Discovery World

Fun science museum with major areas on machinery and water. Loved the Great Lakes exhibit and aquarium, with a special emphasis on wildlife of the Great Lakes. You can pet sting rays. We were there two hours and saw a little over half of the exhibits. There’s so many hands-on exhibits plan on a few trips. Recommended, particularly for science lovers.

What a huge disappointment. It may be great for young kids as there are a lot of hands on things to do, but the aquarium is really small and the major exhibit was closed. Paid $50 to get in and an hour later we were walking out the door. No sharks. One display of jellyfish. And just eh. Parking was $13 for that hour. And the garage is not made for a Chevy Silverado, but made it work. I would not go back and rather pay double for the Shedd. It was an adventure.

On the surface it seems like a really cool place... But unfortunately it left our entire group disappointed. The layout and the elevators and names of the levels was confusing, the tunnel under the aquarium was under construction and that was a main thing I wanted to personally experience so I was bummed. The train display was impressive but none of the buttons did anything. Lots of interactive elements seemed to be like that, or they were not well explained by any signage what it was supposed to do. Most things we just walked past there wasn't much to do. Overall the kids were bored, I was disappointed and I felt sorry for people who paid full price.

Great science museum and aquarium. Wonderful place for the whole family. The kids will love the car area on the third floor, and the robotics area that prints out customized foam toys. Definitely make your way over to the boat, and then head down to meet the sturgeon in the petting fish tank. Surprisingly the sturgeon love to interact with all the kids! Just a lot of things to do, and a great way to get the kids out of the house. My brother also rented the top floor for his wedding ten years ago, and that was great! So there's more than just the museum and aquarium.

Budget at least 3-4 hours on a busy day! The lines were quite long on a Sunday, so we only got to half of the tech side after 2 hours. Didn't even make it to the aquatarium but there is so much to see and so much to learn! Great for kids!