"Shelley" wrote:
>We were in Miami on new years, before boarding Brilliance of the seas. We
>took our 22, 18 and 7 year old to Parrot Jungle Island for the day. The 7
>year old loved it! She loved being up close to the aniamals.
>here is a link to my scrapbook, you can see some pages on Parrot jungle.
>http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=waterskigirl1&x=22&y=11
>
>Shelley
>
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>> We will be cruising with a 3 and 4 1/2 year old, and are looking at
>> excursions.
>>
>> In Grand Cayman, we were thinking about a glass bottom boat or
>> aquarium, and found the Seaworld / Atlantis semi-submarine... has
>> anyone been on it? Is it worth it, and are you able to see lots of
>> fish? Are there any similar excursions that you can recommend that
>> would be interesting for little kids? We did Stingray City a few years
>> ago (w/o kids) and we feel that they are still too young for that.
>> They are also too small for the true Atlantis submarine. Do you know
>> of any glass bottomed boats in Grand Cayman?
I've always felt that the submarines were too expensive for what you
get.
>> We will also be spending 1 full day in Miami, and were looking for
>> activities in the downtown area. So far, we are interested in either
>> the Parrot Jungle, the Seaquarium or the Children's Museum. I have
>> heard that the first 2 have many outdoor portions, so bad weather
>> would rule them out. Has anyone been to either of these 3? Any
>> opinions to share (please be detailed!!)? As our kids are relatively
>> young, we were leaning towards the Children's Museum, as it appears
>> more "hands on". The Parrot Jungle sounds interesting in theory, but I
>> haven't been able to find out that much about it.
>>
>> Any other ideas would be great!
http://www.miamikids.net/calendar.aspx has a children's calendar with
various activities listed by date.
Seaquarium is out on Key Biscayne.
http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/content/blogcategory/13/64/
There's other outdoor stuff there to do on Key Biscayne and Virginia
Key. You could go to Bill Baggs State Park, and they have
quadracycles there to rent.
http://p.vtourist.com/1561301-pedal_carriages_from_the_car-Bill_Baggs_Cape_Florida_State_Park.jpg
And also there is the lighthouse and the beach. There's also the
Crandon Park amusement center.
http://p.vtourist.com/3188998-Key_Biscayne-Miami.jpg
http://www.miamidade.gov/Parks/Parks/crandon_amusement.asp
I took my kids to Parrot Jungle when they were about 6/ 7 and 4 / 5.
We also went to Monkey Jungle http://www.monkeyjungle.com/wild.htm But
I haven't been since about 1966.
And my granddaughter went with us to the Metro Zoo when she was very
young
http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/parks/Parks/metrozoo.asp
It also looks like the Gold Coast Railroad Museum might be
interesting.
http://www.goldcoast-railroad.org/ |