We decided to play Gulliver and visit Lilliput, since Miniature World was close by. This attraction, dubbed as “The Greatest Little Show on Earth,” has over 85 little models, including the world’s smallest operation sawmill, one of the world’s longest miniature railways, and one of the world’s largest dollhouses circa 1880 with rooms beautifully furnished in exquisite detail.
Its exhibits – King Arthur’s Camelot, Valley of Castles, Fantasyland, Space 2201, Classic Car Rally, Great Canadian Railway, Frontierland, Little Mill’s Lumber Company, Modern London, Olde London Towne of 1670 , The World of Dickens, Fields of Glory, World of Dollhouses, Swiss Family Robinson, and Circus World – will certainly bring anyone back to his childhood memory lane, back to the stories our parents and grandparents read to us, or to the imaginary worlds we created at playtime, or even to faraway lands we visited in our daydreams.
It was fun to see the tiny displays and admire how the creators were able to incorporate designs in each miniscule piece. The dioramas were all exquisitely detailed and well-thought out. The diminutive landscapes were perfect recreations of the scenes and worlds they were trying to create. And to make the experience with these tiny treasures thoroughly immersive, they have also added special effects – lighting, sounds, background music, and even animation activated by a push of a button.
For a little more than an hour, we were lost in the “great” spectacle of different worlds seen from a unique perspective, and when we got out and back in the “real” world with normal-sized buildings and people, we had to slowly shake off the sense of nostalgia and the dreamy state in which we found ourselves.
I think every kid (and kids-at-heart like us) should absolutely visit this place!
We walked back to our hotel to have lunch at the steak restaurant then got ready for our drive to the Butchart Gardens.
Photo Credits:
miniatureworld.com, visitorinvictoria.ca
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