Time Elevator

So disappointed. I was looking forward to this ever since I saw an ad for it. We planned on going to the coliseum anyway so I thought why not see a little video about the history of Rome before we go since there was a package deal for 25 €. It could have been so much more than it was, Hollywood should have done it for them. It was 25 minutes of a shaky camera spinning around a model of Rome, all the while we were jostled around in a moving chair. The idea is so good but the content of the video, the images, and film clips in the video were really not worth it. The people working there were very nice, it’s a shame their show was not.

The Time Elevator in Rome got me to register on Unilocal because it was just a big disappointment. I thought the idea of a interactive time travel through the history of Rome is good but it was made badly. Bad video content and cheap special effects were what we got. I really can’t recommend this.

This would be ok if it was 20 years ago but we all found it dated and were sick from being violently tossed around for 45 minutes. Beware!
On a side note, I am only rating this a 1 star cause I can’t make it a zero. Not worth the 18 €. You couldn’t pay me to go back!

If i could give 0 stars i would. My wife and i were visiting Rome with another couple and grabbed a tourist map showing all the attractions; Time Elevator being one of the prominent ones on the map. Let me just say as strongly as i possibly can, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! It was a joke; the whole experience was very dated. No AC in the theaters and a very strong smell of body odor and sweat. The moving seats you sit in are so jerky im suprised more people dont leave with whiplash. If you have been to disneyland or even an IMAX theater this will seem like a joke to you. We all had a good laugh when it was over and we finally escaped; we’d rather be in 40 degree heat almost getting run over in rome than have to sit through that ever again.

Quand on va à Rome, surtout avec des enfants ou des adolescents, il faut à mon avis passer par Time Elevator. Ce n’est ni le Futuroscope, ni DisneyWorld, mais ça vaut le détour.
C’est dans le Centro Storico, donc facile d’accès à pied quand on visite la ville. L’entrée n’est pas super bien indiquée, ça fait limite vieux, il y a des babioles un peu surannées à vendre, avec la poussière d’époque à l’entrée, je trouve que ça ajoute au côté drôle.
Chacun choisit sa langue, prend un casque et vous êtes placé en fonction de la langue. C’est un cinéma dynamique, donc assez fun mais je né vous expliquerai pas ce qu’il se passé ! Face à vous il y a un écran qui se veut panoramique, et vous êtes assis et attaché pour né pas tomber. Là où c’est intéressant c’est que ça retrace l’histoire de Rome, et ce qui permet de mettre en perspective tous les monuments, toutes les œuvres que vous allez fatalement croiser dans votre séjour sur place.
A mon avis, ce n’est pas un incontournable, mais c’est franchement pas mal de le faire. Pour les enfants comme pour les adultes. Par ailleurs, s’il fait très chaud, ou très froid (comme lors de mon voyage enneigé), c’est l’occasion de passer un moment dans une salle à température acceptable… et non pas de pop corn ici, c’est un cinéma dy-​na-​mique !!
Nous en tous cas, on a bien rigolé en y allant avec Chéri !