You can easily locate the park as it sky high and colorful castle structures will surely nab your attention if you’re on private vehicle. While waiting outside the structure,
Under the management of the neighborhood homeowner's association and curious tourists can still enter by paying a P1, 000 fee for 10 people. Unlike the abandoned amusement parks in Japan which all look eerily decrepit, the facilities in this local Disneyland are still pretty well-maintained. The rides don't run, but they're still clean, sturdy, and, well, full of hope. They use the entrance fee collected from the visitors to maintain the theme park. Inforsource

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My friends and I went to a Batangas trip to relieve us from our stress from work and in our itinerary, our first stop! The FANTASY WORLD! It’s everyone’s first time so we’re on top so excited about it so no one is late in our 5 AM call time.

No Ride, No Fly

No rides in Fantasy World are operational. In fact, all of them are wrapped with danger lines, but since people are enthusiastic for photos, so you must let us pass!!

I am used to seeing blank playgrounds when I was little, but seeing the park gave me some sort of chills. It was really quiet at the area of the rides, what you can only hear are the gushing of tree leaves and the giggles of my friends. I remembered stories I read from my Goosebumps collection before. You know, where abandoned theme parks got all creepy and shaky with lost souls of trapped children or doomed with possessed clowns or jugglers. :O
But despite all this in mind, I am still happy to have the opportunity to visit.

I did imagine the place however, as fully operational and functioning, there will be ice cream, cotton candy and popcorn stops all over as clowns and other performers juggle their way in all turns of the park, happy tunes keep everyone swaying, there will be beautiful ladies in princess and duchess costumes ready for some photo op, children are shouting all out with fun as they ride their way through these colorful units, mommies and daddies are taking priceless pictures, if only Fantasy World was really brought to life.InforSource

Tree sheds are famous settings in fairy tales, and true enough, these make up the “fantasy package” for Fantasy World.

Hanging Bridge

One of the park's highlights is its dark and creaky treehouse, with vines that wrap their arms around its spiral staircase.

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The structure literally is a concrete mimic of a huge trunk of a tree with winding staircases inside and outside the surface, you can choose which way you may want to reach the top. A lazy alert tip though, I went inside using the inner stairs and I probably ran out my breath as the stairs inside I believe are quite longer than the stairs bundled at the outside of the tree, given that I went down using the staircase outside.

Once on top, a hanging bridge will invite you to go to the other tree house, if you would want to take a clearer view of the whole area from that side; both sheds however open a breathtaking view of the property, from bushes to castles.

Meanwhile if you do not want to cross the bridge, inside the tree house you could do another leg of picture taking as it offers great natural lighting number of feet above the ground. InfoSource

Castle Tower

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The view from the tower is exhilarating. And a bit tingling on the legs, if you have just a pinch of fear for heights like me. I must admit I cannot be Rapunzel for more than an hour, it is also very windy at the tower’s top, so you gotta loose that fixed hair for a time. It was so high and scary, but worth it!

Overall, you can spend about 2 hours to go around the place. Bringing of food and drinks are not allowed inside, you have to buy it from them.

How to get there

Batangas City is 2 1/2 hours away from Manila when using the old inter-town route. Using the STAR Tollway route, one can reach Batangas City in just an hour and a half. Tanauan City is about one hour away, and between Tanauan City and Batangas City, one will find Lipa City. ALPS The Bus, Inc. is one of the many bus companies that travel the said route.
Travellers can take air-conditioned buses going to Batangas City. Those who want to go to Nasugbu, Calatagan and Lian towns (Matabungkay) can pass via the Tagaytay route.
Travellers going to Puerto Galera can take direct air con buses from Manila (Cubao) to Batangas pier. The best services are BLTB (every hour) and JAM transit (also every hour) from the Kamuin Cubao bus station. Sometimes, esepcially during peak hours, buses run every 30 minutes. The last stop is Batangas Pier (ask the conductor beforehand) from where one can take a ferry to Puerto Galera.
When driving one's own vehicle to Tanauan-Lipa-Batangas City, travelers will pass through the South Luzon Expressway, then the STAR Tollway and can just follow the directional signs along the highway. InfoSource

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Where to Stay

The reputation of Batangas as a tourist destination has resulted in the sudden growth of one-stars, numerous bungalows over the water accessed by boardwalks, with wooden stairs leading down to the sea, and three-stars that are affordable by international standards.

Here’s some of the places you can inquire about for an accommodation:

• Lima Park Hotel, Lima Technology Center, Malvar
• Canyon Cove Resort, Far East Road, Piloto Wawa, Nasugbu
• Lago De Oro Cable Ski Park and Resort, Bo. Balibago, Calatagan
• Days Hotel Batangas (Days Hotel Batangas), Pastor Village, Pallocan West
• Anilao Outrigger Resort, Solo, Anilao, Mabini
• Chateau Royale, Km 72 Batulao, Nasugbu
• Evercrest Golf Resort, Batulao, Nasugbu
• Microtel Inn & Suites, First Philippine Industrial Park, Sto. Tomas
• Matabungkay Beach Resort, Brgy. Matabungkay, Lian
• Hotel Pontefino, Pastor Village, Gulod Labac
• Cintai, Balete/Lipa City
• Hotel La Corona, Lipa City
• Mount Malarayat Hotel and Suites, Dagatan, Lipa City
• The Coral Beach Club, Matabungkay, Lian InfoSource

At the end of our tour, I kind of wondered and asked myself why this was called Fantasy World after all?

I think because of the fact that fantasy lives in all of us, we all have room for make-believe, for a world that’s maybe less or more than the ordinary, of that world we are experiencing now.

We should never let the privilege of fantasy go, as this realm nurtures not only the mind and soul but our hearts as well. I am still glad that though Fantasy World was cut even before its grand opening, people are still open to visit the park and re-imagine a fantasy of their own.

Hope you can visit Fantasy World and tell me something about it!

Have a magical experience! :)