Things to do in Las Vegas with Toddlers
While regular Vegas visitors are hitting the casino, you can enjoy some lesser known things to do in Vegas for kids and toddlers.
Children's Tree House & Play Zone at the Container Park
This one-of-a-kind interactive play area where both children and adults can have fun and be active while exploring their creativity. Special features of the Treehouse include a 33 foot tall slide and aNEOS play system. While at the Container Park, an open-air shopping center filled with boutique retail shops, restaurants, and live entertainment, be sure to try the gourmet hot dogs at Cheffini's and have a cupcake at CupKates.
Adventuredome: America's largest indoor theme park
The Adventuredome at Circus Circus hotel is America's largest indoor theme park with everything from roller coasters to face painting to rock climbing. Despite the many rides for bigger kids and teens AdventureDome does have a number of rides that are appropriate for younger riders under 5. Frog Hopper takes younger children on a leaping ride (must be between 36 and 58 inches tall to ride). Miner Mike is a runaway coal train ride destined for a happy place (must be between 33 and 58 inches tall to ride). Take flight and play pilot above The Adventuredome crowd with Thunderbirds, a remnant 1920s airplane! Children must be between 36 and 58 inches to ride. After riding enjoy the free clown shows on the main stage. Performances daily at noon, 1, 3 and 4 p.m. Additional shows run Friday and Saturday at 6, 7, 8, and 9 p.m.
The Shark Reef
Small children will be wide-eyed and fascinated at the underwater life at Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. It's is not your typical aquarium. It is a total sensory experience designed to transport visitors to an undersea ocean of fantastic sights, sounds and encounters. Shark Reef features one of North America's largest displays of sharks and other sea predators and is home to more than 1,200 different species, including 16 different species of sharks, tropical and fresh water fish, reptiles, marine invertebrates and rays.
Hershey's Chocolate World
Hershey's Chocolate World Las Vegas is two floors of chocolate fun and indulgance! Here you can find all things Hershey's and even get a personalized chocolate bar. Hershey's Chocolate World is located at New York-New York hotel
LV Natural History Museum
Las Vegas Natural History Museum is located in downtown, north of the Las Vegas Strip. The museum is prefect for children with areas featuring toys, buttons, and hands-on exhibitions.
M&M's World
Located next to MGM Grand hotel, M&M's World is four floors and 28,000 square feet of chocolate. The store features M&M memorabilia, t-shirts and Vegas only M&M candies. They even have a free 3-D movie, ?I Lost My ?M? in Vegas,? starring Red and Yellow that shows daily.
Child's Play
Child's Play is an indoor play area for toddlers...and parents. While children enjoys the play space mom and dad can sit back and enjoy coffee, tea and conversation with other parents. The play space consists of four themed rooms each offreing a novel and fun experience for kids. Child's Play has two locations in Las Vegas each within about a 20 minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip.
Discovery Children's Museum
Discovery Children's Museum is at 58,000 square foot building and hoome to a number of themed exhibitions (some ongoing and other's traveling). Small children of all ages (babies through 5 years) will especially enjoy Todlder Town where they're busy loading "rocks" and "boulders" into an overhead bucket system, discovering Nevada's animal wildlife, and being train engineers. A Crawl Zone provides a protected sensory area for children who aren?t yet walking but who are active explorers. A spacious Art Zone features hands-on activities as well as a reading area and parent resource station. A Nursing Nook is also available for nursing mothers.
Town Square Children's Park
Just south of Mandalay Bay hotel you'll find what seems like a place that seems like a copy and pasted job out of Southern California and unlike most Las Vegas tourist areas there are no slot machines, table games, or pit bosses. Located adjacent to Town Square Park is the Children?s Park which features a Pop Jet fountain, tree house, hedge maze, playhouses, bakery café playhouse, storytelling and boys and girls restrooms designed for children.
World's Largest Permanent Circus
For one of the best entertainment values in Las Vegas, look to the center stage of the Carnival Midway where Circus Circus Hotel presents the world's largest permanent circus with free, live acts every day! The hallmark of Circus Circus Hotel.
The Springs Preserve
The Springs Preserve offers visitors to Las Vegas a reprieve from the casinos, gambling, and hustle and bustle of the Strip. Erected on 180 acres previously filled with natural springs, dried up long ago, the Springs Preserve is home to museums, habitats, trails and more. Young children will love the Butterfly Habitat (this is a seasonal exhibit open fall and spring). The desert canyon themed Children's Playground allows children to take a journey through the Old West. Toddler Time at the playground offers a full hour of play and learning. The Springs Preserve offers a full calendar of daily events as well as summer camp program.
Mirage Volcano
Every fifteen minutes from dusk to midnight, flames shoot into the night sky, spewing smoke and fire 100 feet above the waters below and transforming a tranquil waterfall into streams of molten lava. The volcano at The Mirage has been Las Vegas' signature attraction ever since the resort opened in 1989. The show is free to the public. The Mirage volcano erupts every 15 minutes after dark until midnight. This is a spectacle you don't want to miss! The Mirage Volcano is located at the Mirage Hotel.
Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
See dolphins frolikin at the Mirage Hotel. This 2.5-million-gallon Dolphin Habitat is home to a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Its purpose is to provide a healthy and nurturing environment for dolphins, as well as to educate the public about marine mammals and their environment.
Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix
This seven acre park was voted the RJ's Best of Las Vegas several years in a row! It's pure fun for all ages with four exciting tracks including Go Karts, Kiddie Karts and the state's only Adult Gran Prix and High Banked Oval Sprint Kart Tracks, also featuring Tornado Twister, Dragon Roller Coaster, a 90 ft. Super Fun Slide, huge arcade and Restaurant/Party Room. Open year round and just minutes from the strip. No admission charge.
Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Just beyond Bellagio's gracious lobby lies the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, a kaleidoscope for your senses. You'll want to take a moment to appreciate the intricate detail blooming before your very eyes. Submerge your soul in this magnificent garden abounding in fragrance, texture and color. Row upon row of exotic plants and flowers weave a glorious tapestry displaying the unique highlights of every season and holiday. Located at the Bellagio Hotel
Las Vegas Ice Center
The Las Vegas Ice Center is probably the coldest place in Las Vegas. Located between Durango and Fort Apache traveling west on Flamingo Road from the Las Vegas Strip four miles. The Las Vegas Ice Center has two full size regulation rinks...
Kidde Cover at Wet n' Wild
Kidde Cover is located in the middle of the Colorado Cooler river attraction and is a collection of three slides for younger visitors. Two slides provide an independent slide experience and is a great introduction to water parks. For those who need a little hand hold to get started, a group slide is the perfect location for parents and kids to slide together. The Wet n Wild water theme park is located approximately 20 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. The park features 25 slides and attractions. Junior admission (under 42 inches) is $29.99 and general admission is $34.99. Children aged 3 and younger are admitted free.
Ethel M Chocolate Factory Tour
Ethel M Chocolate Factory Tour is open daily from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm. For your pleasure, admission is free and tours are self-guide. The Botanical Cactus Garden is only 15 minutes from the "Strip", on the way to...
Eiffel Tower Experience
A signature of the Las Vegas skyline, the replica Eiffel Tower at Paris Hotel is an exact reproduction of one of Europe's most famous landmarks, rendered meticulously at 1/2 scale. The Eiffel Tower Experience allows you to ride to the top, where you'll have a stunning, panoramic view of the valley, from 460 feet above ground. Along the way, an experienced elevator operator will point out can't-miss Vegas landmarks, as well as address any questions you may have.
Bellagio Fountains
Experience the most ambitious, commanding water feature ever conceived! Bellagio's world-famous fountains will speak to your heart with opera, classical and whimsical music while flirting with your playful nature through their carefully choreographed movements. The Bellagio Fountains is free and runs Monday through Friday every 30 minutes from 3pm to 8pm, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays every 30 minutes from noon to 8pm.
Mirage Aquarium
As you check in at the front desk of the Mirage Hotel, you'll be greeted by a 20,000-gallon saltwater aquarium stocked with angelfish, pufferfish, tangs and other exotic sea creatures - including three different kinds of sharks. Managed by The Mirage Hotel's own aquarium.
Serendipity 3
With an old-fashioned ice cream parlor décor, Serendipity 3's setting is colorfully appealing to both adults and children. Serendipity 3 is known for it's New York City location and offers yummie foot-long hotdogs, amazing desserts and it's famous Frrrozen Hot Chocolate. Serendipity 3 is located at Caesar's Palace hotel
Titanic Artifact Exhibit
You can relive the calamity in this 25,000-square-foot exhibition at the Luxor Hotel. It plays host to more than 300 artifacts recovered from the wreckage, which rests 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic. The exhibit includes what?s come to be known as ?the big piece,? a 15-ton section of the hull, the largest chunk of the Titanic ever recovered. Personal artifacts include postcards from doomed passengers, luggage and glassware.
Shark Tank Tours at Golden Nugget
This behind-the-scenes tour conducted by the Golden Nugget marine biologists shows you the inner workings of an incredible 200,000 gallon Las Vegas shark aquarium. Learn what sharks and fish dine on and how the feeding process works. You'll even go home with a souvenir shark tooth.