InDeWilde.: Kidzania!

So for A's birthday she had a choice of presents, party or a day out and she chose a day out in London. For an 8 year old choosing a day out over presents is a big thing so it had to be a big day.

so for a day out i had a look around to see what fun things that we could do in London whilst obviously trying to keep the cost down as it's January and kids want everything that they see anyway. so i had a look at the museums, London eye and Madam Tussauds. They they were all either only part open or seemed expensive for two little girls who may not even be interested. So i came across Attractiontix.com who i thought only did Disney tickets but it turns out they are great for days out and short breaks etc.

We went to Kidzania in London at Westfield shopping centre. We had a look on their website to see what it was all about and find out if it was worth the money as we hadn't heard a lot about it really. I had seen on Stacey Soloman's instagram before that she had taken her boys here but they are a bit older than my girls. so we did a little investigating on youtube and different websites etc. "An indoor city run by kids" it quiet literally is what it says. the go and do jobs to earn money "Kidzo's" so that they can then pay for different activities that they would like to do.

So on Attractiontix.com they had adults go free with every paying child ticket so we snapped up that offer as most of the time you are paying more for the adults even though we are just following the kids around all day. so we paid £36 per child. I love a good bargain or saving some money so this was a great find. If you are looking for a day out always look around as you never know what deals that you may find. So normal standard charges are: children are - £32 and adults are - £16.50 so for a family of four it would be - £97.00!! that is a lot of money before you have even left the house.

I would highly recommend getting the earlier time slot as it can get very busy around lunchtime and each activity they have to queue and wait for go in earlier do the longer ones first. I would also suggest taking food and drinks with you only because once you are in you will definitely know this by the cost of things we didn't think of this before getting in there so by the time we got in we wanted a drink we bought a can of diet coke for £1.50! There is a small shop cafe and restaurant were you can purchase food and drink from. There were a lot of people who had food drink and snacks with them which i would probably do my self next time.

So the themeing in here is brilliant the entrance is like an airport highly sponsored by BA this theme continues as you get to passport control and immigration. Once here you all receive a security wrist band even the adults receive these. It all states to get there 15 mins earlier i would recommend a lot longer as you have to queue to get your tickets and then queue to get your wrist bands etc. So you receive your security wrist bands and your Kidzo's at the passport check in desks. Each child entering is given 50 Kidzo's upon entry to spend inside. The check in clerk's will explain what to do and the ruling's of Kidzania they also explain about spending and receiving Kidzo's. Once you have gone through all the information and rules then you can enter Kidzania.

Kidzania teaches kids all about being a grown up the jobs you have to do to be able to earn money to spend on cool exciting things that you want to do for example WWE experience. It was so great to see kids just being kids and wanting to pretend to do grown up things. Grown ups are not allowed in to the activities they stand outside and watch through the window. Which i personally love as so many times we have been places and the girls have been pushed out of the way or can't see because there is a grown up in the way it was so good to see them all get involved and be confident and have a go!

There are over 62 activities to do within Kidzania including; aeroplane pilot, cabin crew, news presenter, fire fighter, police, surgeon, special care baby nurse, air conditioning technician, window cleaner, chocolate factory worker, delivery servicemen, vet, bank, dentist and many many more. So you book a time slot and you have 4 hours to explore Kidzania! Go and check it out now and experience everything that your kids would want to grow up to be!

Let me know what you thought of this post and if you will maybe consider visiting Kidzania.

each activity has a plaque outside that says how many children can go in at any one time, how much it is in Kidzo's how long it is and the age range it starts from.