One experience you can enjoy during your stay is visiting the IMAX theater at the Museum of Discovery and Science (401 SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale). Here are three of the performances shown.
Blue whales
Documentary – Blue whales are the largest animal that has ever lived, larger than dinosaurs. They are longer than a jet plane and their tongue weighs as much as an elephant. The huge screen is the only place where you can see them in life size! Experience the adventure of a lifetime and discover a long-lost pod of blue whales in a remote corner of the ocean that no scientist or film crew has explored before. What the expedition reveals will help inspire new marine protected areas.
The film will also feature a wide range of characters, including all the stars of the ocean: dolphins, sharks, orcas, sea lions and turtles.
Cities of the future
Documentary – Imagine traveling 50 years into the future and discovering smart cities designed to be completely sustainable. Renewable energy is our main source of energy, Space Solar provides solar energy 24 hours a day, everything is recycled and you have your own individual pods which are powered by magnetic levitation and use little to no energy. You can also drive an electric flying vehicle! Traffic jams are a thing of the past. It's not science fiction. Engineers are currently developing plans for a sustainable world. And on a huge screen!
Hubble
Documentary – Using the power of IMAX® 3D, Hubble 3D, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, takes moviegoers on an unprecedented journey through distant galaxies to explore the majesty and mystery of our celestial surroundings. Experience unprecedented 3D flights through the vastness of the universe and accompany astronauts on spacewalks in some of the most challenging and important endeavors in NASA history.
In May 2009, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched a mission to perform critical repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope, the world's first space observatory located 350 miles above Earth. There was an IMAX 3D camera on board that was operated by the shuttle astronauts. Impressive footage was captured of the five complex spacewalks required to make these repairs, as well as close-up images of the effort to put the telescope into orbit. The shuttle's mechanical arm reached a speed of 17,500 miles per hour and an unexpected problem that threatened to sabotage its entire mission.
Dates and times can be found at: https://mods.org/showtimes