Xenses Theme Park In Mexico Challenges Your Perceptions And Ignites Your Imagination

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

Imagine if Willy Wonka dropped acid instead of chocolate and built a new theme park. Xenses (pronounced senses) in the Riviera Maya near Playa Del Carmen, Mexico would be the result. The only thing missing are the Oompa Loompa's.

Xenses challenges your perceptions and immerses you into a sensory smorgasbord that at times mimics being high and had me wishing I had smoked another joint before arriving.

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Some friends (@donnaincancun, @mrs.machete, and @keith11walker) and I went to see what it was all about. We pulled into the parking lot and spotted this van from a tour company called Nowhere Tour Company and their slogan is, "We can't take you anywhere". Kind of like some of my friends. 😁

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I got a good chuckle from that as we grabbed our stuff, headed towards the entrance and walked past this unique, floating island fountain.

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Walking past the turnstile after buying our tickets I couldn't help feeling like Big Brother was watching me. These little one-eyed camera figures are scattered throughout the park snapping your picture when you scan a wrist band with a sensor embedded in it that you must where at all times. Something about it gave me the creeps.

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The Pinwheel is the center of the park and where every experience begins and ends. We changed into our swim gear and stashed out stuff in our lockers passing some unusual props along the way.

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The bottom of each of these pinwheel pillars is the entrance to another strange experience

On the way to the lockers we passed under a ladder with a black cat sitting on it. There was no way to get to the lockers or the bathroom without walking under it. Feeling lucky and light on my feet I strolled through.

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These really weird looking toilets were in there and thankfully they were just for show.

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Then we walked through these strange tunnels with a heart beating at the center of it. Here's a short video of it.

The tunnel opened up into the strangest Mexican style town that was built to create an illusion of walking uphill when in fact you are walking downhill. The effect was completely intoxicating.

It totally messed with your equilibrium and made you feel drunk. The stream running alongside the road appeared to be flowing uphill.

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It was a fun day full fun adventures like swimming through colorfully lit tunnels, clay pools, and water slides. We even got to hook up to some kind of zip line that strapped you into the line horizontally making it feel like you are flying.

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A fun place to visit for the adventurous traveler, Xenses will set your senses on overdrive and leave you feeling exhilarated.

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You can read more about it on this post titled, Living In Cancun A Steemit Fun Day Out To Xenses Park --- by @donnaincancun

I'll leave you with this quick video.

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Wow! Xenses looks like a great fun place for the family, appreciate the share :) It's quite a distance from where I'm located, but who knows, maybe some day.

Willy Twilight Park. Upvoted. Resteemed.

Thanks for the resteem and upvote.

Best photography....Nice story .... and specially the theme park is amazing.... Nice Post....
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So glad those toilets are just for show!! I'd be constipated the whole time there :O

Wow a very beautiful place

Sounds like an interesting experience with the floating island fountain. However I hate it when old big brother is watching. Thanks for sharing. - Troy

It was really strange to see those one-eyed things all over the place, but even weirder were the stuffed toys that were one-eyed illuminati looking toys.

crazy place lol

Looks like a neat little adventure. I love the cave river looking photo

Thanks. It was a trip floating down it and they had another one that was full of silky mud.

Oh Wow...I remember almost moving to Playa when it was known for its amazing beach! To see your post is amazing, but never would have thought in Playa. Would love to follow you as we were considering Merida as a place to live as well! Love MEXICO! Keep up the great posts!

I live in Playa. Been in the Riviera Maya since 2003.

What do you do for work if I may ask? We have always wanted to live in Playa since back when we worked on Cruise ships some 15 years ago. Do you have any recommendations or advice as you have been there to see all the massive growth?