We have a 7 year old, a 4 year old, and a 1 year old, and this is what they find fun in Edmonton on the weekends. We try to do something interesting every weekend.
This weekend we went on a family mini vacation to Calgary and Banff. Saturday we made the usual trip to the Calgary Zoo and as always it was lots of fun. It was a pretty pricey entry at $71 for our whole family, but definitely delivers value for money.
The new attraction at the zoo is the Penguin exhibit, right at the entrance of the zoo. It is pretty impressive, there are penguins outside the exhibit playing you can see close up. After lining up you can walk through a chilled habitat with several types of penguins playing. The most impressive aspect of the exhibit is how close you can get to the penguins, literally almost touching distance. I took one video of the penguins diving into the water, pretty cool.
The rest of the usual areas of the zoo are also still great, the Dinosaur area which contains realistic Dinosaur statues, the Canadian Wilderness with Canadian animals, and areas for Africa, South America, and Asia. The Gorilla habitat was very cool as was seeing how huge the hippos were close up.
On the weekend we went to a birthday party at West Edmonton Mall in Galaxyland. The family rented a party room (Cosmo’s Party Launch Pad) to have cake, open presents, and eat a meal. The kids were also able to go play in the Toddler Play Area, which we thought was called Todderland, but seems to be just "The Play Area." In the birthday brochure they reference it as Galaxy Kids Playpark. This area is great for younger kids with several ball pits, climbing structures, a mountain that leads up to long slides and other attractions. It is good too, as with only one way in and out there is an easy spot for parents to watch without fear of losing their children.
