A Peek At SM’s Science Discovery Center
Update (10/16/07): Opening to the public will be on October 20, 2007. Entrance Fee is PhP 330.00 or US $ 7.70 . Camera/picture taking is allowed except inside the planetarium. For booking inquiries, please call Alex at (632) 556-0331
Update (9/30/07) : I’m suppose to bring the whole family today upon the invitation of a colleague since it’s SDC’s (Science Discovery Center) open house for it’s employees’ families and friends. Unfortunately, my daughter is down with fever and wifey has to attend to her. It’s another father and son affair Sunday morning but definitely a great bonding time. My son enjoyed the science stuff’s and the planetarium experience. Because of this, my daughter can’t wait for her turn to visit SDC next week.
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SM Mall of Asia’s Science Discovery Center will open to the public on mid October, but a colleague invited me to have a look at the Philippines’ first after the Planetarium project of the late President Marcos at Rizal Park.
I remember our school tour at the Planetarium in Luneta on the early 80’s (or late 70’s, I think, can’t remember exactly 
) and ’twas an amazing experience. This one, however, is a little different since aside from the planetarium, students are treated to a lot of science stuffs like earthquake simulator, virtual coral reefs, robotics, media city and a lot more. I can’t wait to bring my kids.
Though the center is not open yet to the public, they are now accepting booking for school tours at discounted price, here are some of the pics:
Welcoming party
World’s tallest Buildings and Virtual Coral Reef
The terminator and other robots
Virtual games and Smell test
Outside the Planetarium and a peek of the show inside
More pictures here
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Wow, finally, something new from SM. Can’t wait to experience it myself.
yeah, it seems really interesting! will visit it too!
@ Cathy and Reyville,
Do visit SDC when it opens on Oct. 16. An alternative place to hang out.
Nice blog Mr. Sonnie. I’m looking for more info about this place. We’re planning a club field trip. I hope I could get the pictures from your blog so that I could show it to my moderator. Thanks.
Hi Dianne,
Yes you can use the pictures on this blog. You may get in touch with Mr. Jay Varona at this number for your bookings, 09178090332. Mr. Varona is the HR Manager, but he can refer you to the right person.
Thank you very much. I’m also looking for contact numbers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hi Mr. Sonnie! I think this will really be great for kids (and adults as well). How much kaya is the entrance fee?
Hi Carina,
My son had so much fun, specially at virtual city. He played virtual basketball , no cable, joystick or game pad. He played using his own body movement.
With regards to EF, I will ask first and post it here later, I may give a wrong figure. You can also send SMS to Mr. Jay, HR Manager. His number is posted in my previous reply.
Thanks for the visit.
Can’t wait to bring my kids here:)
sana ilagay na picture ung sa san sebastian college recoletos de cavite canacao campus..
nagfieldtrip na kami diyan at ang favorite places q dyan ung may vidiohan, ung may picturan pati ung sa glossary ung sa question ..100% nga aq dyan e..nxt tym babalik aq dyan with my family..i miz u science discovery center
mis q na tlaga c taggy..ung robot…
hi, is it ok to bring a DSLR camera inside?
Hi Riz,
Am not so sure of that. I just used my cell phone to take the pics. I will ask and post all the updates when I got to talk to some friends.
^_^ Hi to all lalo na sa mga taga urdaneta city nation high at kay sir RYE our mabait na tour guide sa mall of asia ganda d2 puntah kami d2 october 6 2007 gandah ^_^ sayang nga sana maulit
weeeeeeeeeeeeee ganda sayang d nalibot lhat hi to all I- Archimedes at I-pascal
guys pls visit SDC sobrang ganda promizzz….
im so prou to be one of the staff of SDC….
im one of the tour guide and even if im not part of it i still recomend it to lots of frends…..
guys from baste in cvte… pls visit us agen… mis ko n kau…..
hi im gie m a gallery attendant at sdc..s wkas mlpit n grand launching it wud be on friday oct 19 2008! sdc rocks..more power to my sdc family….S D C,,ahoo! ahoo! ahoo! dats our battle cry evry morning!
I would like to know as soon as possible the EF… We badly need it for our application form for our field trip. Thanks! GOD BLESS!!
Hi All,
SDC will be opened to the public on October 20, 2007. Entrance Fee is P 330.00.
Camera/picture taking is allowed except inside the planetarium.
For booking inquiries, please call Alex at 556-0331
mai know how much is the entrance fee per person. is there any group discount and how much
will be planning to go on field trip, would you mind inform me how much is the entrance fee per student. ask further is there is any group discount.
pwedeng malaman kong magkano ang bayad bawat isang tao. kng sakaling grupo and papasok may discount po ba at kong sakaling mayron ilang tao ang isang grupo at magkano ang isang discount. kami ay mga 1,000
@ Rudy and Keneth John
Please call Alex at 556-0331 for bookings and group discount (if applicable).
Individual entrance fee is P 330.00
I just want to inquire how much really is the entrance fee at the planetarium. I was one of the Board of Director of a High School here in our place and the teachers are eager to go on allege educ field trip at your place. they are asking as much as P950.00 aside from their fare each student in chich we parents could not afford said amount. in this regard, would you mind sir to inform me how much realy is the entrance fee each student and if there is a group discount. how many student should be in a group in order to avail the discount.any info means a great help to us parents so that we may know how much really we will pay for this activity. agaion tnx and have a nice weekend.
@ Rudy– Please call Alex at 5560331 for group tours. Entrance fee though, is P 330/head.
guys…. SDC is now open 4 public…. punta na kau…. sulit na sulit ung 330 pesos nyo promizzzz,,,,,
Is this anywhere as good as Petrosains in Petronas Tower, KL?
hi im mark im the gallery attendant at SDC in the grossology … guys Open na sa public ang SDC… PUNTA NA KYO… Para ma experience nyo ang SDC spirit>…… HI to all SDC FAMILY..
nice grand launching last friday! sdc s finally open 2 the public.,so sdc kip it up! ahoo! ahoo! ahoo!
oct. 15 nag fieldtrip sa school ng kids ko and medyo kulang lang ung oras parang minamadali ung pagdiscuss and pag try ng mga kids sa mga games kya badtrip ung anak ko… planetarium is good… we paid 900per person for our fieldtrip
We went to MOA yesterday just simply to try this new attraction. I was with my wife and my 4 kids of which one is just exactly 1 year old. We had to bring him along coz his nanny has to take the day off.
MY GOLLY, WE WERE VERY, VERY DISGUSTED AND DISSAPPOINTED WIH THE SM SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CENTER!!!
I cannot fathom why they would open this to the public at the same entrance fee rate of Php 350.oo when almost half of the 11 attractions (5 out of 11) are still not operational!
What also pissed me off is the sheer greed of the management to consider kids as young as one year old to be at the same rate!!! Can they not even consider them free or even half the price? If they want the money badly, why dont they charge even the fetus inside a pregnant mother
I would like to know if all 11 part of the activity center is already open to the public. I have heard that two week ago, only 5 of the 11 were open so the person who commented this was very disappointed.
@ Kiel,
I forwarded your feedback at SDC Management and you were sent an email copy furnished this blogger, which I will quote in part
“My sincerest apologies if we were not able to satisfy your expectations. However, let me clarify the concerns you mentioned in your email:
- On the ticket price, we offer only P330.00 for both adult and kids. Children below 24 inches in height are free to enter the center.
- For the galleries, all eleven (11) are already open to the public, but I think during the time of your visit some elements on five (5) galleries are not 100% fully operational due to the adjustments and fine tuning we are still doing on the softwares and control systems during that time. However, all the other elements in the rest of galleries are already working and can be accessed by the public. We had also placed an advisory in our ticket booth during that time to inform guests of the on-going adjustments so they can decide if they will proceed with their visit.
If you feel what we did is not enough, once again our apologies but rest assured we are doing everything to improve our operation and address the concerns raised upon us. We also thank you for giving us such feedbacks as these will certainly help us improve our service and offerings.
We hope we can invite you again in the near future so we can show you what our center is truly all about.”
@ Mar– All elements are open now
@ Mar and Kiel– You may call the Operations Head, Mr. Ronwell Bete at 5560331.
hi, very interesting! til what time is the center open?
is it open on holidays? thanks!
Hi AA,
The center is also open during holidays. 10 AM, I suppose
be there on the 6th with my family, just curious, can we stay there as long as we want? or like the imax?
Hi Zianra,
I think it depends on the demand. I heard they have confirmed bookings until the end of the year. I pass by the area 2 days ago, they have long line of customers waiting for their turn
we will be having field trip there on january 18….i,m very excited na……hope we will enjoy there
why does some students in de lasalle lipa had their picture taking inside the planetarium.i thought it is not allowed????
Hi Queenie,
Picture taking inside is allowed, except inside the planetarium. Enjoy your trip. BTW, Polar Express in 3D is also showing in IMAX, you may want to try the experience.
is camera allowed in global
or in planetarium
Hi Mei,
Camera is allowed in the center but NOT inside the planetarium.
why?
Hi Mei,
For copyright reasons. The film(s) being shown are protected by law.
,,,hi i can’t wait to visit SDC at my bday on monday ,,,,,,, i want to go there because it’s very interesting and i’m vary exited ,,,,,,,, i think this is the most unforgettable birthday experience,,,,,,,,,
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