Our friend Michelle told us about the "Salt Lake Connect" pass, so we looked into it. You can choose from 13 different activities and take 1,2 or 3 days to do as many as you want. In the past we have done several of the activities (zoo, aquarium, dinosaur museum) so we decided to see how many new things we could do. We got the one day passes and Grandma Norton and Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came along.
We started out at the aviary, because it opened the earliest. There were some really cool and colorful birds (including the one pictured above).
There were a couple of babies in the nursery including this baby Magpie. There were peacocks wandering the grounds and all kinds of "singing" going on through out the park.
Paige liked the colorful birds like these flamingoes, her favorite was the toucan. After the aviary we headed for an early lunch at the Lion House. Each pass included a $9.99 meal and since the kids all ordered $4.99 kid plates we used the rest of the money on dessert. We had so much we took home a whole box filled with cookies, brownies, carrot cake, cheese cake and apple pie!
Next we went to the Discovery Gateway children's museum. There was lots of stacking and building and exploring going on there. Bryce and Grandma worked on getting the ball through the maze. Brett and Paige "flew" a Helicopter while Dave gave advice from the control tower.
Many tall towers were built and toppled, news programs were produced and messages were sent across the museum, by pulleys.
Next we went to the planetarium where we watched an IMAX movie on the hubble telescope and a dome theater show about our galaxy. The kids found out how much they would weigh on other planets and walked on Mars and the moon.
By this time we had to make some decisions, go to the U of U to their museums and gardens, or Heritage Park and the Zoo, or Thanksgiving point for the gardens and dinosaur museum. The kids voted for the dinosaur museum (where we have been many times!). We took a quick walk through the children's garden where there is a Noah's Ark fountain, a maze, a stream to race boats in, tunnels and giant bugs.
Then it was on to the dinosaurs. The museum was celebrating it's 10th anniversary so many of the dinosaurs were wearing party hats (which just disgusted Dave, "The worlds largest predator should not be wearing a pink party hat!") The kids played and explored until closing time! Now that is what I call getting your money's worth!
We started out at the aviary, because it opened the earliest. There were some really cool and colorful birds (including the one pictured above).
There were a couple of babies in the nursery including this baby Magpie. There were peacocks wandering the grounds and all kinds of "singing" going on through out the park.
Paige liked the colorful birds like these flamingoes, her favorite was the toucan. After the aviary we headed for an early lunch at the Lion House. Each pass included a $9.99 meal and since the kids all ordered $4.99 kid plates we used the rest of the money on dessert. We had so much we took home a whole box filled with cookies, brownies, carrot cake, cheese cake and apple pie!
Next we went to the Discovery Gateway children's museum. There was lots of stacking and building and exploring going on there. Bryce and Grandma worked on getting the ball through the maze. Brett and Paige "flew" a Helicopter while Dave gave advice from the control tower.
Many tall towers were built and toppled, news programs were produced and messages were sent across the museum, by pulleys.
Next we went to the planetarium where we watched an IMAX movie on the hubble telescope and a dome theater show about our galaxy. The kids found out how much they would weigh on other planets and walked on Mars and the moon.
By this time we had to make some decisions, go to the U of U to their museums and gardens, or Heritage Park and the Zoo, or Thanksgiving point for the gardens and dinosaur museum. The kids voted for the dinosaur museum (where we have been many times!). We took a quick walk through the children's garden where there is a Noah's Ark fountain, a maze, a stream to race boats in, tunnels and giant bugs.
Then it was on to the dinosaurs. The museum was celebrating it's 10th anniversary so many of the dinosaurs were wearing party hats (which just disgusted Dave, "The worlds largest predator should not be wearing a pink party hat!") The kids played and explored until closing time! Now that is what I call getting your money's worth!
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