Legoland Discovery Center - Phipps Plaza (ATLANTA)

We went to Legoland a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of homeschooling families.  This attraction was great for my son and the younger children of the group.  A Discovery Center has a two small rides for kids and adults, a very cool 4-D movie, a lot of interactive opportunities to hang with your kids. 

It's my belief that this Discovery Center is not worth the money unless you go on a group rate or extreme discount.  In my group alone, there were 5 adults (my 13 year old had to have an adult ticket) and two kids.  At the full rate cost, $20.52 per adult and $16.20 per kid including taxes.  Grand total: $135.00 to walk through the doors, but wait!!! I went in only because we were apart of a group - Actual price to walk in $66.00 (Amen, for discounts!!)

The Phipps Plaza Discovery Center is located in a Georgia mall, so really the entire facility is about the size of medium retail front so, would you pay to go into a store?  Let's face it, these Discovery Center's are retail stores that charge admission to enter.  Just like you see at Disneyland; everything leads to a retail store to purchase souvenirs or in this case Legos. 

Yes, the rides are really pretty neat! The 4-D movie of 12 minutes was great for the little guys! Of course, it's really cool that you can make a cars and race them on the track, play on the "firehouse inspired" playhouse, and attend workshops to build better Lego models.

What's not cool?  Kid's meals that cost $15.00 dollars --- Yes, I said 15 dollars for a kid's meal! Really! Eat before you go in this place, save your dollars!!!

Don't forget you have to walk through the Lego Store to get out? Can you say kid freak out if you don't buy something???

Will we return to the Discovery Center???  Probably not, my kids are past this kind of attraction.  Some moms and dads may enjoy the break that it gives them from the little guys but that will have to be your decision.

Side note: That top photo is from the Lego Model of Atlanta!

Just my opinion,

Momma Penguin

Summer School

Do you work through the summer? Do you take breaks? Or are you just burned out??

We intend to work through the summer though we have plenty of fun, breaks and opportunities to explore planned as well.  There's Digital Art Camp, Cub Scout Camp, Girls Camp, karate, visits with family, and many field trips! Oh boy, we sound busier than ever!

Tell me what about your family adventures???

Wow, is your schedule as crazy as mine seems...

First, this is a 1 am post due to two little people who are struggling to sleep as they should. Angel will be like this for awhile due an extend illness. While Buddy has always been a fitful sleeper. I don't mind though, I actually enjoy watching my little people sleep. Even Princess is cute sleeping with her bedful of stuffed animals.

Just some rumbling thoughts:

Anyways, I am looking at my schedule for the upcoming month and it seems like we are on the go so much more than usual. Is that normal for your family too? We usually attempt to keep the appointments to one day week, but the next few weeks if not months we seem to have appointments almost everyday for one or more family members including Grandpa. As I care for him when mom just cannot do it because of one reason or another. Isn't that weird how that happens as family we are constantly and always caring for one another if not a parent but as the child caring for the parent. Interesting. It's a weird place to be when the child has to care for the parent as a parent instead of vice versa. I find it difficult to balance being the child and respecting the parent while still caring for the parent because their health is failing and they need to be cared for like a child. (Frustrating.)