Seth and I spent a week in New Zealand visiting my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Meredith & Jeremy Moreno.
While we were there we got to go to the WETA Cave.
http://www.wetanz.com/cave/
WETA is the place where Peter Jackson and company created the props, models, costumes & effects for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong and a number of other films & TV shows.
WETA Cave is pretty cool, even though it really is mainly a gift shop that also has a 20 minute video on a large flat screen TV. The video talks about the history of WETA and the people there who create the effects and what not. The Cave is in what looks like a large house in a sort of combination warehouse park & suburb. There are a few other soundstages & warhouses that are industry related in the area.
Unfortunately, but for obvious IP sensitive reasons, they really cannot do a full tour of the facilities. So, while it's got some pretty cool props, artwork, maquettes et cetera, it really is just a gift shop.
Nonetheless we had a grea time. To see more images from our trip and our visit to the WETA Cave check out my pictures on picassa at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinCardani/WETACave#
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