Last year, two brand new attractions came to Kansas City!
SeaLife and
LegoLand opened in joint space downtown, and are now one of the anchors of the Crown Center Shopping area. Last month, they reached out to us and invited our family to come see what they offer to the Kansas City community. We thought it sounded like fun, so we loaded up our kids in the minivan, and asked Beth and her son Gideon if they would like to come with us and help keep track of our toddler quadruplets.
We arrived first thing in the morning, and didn't have any lines to deal with which was exactly what we were hoping for! The kids were definitely ready to start their adventures.
We started our day with
SeaLife. Different rooms had fish that glow, turtles, a touch pool, and every other type of sealife imaginable. The best part? The exhibit was designed for the height of little kids. My kids are only two-years-old, but they were able to see everything without us having to continually pick them up.
Caleb and the Glowing Fish
Elijah
The Ishum Quadruplets visit SeaLife: Ellie, Abby, Caleb, and Elijah
Abby
Gideon and Ellie
I loved seeing the wonder on their faces as they watched the fish, walking through the tunnels of sharks, and stood on the see through plexiglass to see the stingrays swimming below their feet. It ended up being Caleb and Ellie's favorite attraction since it was quiet and slow moving. It makes sense that they would enjoy it as much as they did since they are our hypersensitive kids.
After exploring SeaLife, we took a break for lunch. This was our kids first time walking through something like this, and we didn't want to tire them out too quickly. Legoland has a cafe inside their atraction, but the day was beautiful, so we brought a sack lunch and ate at the picnic tables just outside. The kids also had a chance to run around a bit more freely before we went back inside for our second adventure.
Clockwise from front left: Ellie, Daddy, Elijah, Abby, Mommy, and Caleb
Family Photo! Caleb, Daddy, Ellie, Abby, Mommy, and Elijah
And then it was time to head off to our second adventure:
LegoLand!
The first room young builders enter is the Lego "Factory" Room. Here they have some cute "machines" where kids can pretend that they are making legos. This is also where you can view the Lego Master Builder at work. Caleb is our block builder (using toddler size legos), and he was fascinated by what he saw.
Caleb and Daddy
There are two rides in LegoLand. We tried one ride where you play a life-size version of a computer lego game and save the princess. Remember how I said that our two sensory kids really loved SeaLife? Well, let's just say that sensory kids may want to avoid this ride. But Abby and Elijah thought it was fun! In fact, Abby and Elijah quickly decided that LegoLand was definitely more their speed!
A word of caution though: If you have little kids, keep a close eye on them in LegoLand. It's easy for them to be entranced with the colors and sounds and wander off in five seconds flat. But it's not like Abby did that or anything. And we certainly didn't end up sprinting around the attraction in a panic looking for her. Or find her next to the exit.
That girl cut years off of my life. Sheesh.
Anyway, once we found her, we explored the rest of the attraction.
Some of the activities in
LegoLand were too old for our kids, so we decided to hold off for a few years until they can really enjoy them.
But they did have a fun little nook with gigantic blocks and animals made out of legos! We headed to the toddler area and let the kids play there for a few minutes before we headed home.
We were very grateful to have had the opportunity to take our kids to Kansas City's newest attractions and let our kids explore new things. I can easily see the kids getting different things out of the exhibits over the coming years as they grow older. My thoughts? I think SeaLife works for all ages, and is especially friendly to those with sensory issues. LegoLand strikes me as more appropriate for kids around the ages of 5-12. I imagine that this would be the most epic birthday party spot ever for a boy's birthday party!
A couple of things if you are thinking about visiting either
SeaLife Kansas City or
LegoLand Kansas City:
- Kids two-years-old and under are free!
- They do not allow side-by-side twin strollers because the paths are very narrow. Front-and-back twin strollers are allowed, but I think you'd be better off with a couple of umbrella strollers if you have multiples and enough adults to push them.
- Leave the diaper bags at home and use backpacks instead. It's just easier to carry all that stuff around and keep your arms and hand available for more important things (like keeping track of
Abby your kids).
- Homeschool Week is this week, September 16-20 at Crown Center! Click here for all of the specials they are running, including reduced ticket fees for SeaLife and LegoLand!
- Get priority access by buying your tickets online. The lines are much shorter this way!
- Get major discounts by buying your SeaLife and LegoLand tickets online ahead of time. Better than a coupon!
- Best suggestion: Enter the giveaway below for your chance to win four tickets to each attraction for FREE!
~Giveaway!~
One A Beautiful Ruckus reader will win four tickets to
SeaLife Kansas City and
LegoLand Kansas City! All you have to do is enter below for your chance to win!
The first two tasks are not optional and must be completed to qualify for this giveaway. The additional entry tasks are optional. Winning entries will be validated prior to announcing the winner with an alternate drawn if the entries cannot be verified.
Last year, two brand new attractions came to Kansas City!
SeaLife and
LegoLand opened in joint space downtown, and are now one of the anchors of the Crown Center Shopping area. Last month, they reached out to us and invited our family to come see what they offer to the Kansas City community. We thought it sounded like fun, so we loaded up our kids in the minivan, and asked Beth and her son Gideon if they would like to come with us and help keep track of our toddler quadruplets.
We arrived first thing in the morning, and didn't have any lines to deal with which was exactly what we were hoping for! The kids were definitely ready to start their adventures.
We started our day with
SeaLife. Different rooms had fish that glow, turtles, a touch pool, and every other type of sealife imaginable. The best part? The exhibit was designed for the height of little kids. My kids are only two-years-old, but they were able to see everything without us having to continually pick them up.
Caleb and the Glowing Fish
Elijah
The Ishum Quadruplets visit SeaLife: Ellie, Abby, Caleb, and Elijah
Abby
Gideon and Ellie
I loved seeing the wonder on their faces as they watched the fish, walking through the tunnels of sharks, and stood on the see through plexiglass to see the stingrays swimming below their feet. It ended up being Caleb and Ellie's favorite attraction since it was quiet and slow moving. It makes sense that they would enjoy it as much as they did since they are our hypersensitive kids.
After exploring SeaLife, we took a break for lunch. This was our kids first time walking through something like this, and we didn't want to tire them out too quickly. Legoland has a cafe inside their atraction, but the day was beautiful, so we brought a sack lunch and ate at the picnic tables just outside. The kids also had a chance to run around a bit more freely before we went back inside for our second adventure.
Clockwise from front left: Ellie, Daddy, Elijah, Abby, Mommy, and Caleb
Family Photo! Caleb, Daddy, Ellie, Abby, Mommy, and Elijah
And then it was time to head off to our second adventure:
LegoLand!
The first room young builders enter is the Lego "Factory" Room. Here they have some cute "machines" where kids can pretend that they are making legos. This is also where you can view the Lego Master Builder at work. Caleb is our block builder (using toddler size legos), and he was fascinated by what he saw.
Caleb and Daddy
There are two rides in LegoLand. We tried one ride where you play a life-size version of a computer lego game and save the princess. Remember how I said that our two sensory kids really loved SeaLife? Well, let's just say that sensory kids may want to avoid this ride. But Abby and Elijah thought it was fun! In fact, Abby and Elijah quickly decided that LegoLand was definitely more their speed!
A word of caution though: If you have little kids, keep a close eye on them in LegoLand. It's easy for them to be entranced with the colors and sounds and wander off in five seconds flat. But it's not like Abby did that or anything. And we certainly didn't end up sprinting around the attraction in a panic looking for her. Or find her next to the exit.
That girl cut years off of my life. Sheesh.
Anyway, once we found her, we explored the rest of the attraction.
Some of the activities in
LegoLand were too old for our kids, so we decided to hold off for a few years until they can really enjoy them.
But they did have a fun little nook with gigantic blocks and animals made out of legos! We headed to the toddler area and let the kids play there for a few minutes before we headed home.
We were very grateful to have had the opportunity to take our kids to Kansas City's newest attractions and let our kids explore new things. I can easily see the kids getting different things out of the exhibits over the coming years as they grow older. My thoughts? I think SeaLife works for all ages, and is especially friendly to those with sensory issues. LegoLand strikes me as more appropriate for kids around the ages of 5-12. I imagine that this would be the most epic birthday party spot ever for a boy's birthday party!
A couple of things if you are thinking about visiting either
SeaLife Kansas City or
LegoLand Kansas City:
- Kids two-years-old and under are free!
- They do not allow side-by-side twin strollers because the paths are very narrow. Front-and-back twin strollers are allowed, but I think you'd be better off with a couple of umbrella strollers if you have multiples and enough adults to push them.
- Leave the diaper bags at home and use backpacks instead. It's just easier to carry all that stuff around and keep your arms and hand available for more important things (like keeping track of
Abby your kids).
- Homeschool Week is this week, September 16-20 at Crown Center! Click here for all of the specials they are running, including reduced ticket fees for SeaLife and LegoLand!
- Get priority access by buying your tickets online. The lines are much shorter this way!
- Get major discounts by buying your SeaLife and LegoLand tickets online ahead of time. Better than a coupon!
- Best suggestion: Enter the giveaway below for your chance to win four tickets to each attraction for FREE!
~Giveaway!~
One A Beautiful Ruckus reader will win four tickets to
SeaLife Kansas City and
LegoLand Kansas City! All you have to do is enter below for your chance to win!
The first two tasks are not optional and must be completed to qualify for this giveaway. The additional entry tasks are optional. Winning entries will be validated prior to announcing the winner with an alternate drawn if the entries cannot be verified.
