 10 am to 10 pm (on weekdays) and until 11 pm (on weekends).
Where are the places for entertainment?
There are two parks at the All-Russian Exhibition Center. In each of them you can visit a variety of attractions. The first one is called "Wheel at the All-Russian Exhibition Center". It was opened for the 850th anniversary of Moscow. The park got its name from the Ferris wheel built in it, which is the largest in the capital. The height of this structure is seventy-three meters. Diameter - 70 m. Visitors to the park can become participants in entertainment events, spectators of puppet theater performances, performances of pop and circus artists. Fire shows are also arranged here.
The second place at the All-Russian Exhibition Center where rides are installed is Attrapark. Here you can ride the whole family on the roller coaster or go through the labyrinths of the horror room. Kids are very fond of "Sun" and "Bell". At the All-Russian Exhibition Center, the rides have an operating mode that is quite convenient for visitors to the park.
Ferris wheel
Many attractions at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (see photo below) are the largest in the country. One of them is the Ferris wheel. During its construction, there were no higher attractions even in all of Europe. Only a little later, in the Italian park "Mirabilandia" (the city of Ravenna), a wheel ninety meters high was built. In 2000, the London Eye (135 m) was erected in London, which offers a view of almost the entire city.
The Ferris wheel installed at the All-Russian Exhibition Center allows you to admire the scenery of the capital from a height of 73 meters. The period of one rotation of the attraction is seven minutes. There are forty booths on the wheel. Eight of them are open. The capacity of each cabin is 8 people. It is worth saying that the design of the wheel is resistant to wind gusts reaching forty meters per second. He is not afraid of earthquakes up to nine points.
The ticket price depends on the type of booth. In order to ride in the open, you will need to pay three hundred and fifty rubles, and in the closed - three hundred.
Opening panorama
What can you see from the Ferris wheel at the All-Russian Exhibition Center? Attractions located in the park. With further ascent, a monument erected to the conquerors of space appears on the horizon. Then a sculpture of a worker and a collective farmer. The Cosmos Hotel is also visible. Slowly, the cabins rise even higher. Here the view becomes more interesting. The panorama of the surrounding areas of the capital opens up to the eye, the main attraction of which is the Ostankino Tower.
It should be borne in mind that only a passenger whose height exceeds one hundred and forty centimeters can ride in the open booth of this attraction. Children and teenagers under the age of sixteen must be accompanied by an adult.
Cobra
This extreme attraction is perfect for brave people with nerves of steel. Those who want to get a dose of adrenaline cannot fly over Tibet every weekend or go on a safari. Toto experience the thrill, it is enough to come to the All-Russian Exhibition Center. Attractions of extreme type create conditions that allow you to test your resistance to stress. One of them is the Cobra. This most popular entertainment in the park was created by a design bureau owned by the Mir company. The attraction is one hundred percent the brainchild of domestic engineers. The facility is safe for passengers. This is confirmed not only by Russian, but also by European certificates.
How does this attraction work? A high-speed train, in which passengers are rigidly fixed, rushes in free fall from a height of forty-six meters along a rather complex trajectory. Its speed is one hundred kilometers per hour. But that's not all. On the way, the train makes a dead loop. At the same time, passengers are subjected to serious overloads.
Visiting the attraction "Cobra" allows you to experience an unusual feeling. And at the end of a short journey, each passenger will feel a sense of victory over their own fear.
People whose height has reached one hundred and forty centimeters can visit the extreme attraction. The ticket price is two hundred and fifty rubles.
Mars
Thrill-seekers will find a lot of interesting things for themselves by visiting the All-Russian Exhibition Center (Moscow). Attractions for thrill-seekers are represented by a project called "Mars". This is a giant swing, shaped like a large ship. The seats here are arranged in several rows.
"Space" huge boat slowlymakes a rise with passengers in it to a height of eighteen meters. Then it gradually increases the amplitude of its swing. The duration of the attraction is only two and a half minutes, during which "Mars" makes two turns of three hundred and sixty degrees. In this case, the swing continues to be in a vertical plane. At the top of the turn, passengers experience slight dizziness. At the bottom, there is a feeling of an unusual load on the legs. But when "Mars" sways, all feelings increase many times over.
Extreme attraction will make daredevils feel weightlessness and overload, and do it without visiting the spaceport. It is worth saying that the giant swing for he althy people is absolutely safe.
Prices for attractions at the All-Russian Exhibition Center are quite democratic. So, a visit to "Mars" will cost those who wish two hundred rubles. But it should be borne in mind that people below one hundred and forty and above one hundred and ninety-five centimeters will not be allowed to enter it. This limitation is due to the peculiarities of the mechanisms responsible for security. The swing is designed for 32 passengers.
Free Fall Tower
The fifty-two-meter building rises above the All-Russian Exhibition Center park. It will certainly attract the attention of brave people. Visitors are impressed not only by the height of this structure, but also by the wild cries of those who dared to visit this attraction.
The working principle of the "Free Fall Tower" is quite simple. Passengers sitting on the platform of the attraction first slowly rise up, and thena special mechanism sharply lowers them down. It's very scary. The ground is approaching the daredevils sitting on the tower platform at a terrifying speed.
Only persons over the age of fourteen can visit the Free Fall Tower by paying two hundred and fifty rubles for entry.
Aerolift
Many attractions at the All-Russian Exhibition Center are unusual. Their list includes Aerolift. Outwardly, it is a large balloon fixed on steel cables. Under it there are places for passengers. During a session lasting fifteen minutes, a special mechanism lifts people one hundred and fifty meters. They practically float in the air. The attraction is designed for eighteen people.
"Airlift" is designed for daredevils seeking to get vivid impressions. Climbing to a considerable height in it is not at all scary. Structurally, special grids are provided in the basket. Aerolift is currently the highest observation deck in Moscow, which is open to visitors. However, the attraction operates only in calm weather. From a 150-meter height, a panorama of Moscow opens up in the area of the Botanical Garden, Prospekt Mira and the All-Russian Exhibition Center.
Changeling House
This attraction, which is popular all over the world, can also be visited in the All-Russian Exhibition Center park. Guests, getting inside the house-shifter, find themselves in an unusual space. In the rooms, all household items and furniture hang from the floor, which serves as a ceiling. As a result, the vestibular apparatus of those people who inspect the overturned dwelling is put to the test. The sensations that guests experience are similar in effect to riding a roller coaster. They also arise due to the special slope that the house has.
The entire interior of the attraction is an imitation of the decoration of an average European cottage. Here you can see standard furniture, ordinary utensils and a small car in the garage. One caveat - all this economy appears before visitors in an unusual perspective.
An interesting attraction has been placed on the site located behind the 58th pavilion. A ticket to visit it costs three hundred rubles.
Mirror Maze
This attraction is designed for those visitors who dream of an exciting adventure. Guests are given the opportunity to wander through the intricate corridors of countless mirrors with mysterious illumination. The exit from the labyrinth is a kind of victory line, because every turn hides your own reflection or someone's frightened face.
Young people visiting the attraction can test their attentiveness. The highest score deserves the one who manages to pass the mirror corridors without getting lost on the turns and not paying attention to false reflections.
The "Mirror Labyrinth" will give all its visitors an unforgettable experience, vivid emotions and a meeting with infinity. The cost of visiting is two hundred rubles.
