Edu-tainment

We decided to try out Edu-tainment in West Valley City this week. Edu-tainment is an activity playhouse for children that is built on to the West Valley City Family Fitness Center in Centennial Park. I think the idea is that parents can drop their children off to play while they go work out and get fit.

Our boys loved the Edu-tainment, though I would've felt uncomfortable leaving them alone there (no one else did-- we were about the only parents in the place.) Most kids were older than ours (7, 4, and 1). Ages ranged from about 6-12 for most of the kids there.

We liked the facilities, and in a way, it reminded us of a cross between the Children's Museum and McDonald's Playland. There was a small grocery store, a video game center, a huge indoor climbing toy, and a movie theater showing a movie. Our boys were sad when it came time to leave, but Mom and Dad thought this place was a little rundown. The Edu-tainment center wasn't really well supervised, and as a result, a few things were missing or broken.

Still, we could overlook a little hard use for the cost. We paid $5 for all three of our children (parents are free) to spend a few hours exploring the place. On a winter day, when that kids haven't gotten out to run around for a few weeks due to cold and bad air quality, Edu-tainment was a pretty good adventure.

The grocery store

The playset is huge...with lots of different areas to play.

I appreciated this toddler section.

There were bathrooms and a basketball court.

Our boys loved the space theme!