An outing to MGM

Our team of young software engineers took some time off from their busy schedule for the quarterly team outing on 8th March 2007. From the numerous suggestions given by the team members, MGM was chosen as the fun-spot destination.

The team took off from the Lords after the lunch, cruising down the grand scenic beach highway, rolling towards Muthukadu, where the MGM theme park is situated.

MGM is one of the destinations stamped with a ‘wow’ factor on the East Coast Road, popularly known as ECR. Winding its way along the Bay of Bengal, the newly revamped highway connects Chennai with Pondicherry. The team arrived at MGM in not more than one hour, enjoying the soothing breeze along the east coast road. The journey was packed with lot of fun and laughter.
MGM Dizzie world on ECR in Chennai is second to none when it’s compared to fun-filled, high-energy entertainment and is synonymous with some of the biggest entertainment parks in the country. With an average annual entry of 3 million people, Dizzee World boast of exhilarating rides while adhering strictly to international safety standards. Apart from its world-class rides, these parks also exhibit a breathtaking amphitheatre that hosts and projects a variety of events, besides the popular Maryworld, a unique children’s world within the park.

Each members of the team grabbed a ticket rolled on to the wrist and started with the rides, which includes Giant wheel and Tora–Tora that we see in exhibition and some really exciting ones like the spider, disco saucer, Frisbee, ranger, and above all the roller coaster. The ranger was a heart pulling ride which made the guys really dizzy. Few of the big rides were under maintenance. The water games were also thrilling and entertaining. Apart from the rides and the water games, there are a lot of food stalls and restaurants too ranging from the sugar candy to the Beer den. Then there were those game stalls out of which few are good – just good and some were really boring.


After finishing all the possible rides in the Disney’s counterpart, we set out for dinner at Food Village, a multi cuisine restaurant located in the ECR. Food village was yet another place for enjoyment, laughter, pleasure, humors, and last but the most exciting event, “the dinner”.

Food village, the perched up land with thickly grown lawn, in which the team sat under the canopy of stars, crunching their way through crispy finger chips such as Foccaza, and rounding off the meal with a sinful portion of desserts reminding Tiramisu and its kinds. People enjoyed the rustic atmosphere. The cuisine, they say, is easygoing - Mediterranean, with an accent on Indian, Italian and Chinese. Many people from the city drive out here just to come to the restaurant, the signature continental restaurant on the scenic beach highway which connects Chennai and Pondicherry.

With all such amazing experiences, we called it a day and went back to our dwellings.

MGM is one of such amusement park which guarantees the fulfillment of even the inferential meaning of the word “amusement”. And Food Village, a den of great taste.

And thus it was not just the above destinations which were entertaining, even coasting down the midnight-black highway of ECR was thrilling and soothing at the same time.