Fun family bonding at Upside Down World Cebu
One rainy afternoon in Cebu City, Philippines, we spent it indoors at the Upside Down World Cebu. It turned out a fun family bonding time.
The kids are suckers for trick art. We love how our photos would come out and how messed up our perspectives become. The girls really enjoy this stuff. They actually find it amazing. haha
Family Time at Upside Down World Cebu
Our family recently visited Cebu and their Aunt Loraine took us to the Upside Down World Cebu in Mandaue City.
The fully air-conditioned gallery has 11 rooms or set ups where you can pose and have your photos taken. Most them are rooms in the home. These are:
- Living room
- Library
- Bedroom
- Kids’ room
- Market
- Kitchen
- Dining room
- Laundry area
- Shower room
- Magical room
- Casino
The kids especially like the living room because there was a TV set and the kids’ room because of the toys! Each room is so realistic and complete with even the minutest details. The reality there is so messed up! haha Even my husband’s aunt and uncle, who are already seniors, also had fun with us.
There were seven (7) people in our group, composed of five (5) adults and two (2) kids. Photography in each set up with the guided tour is about 5-8 minutes, including choreography. You can have several angles in each room because there are also different sides. It’s not just a flat wall backdrop.
For example, in the shower room, there’s also the toilet where we had a lot of photos. I joked that we really liked toilet humor. LOL
After that, it’s our free time and we went back to the different setups in order to have different poses.
Making Memories
We had a great bonding time at Upside Down World Cebu because everyone has to cooperate in order to have a nice, IG-worthy shot. Some of our poses had to have actions, so there was some physical activity, too.
And since we had a guide, they were able to take nice photos of us. It was really a good time to create happy memories with the whole family. Or you can bring your friends, for that matter.
Guided Tour and Free Time
When you enter the premises of Upside Down World Cebu, you will be asked to remove your shoes. You can wear socks or just go barefoot inside. You can also leave some of your bags in the lockers provided. But since they don’t have locks, just bring your valuables.
A guide will receive you and ask the number of people in your party. They will be the ones who will choreograph your poses in order to get the best possible results. They will also take your pictures. Their standard instructions would be, “Look up!”, “Look at the camera!”, and “Nga-nga! (open mouth)”. Our little Shane has memorized their instructions. haha
One guide is responsible for three rooms. Once done, you will be passed on to another guide.
After the guided tour, you can go back and roam around the halls again because there is no time limit. You can take as many photos as you want.
Family Bonding
Upside Down World Cebu is quite small but if everyone is playful enough, you can stay there for at least two hours. It is fun to imagine how to pose and look at your photos afterwards. Then you can re-do posing until you have achieved what you have desired. It was fully air-conditioned but we were sweating from all the silly poses we did. And also for running after Shane. haha
Places like these are for those who are game to make silly poses and also to keep on posing for the camera. KJs are not allowed here. haha
For those who are not into having their photos taken, they might find this place boring. It’s just a novelty. For us, it made the whole family happy. 😀
But while Upside Down World Cebu is great for family bonding moments, you might not want to go back there after you have been there once. It’s not like a resort or museum that you would like to keep coming back to. But if you are from Cebu and you have visitors from out of town, it’s a fun place to bring your guests.
Entrance Fees:
- Regular rates: P250
- Senior citizens and children: P170
Upside Down World Cebu
Tel. No. (63) Call (32) 234 7842
FB Page: UDW Cebu
Business hours: Open daily from 10am to 9pm
Other family travel stories you might want to read:
- Baguio City Birthday Adventure for Kids
- Hong Kong Disneyland Magic Comes to Life
- Travel with Kids in Search for the Old and New
- May’s Organic Garden Family Outing
Note: Thanks so much Dr. Loraine Chu and family for bringing us here! :D
But… but… I want to go back!!!! ??
hahahahaha What a baby! 😀
This is such an incredible place! It truly is a fun place for family bonding. Upside Down World Cebu rocks!
I’ve never heard of this Upside Down World Cebu before. It looks amazing and so much fun, although I’m sure i would get dizzy!
hahahaha Everything is just an illusion. Fooled ya!
Upside Down World Cebu looks so fun and the pictures are hilarious! I’ve never heard of any places like this! So cool.
This looks like such a fun place to spend a family day out. I think my dad (who’s the goof of the family) would like it the most. Upside Down World is so silly!
My kids would love that experience. We enjoy going to new places and creating memories that we will cherish forever. I can imagine that your family had a blast at Upside Down World Cebu.
What a fun time. This is super cool and the kiddos would enjoy a bit of time in Upside Down World Cebu for sure.
OMG this looks like so much fun. It’s different too. My kids would have an amazing time that’s for sure. Loving all the fun pictures you had at Upside Down World Cebu!!!!
Oh wow, this looks great. I love things like this and so would my children. These are great photos you’ve had. Showed the fun time your family had. Love the idea of the Upside Down World Cebu 🙂
This just looks too amazing. I know my daughter and I would have a blast at Upside Down World Cebu. Your family surely had so many great pictures here and so much fun. 🙂
This is my very first time hearing of an Upside down World and might I say I find it very interesting. Looks like an amazing place for a family trip. It is my hope that one day my family can visit.
Upside Down World Cebu is a great place for family bonding. And this looks like so much fun. I want to go there, too.
I have never been to Upside Down World Cebu… However, I would love to go! It looks like so much fun and by your pictures it looks like you all had a blast!
Omg ! This is so crazy cool ! How we wish we had something like this in India.. Upside Down World Cebu looks fantastic !
Wow, never heard of such an upside down attraction! Haha looks like you had great fun with your family at Upside Down World Cebu! I might have to get my siblings together the next time I visit the Philippines and visit Cebu for this, lol 🙂
Woww it looks incredible. Upside Down World Cebu looks amazing! How is that possible, by the way? You must have enjoyèd a lot. ?
Upside down world Cebu sounds amazing! I am jealous! It would be great to have a photo session there!
This looks like a fun trip! I have never seen a place like it, but what a cool place to shoot photos. Thanks for sharing about Upside Down World Cebu.
Love this place! it reminds of of The Twits! I loved that book as a kid. Would be fun to visit Upside Down World Cebu. x
I really enjoyed visiting the Upside Down Museum in Georgetown, Penang. Didn’t realize Cebu had one as well.
I think Upside Down World is a franchise and there are many branches around the world. The set ups are different, too. :
hihihi, I had so much fun when I saw ONE SINGLE ROOM like these in the Museums of Illusions in Vilnius and I can only imagine how funny it should have been to have an entire home upside down! Would definitely go to Upside Down World Cebu if I have the chance 😀
hahahah look at that! it looks like so much fun! everything upside down! and all the photos are hilarious! Upside Down World Cebu is a such a silly place! haha
Wow, this is so cool, an upside down house, perfect for family activities. This reminds me of Trick Museum in South Korea 🙂
This is so different and looks like a lot of fun. I’m sure you guys had a blast at Upside Down World Cebu. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
wow such a great conception of the place! How did they do it at Upside Down World Cebu! Fantastic place for a family time!
Oh my gosh… this is so fun! My whole family would get a huge kick out of this, posing at Upside Down World Cebu.
I’ve never been to anywhere like this but it looks really cool. I absolutely love how your family photos have come out, it looks like everyone had such fun at Upside Down World Cebu x
Upside Down museums are always so much fun! We got reminded of the ones we visited in Malaysia – in KL and Penang! It’s amazing how creative people can get. Love the toilet humour pics and everyone’s expressions are so amazing! We feel like visiting another one now! Upside Down Worl Cebu would be a good choice. This one looks bigger than what we have seen.