We hit some serious traffic. The kids were very annoyed. I suppose they don't much remember the time we used to sit in it. It took 45 minutes to go 1 mile in a construction zone. Boy, did they complain. If I would have known about it, we would have taken the normal route!
The kids loved the hands on science experiments. They made magnet repulsors, magnet propulsion systems, and robots. I think we could have spent all day here just doing these things! We also wanted to go on the land speeder simulation, but our shoes weren't enclosed. All we had with were sandals. Hmm, it would have been nice if that had been in the literature!
Besides the hands on exhibits, Yoda was one of their favorite things. He is pictured here with Mace Windu's costume and one of those training droids that jedi used.
There were so many ship models to see too. Here is the Milleneum Falcon. Other favorites were Luke's land speeder and Sebula's pod. Tbo "discovered" that the land speeder had wheels. I guess he wasn't paying very close attention when we were watching those making of Star Wars movies!
These are some of my all time favortie characters from the movies. Leia is my #1 because she was a smart, strong, take charge person who was kind. She had some of the best lines in A New Hope! These droids were pretty fun too. I also liked how they added continuity to the series being in all of the movies.
They had a neat display of most of the lightsabers too. I was so disappointed when I checked them here and saw them all blurry! SIGH! This is Chewie's Bowcaster.
I just HAD to get a family picture taken there too. They had a computer setup with a green screen to add you to a character's body. There were rwo options for those of us who wanted more than one person in the shot. We got our picture taken with C3P0 and R2D2.
There were other things to do at the Science Museum too of course, but I was just too pumped up about the Star Wars exhibit to worry too much about those. I'll pay better attention next time.
It was a bit expensive, but being such a fan it was well worth it. If you live in the area and enjoyed the movies, I would highly reccommend it!
Edited to add:
Well, I was trying to be incognito, but since Ben mentioned it, I just had to post this picture. LOL. Great minds think alike!
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Cindy
8 comments:
Family vacations are the best! I have fond memories of our vacations to science centers, parks, museums to entertain and educate our son!
gail
How cool, Cinj! I'd pose with Darth Vader anytime!
How cool, Cinj! I'd pose with Darth Vader anytime!
How cool, Cinj! I'd pose with Darth Vader anytime!
What wonderful family memories!
Gail- They sure are! I've missed doing this for the last two years. I'm SO glad we decided to come.
Ben- Funny you should mention that, I got a picture of the kids standing by the Darth Vader costume I suppose I'll have to post it now.
Kathi- It's great. I'm taking so many pictures I think Cheesehead is getting annoyed with me. They're digital though, it's not like we have to pay to develop them all or anything. I drive him absolutely crazy sometimes!
This is a cute post! Love the kiddos in the last pic--peanut is hamming it up. Looks like they were in heaven at this place.
I'm reading these post about your vacation backwards and am amazed at how much you did. I think you need to rest now!
Anna- It was a super busy trip. I took all day yesterday off to rest, I made Cheesehead too even though he wanted to work on the shed and mow the lawn. Well, I did do laundry. Dinner was popcorn, meatsticks and cheese. Peanut made pb&j sandwiches too.
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