{"id":2431,"date":"2013-10-04T21:23:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T01:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/?page_id=2431"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:40:11","slug":"the-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/the-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<h1>The Story of Professor Wonder<br \/>\nand The Upside-Down Building<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-half g1-valign-top\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7913\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Bermuda-Triangle.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderworks experience in panama city beach\" width=\"414\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Bermuda-Triangle.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Bermuda-Triangle-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Bermuda-Triangle-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Bermuda-Triangle-239x157.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On a remote island, in the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, there was a top-secret research laboratory led by Professor Wonder.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/li><!-- -->\n<li class=\"g1-column g1-one-half g1-valign-top\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7914\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Professor-Wonder-Lab.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderworks experience in panama city beach\" width=\"414\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Professor-Wonder-Lab.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Professor-Wonder-Lab-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Professor-Wonder-Lab-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Professor-Wonder-Lab-239x157.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While working on an experiment to harness  the power of a tornado, something went terribly wrong!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-half g1-valign-top\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7915\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Hurricane.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderworks experience in panama city beach\" width=\"414\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Hurricane.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Hurricane-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Hurricane-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Hurricane-239x157.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wind grew stronger than expected! Professor Wonder tried to stop the experiment, but the swirling vortex spun out of control and was too strong to be contained!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/li><!-- -->\n<li class=\"g1-column g1-one-half g1-valign-top\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7916\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Upside-Down-House.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderworks experience in panama city beach\" width=\"414\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Upside-Down-House.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Upside-Down-House-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Upside-Down-House-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Upside-Down-House-239x157.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The power of the tornado was unleashed into the laboratory! The mighty cyclone ripped the building from its foundation! The tornado carried the lab hundreds of miles away where it finally landed upside-down!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h2>If The Building Is Upside Down How Do I Walk Through It?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Inversion-Tunnel.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderworks experience in panama city beach\" width=\"414\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Inversion-Tunnel.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Inversion-Tunnel-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Inversion-Tunnel-320x210.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Inversion-Tunnel-239x157.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/>When you enter the building, everything will be upside-down, so in order to participate in the fun, you must step inside the inversion tunnel and be turned right side up!<\/p>\n<p>Once you are properly aligned for your adventure, family fun awaits with more than 100 hands on exhibits.<\/p>\n<h2>Are You Ready? <a title=\"The WonderZones\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderworksonline.com\/panama-city-beach\/the-experience\/the-wonderzones\/\">LET&#8217;S GO \u203a<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Let Your Imagination Run Wild!<\/h3>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story of Professor Wonder and The Upside-Down Building If The Building Is Upside Down How Do I Walk Through It? 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