LAVA Centre — Attraction in undefined

I want to give a great review, but I think it's still working out a lot of issues on account of just opening. I really believe this will become a major tourist stop in the future, once they get the bugs worked out.

First: this place has some really cool effects and technology, and a really neat short film that's full of impressive imagery from Iceland's eruptions (those shots from Heimaey- wow).

Then there is the chain of exhibit rooms:

Room 1 can be a bit hard to read because of the changing lights (I wish the lettering would glow red when they're in shadow), though the changing lights make for a great aesthetic. At the end of that room are some interactive exhibits that aren't too intuitive: you have to stand on some plates for one, and spin the railing for the globe (a fun experience was rotating the globe through time from Past to Present, and then just as you pass Present it resets and it gives the impression our future will be a hellish world of fire and brimstone).

Rooms 2 and 3 offer lots of info, though the interfaces are a bit confusing as to what order you're supposed to slide things in. Sometimes the slider seemed to be best if started from the left; occasionally from the right; sometimes starting from the middle and shifting it leftward and then rightward as part of two separate experiences. These rooms, however, will become very very slowgoing as the museum becomes more popular... they're not really setup well for more than a half-dozen people.

I have no idea how to remark on Room 4 (the final room) because it was at this point that the clock struck 19h and they turned off the lights. They're serious about that closing time, apparently, as they don't simply stop admitting people at a certain time... they'll take your entry fee and then turn off the lights and exhibits minutes later. So keep watch on your time. A minimum 60 minutes to visit, maybe 90 preferred if you're the type of person who wants to read absolutely everything, and maybe 2 hrs if you're that kind of person &...

Not worth the price, just a bunch of screens and videos. We learned a little, but we were disappointed that there isn’t actually any lava and it costs $50/person

*Edit in reply to Lava’s reply: we double checked and we paid around $43/person, which is very close to $50. Apologies for rounding up. We did indeed go inside the paid exhibits and although they are deemed as being “interactive,” they are pretty much just screens. Sure, in a few areas you have to touch the screen, pull the handle for the screen to move, and raise your hands to view different things on the screen, but these experiences are still just screens. The movie is also a screen of volcano footage. I did fail to mention the three earthquake simulator moments (you can stand in three different areas and the floor shakes), and those were actually pretty cool. All in all, I stand by what I said that the experience is way overpriced for what the actual cost is to the company, seeing as the exhibits themselves are run by screens. We had a fairly good time, but we expected more for...

A wonderful experience. No exploitative Asian tourists, thankfully. Spent a time, wonderfully, talking to the staff about the shock waves that will be caused by global polar ice melting and relatively low amounts of flooding. I perceive that the earth quakes will be far worse around Europe, Hawaii (San Francisco) and Iceland. Hoping that someone has written and published a paper on this. Sounds dumb, I know but as an Engineer this is going to be important. Finally stress in terms of earthquakes. Two main types, shear stress and tensile. An exhibition allowed me to feel, shear and tensile. The cutting of shear at high magnitudes is very perceptible, but the tensile at low magnitudes is very bad, even worse. As an Engineer I now fully appreciate applications of shear and tensile loading. The mathematics of this has always beguiled me, yet I feel extremely confident I could model it and make predictions, however my mind is failing due to Shojrens is making...