By Fung Yu

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Eldar’s Tent was filled with soap bubbles reflected against multi-colored stage lights, the interior was made to appear like an underwater scene. The play was a summer special entitled “An Under the Sea Experience” which showcase the talents of EK’s cast members and select GMA artists.

Dressed in colorful costumes, cast members serenaded the audience with songs and dance that told the adventures of the sea creatures with the surface dwellers. The musical play captured everyone’s imagination, and for a brief moment, it can truly be described as magical!

Together with a group of select bloggers, this writer was invited to experience Enchanted Kingdom’s many attractions, foremost being the newly launched “Magicalympics.”

Magicalympics is a team building activity that fuses certain tasks with the park’s rides in order to accomplish a team’s goal in the least amount of time. Call it ala Amazing Race with a little twist.
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FILIPINO celebrity kids Paul Salas, Jane Oineza, Eliza Pineda, Kristel Fulgar and Micah Torre pick their favorite dinosaur and talk about lessons they learned from the Dinos Alive World Tour currently open to visitors at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Philippines. Watch this video report of INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Izah Morales.

Dinosaurs from the Jurassic and cretaceous periods will be invading Manila, courtesy of the Dinosaurs Alive World Tour (DAT).

These interactive dinosaurs (almost real creatures of prehistory) will dazzle you starting November 28 until January 11, 2009.

The dinosaurs will be housed in a 12,000-square-meter theme park — which is the size of 30 basketball courts combined– at the SM Mall of Asia, according to James White, vice president for Sales and Marketing of Max Entertainment.

“The dinosaurs will be quite interactive. They move, make the sounds that dinosaurs would have made. They will also jump out at you. You will be scared by them. You will be surprised by them,” said White during a recent briefing.

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