Comments on: Keeping Kids Busy in LV

By: Jim A Smith

Jim A Smith — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:11:15 +0000

Took the kids to a trained parrot show a few weeks ago at the Royal Resort. Cheap and was great fun for all of us.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:38:00 +0000

Town Square shopping mall on las vegas blvd has a small water and playground area. Very nice and upscale shopping, movie theater and dining. Bring your own towel. Its about a mile south of mandalay bay.

By: Larry F.

Larry F. — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:21:34 +0000

I am a father and grandfather who is frequently in a casino but I still don’t think that Las Vegas, is a family vacation destination.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:48:35 +0000

There is a nice playground and water play area for the young children at the Town Square shopping mall right on las vegas bld. It is maybe a mile from mandalay bay (going south i beleive) Its very new and upscale. There is no charge and we had a great time there today while my husband was in the Apple store. Bring your own towel as they sell them for $15. Lots of great snack stores but you cant have any food in the play area other than water. Super nice!

By: doug

doug — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:03:40 +0000

Thanks everyone. I will try those places. Happy 4th

By: Kerr Mudgeon

Kerr Mudgeon — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:40:20 +0000

Splash pads:

A Google search turned up this page, from March 2009, which mentions splash pads in two Vegas valley parks (in addition to other kids’ attractions):
http://living-las-vegas.com/2009/03/family-parks-las-vegas/

This blog, from June 2009, lists quite a few area parks with “water features”, presumably some of which have splash pads – since the author titles it “Splash pads open”. Each park is also linked to a map, so you can see where it is.:
http://summerfuninthevegassun.blogspot.com/2009/06/splash-pads-open.html

Hope this helps.

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:35:19 +0000

I remember seeing one of those “splash pads” at a city park in Green Valley, just south of 215. Exit Pecos South and then turn left at Paseo Verde Parkway. Park is on the right. I imagine there are others at other city parks in Vegas and Henderson. Perhaps Googling would find you their locations????

By: Arlene

Arlene — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:07:49 +0000

Doug:

If you have a car available, try the Southern Nevada Railroad trip in Boulder City, about 20 miles outside Las Vegas. It’s a 45 minute ride covering 7 miles to Railroad Pass and back. It only operates on Saturdays and Sundays, and the fee is $10 adults and ? for children; there’s a coupon for $1 off on Vegas4Locals.com with schedules. My husband and I enjoyed the trip, as did all the children aboard. We road in the open air car where we caught a nice breeze; there are also air conditioned cars. Train songs (“Spirit of New Orleans,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo, etc.) played over the loudspeakers. The station has several old locomotives on display, and a small gift shop. Right down the street are several fast food restaurants.

However, even though it’s just 10 more miles to get to Hoover Dam, don’t attempt turning onto 93/95 to the Dam. I don’t know if there’s another way to get there, but on June 13th, it took us 1-1/2 hours to go 8 miles, then missed the turnoff for the garage, sending us at 10 MPH over the Dam into Arizona until we could find a turn-around.

Hope you have a great trip – we did!

By: cynthia stodolka

cynthia stodolka — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:21:12 +0000

You’re kids can only spend the amount of money in the arcade that you give them or allow them to spend.

We had a set amount and the kids enjoyed the games and then we moved on when they were finished.

It’s all about moderation. You just tell them no.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:15:21 +0000

We are going to be in Las Vegas the week of july 11-18 with our young children. Are there any nice splash pads (sometimes called spraygrounds or splash parks) where we can bring our kids (age 2 and 5), in case we want a change of scene from our hotel pool? Any other interesting ideas to beat the heat with the kids?