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Smart Moves Play Place

4.0 (1 review)
Open • 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

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Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

4.1(785 reviews)
79.8 km•Entertainment District, Waterfront Communities-The Island

Nestled conveniently right beneath the CN Tower, Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is Toronto's favorite…read moredestination for paying top dollar to look at kidnapped sea creatures in glass cages. The Canadian Waters gallery, where you can marvel at local species like bass and cod that you could have easily seen for free at a dock. The Rainbow Reef is a colorful display almost convincing us that tropical fish enjoy living inside a landlocked concrete prison. The "Dangerous Lagoon," featuring North America's longest moving walkway, which ensures you move past the sharks at a strictly controlled pace so you don't linger too long...it was crazy crowded here on Labour Day weekend! You'll spend most of that shark tunnel journey dodging hundreds of people trying to take the exact same blue-lit selfie for Instagram and Tik tok. The Discovery Centre: kids get the thrill of dipping their hands into a touch pool to harass and molest unsuspecting stingrays and horseshoe crabs. Somewhere in the middle, you'll encounter an exhibit showing off the aquarium's water filtration system, because nothing screams "fun family outing" like staring at industrial pipes and plumbing. After fighting through dense crowds and aggressive strollers(Labour Day Weekend, avoid!), you are artfully funneled straight into the gift shop to buy a $40 plush shark as a prize for your survival. Ultimately, it's a brilliant attraction where you can spend an hour stepping on people's heels while realizing the fish are having a much more relaxing day than you are. At least Covid is over...great variety of sea life to learn about and adore. All the glass sealife prison cells appeared to be well maintained and clean. This place is 2 or 3 Stars when visiting on Labour Day weekend...but I imagine its a 5 Star experience on a quiet weekday when all the loud misbehaved children are back in school, and the terrible parents are back in their soulless day jobs. If you're a tourist like me, buy the CityPass to save money.

Yeah, I've done it…read more *hangs head in shame* Considering this is a tourist attraction, I was surprised that there was next to no line up for me to get in. High probability that this will be the first and last time I'll be in here. Likely the largest aquarium that I've been to in recent memory. Pro tip. If you're visiting TO for the first time, get a CityPass. You'll save quite a bit on the admission prices on certain *must* visit attractions.

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Jolly Bubble

Jolly Bubble

3.6(10 reviews)
59.4 km•Brown's Corners

Beautiful large, bright indoor playground with so many activities! There are prebooked time slots…read morefor 1-2 hr visits. There was a lego area, mini market, large play structure, mini dentist and xray area, interactive wall, 2 simulation driving games, ball pit, construction site and a dress up area! Plenty of parking. Some snacks and drinks available for purchase inside. Downside: It was pretty pricey compared to others of its kind. Staff were friendly. There are little cubbies available for shoes and a rack for coats.

I've drove by this place a few times before. It's conveniently located in the plaza next to First…read moreMarkham Place. I'm glad they opened up a new indoor playground uptown as there's not many in the area, you would need to make your way to the west like Vaughan area. So my friend and I decided to bring our kids here on a P.A day. We booked the admission and did the waivers online. They have various time slots for you to choose from when you book the tickets online. The duration is 2 hours of play for $19.99+taxes, it includes one adult entry. We booked it for 11:30pm - 1:30pm. As you can imagine it was pretty busy since it was a P.A day. The playground wasn't that big, there's a few party rooms. They have various things for kids to do. One downside is they only had two video game stations. Kids had to line up and wait for their turn, timing can be tight since there's only 2 hours of playtime unless you pay extra to extend it. This place is fairly new so it's clean and well maintained. They don't allow outside food and drinks but I've seen some people with it, perhaps they had found a way to sneak it in. They have snacks and drinks that you can purchase. I looked into their party packages and in my opinion I think it's overly priced, it's not worth it. Bringing kids here once in a while to play is still okay in terms of one time admission fees but not with their passes or party packages.

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