La Machine a Voyager dans le Temps
Futuroscope's large-scale outdoor night show combining water, projections, lasers and drones on the lake.
Futuroscope
Theme park · Europe
🇫🇷 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
Cinema, science and spectacle
Overall score6.0
Opened
1987
Size
133 acres (54 ha)
Rides
40 attractions
Avg. visit
7 hours
Ticket range
$54–$65 USD
Events & shows
Visual Archive
Futuroscope is France's second-most visited theme park and the only major European park built entirely around multimedia, science and immersive cinema. Attractions range from the Objectif Mars launch coaster and the flying-theatre Arenes de l'Extreme to Chasseurs de Tornades and the Danse avec les Robots arm ride choreographed by Kuka industrial robots.
Evening closes with La Cle des Songes, a lake-side water, laser and projection show, and the park's architecture of mirrored crystals remains an attraction in itself.
Plan Your Visit
Hours & tickets
- Operating hours
- Typically 10am-8pm, with the evening show extending closing on selected dates
- Seasonal closures
- Closed most of January and early February; reduced days in low season
- Queue-skip pass
- Pass Premium gives priority access to the main attractions. From about $20 USD.
- How long to stay
- 2 days recommended with the night show
- Multi-day tickets
- 2-day tickets are common here because the evening show is a core part of the experience; often bundled with on-site hotels.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $95 USD.
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- Poitiers-Biard (PIS), ~15 km
- Public transit
- TGV to Futuroscope station, a short shuttle or taxi from the park entrance
- Parking
- On-site parking available. Around $12 USD per day.
- Staying over
- Several on-site hotels including Hôtel du Futuroscope, Station Cosmos and Écolodgée
Accessibility
- Accessibility
- Modern, flat and largely step-free with lifts to all attraction levels. Reserved wheelchair positions in the cinemas and a priority access card for guests with disabilities.
Good to know
- Who it suits
- Best for families with school-age children and adults: cinematic and simulator attractions rather than coasters, with little for toddlers
- Best time to visit
- Weekdays in May, June or September, staying for the evening show; avoid French school holidays
- Dining
- Good French dining across several themed restaurants, including a Michelin-influenced option
- Outside food
- You can bring your own food and drink.
- Weather cover
- Exceptional wet-weather park — nearly every attraction is an indoor cinematic or immersive experience, so rain barely matters until the outdoor night show.
- Baby care
- Baby changing and nursing facilities available across the pavilions.
- Rentals on site
- Stroller / pushchair hire and Lockers available on site.
- Currency & payment
- EUR; cards and contactless accepted throughout.
- Official app
- Futuroscope app (iOS/Android): show times, attraction info and park map.