{"id":6051,"date":"2019-04-11T10:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2019-04-30T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T09:44:40","slug":"kidzania-round-3-with-littlebirds-ellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/kidzania-round-3-with-littlebirds-ellen\/","title":{"rendered":"KidZania Round 3 with LittleBird&#8217;s Ellen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>LittleBird&#8217;s Ellen finally experienced KidZania London for the first time with her kids. They got some awesome photos, so you can see what it&#8217;s all about&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though we live only a 14 minute drive away, for one reason or another we\u2019ve never been to KidZania before. I took my son (11) &amp; daughter (8) on a Sunday in March to finally experience the \u2018Indoor City designed just for kids\u2019, and WOW! What a unique concept!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My son thought he\u2019d be too old for it, but soon realised there\u2019s loads to do for any aged kid. In fact, because he was a bit older than the majority, the activities he was most interested in were less busy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many varied activities, and all such fun, I can\u2019t imagine any child running out of things to do. From crafting and cooking to dancing and acting, sporty, investigative, the list is endless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website suggested a 4 hour trip would include 4-6 activities, but mine managed to get about 10 in each. The quickest are about 10 minutes but most last about 30. Outside each activity it helpfully states duration, suitable age and how many kidZos (the KidZania currency) they\u2019ll either earn or are charged per session.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My kids quickly scouted around to decide which sounded the most fun and \/ or earnt them the most cash (<em>Window Cleaning FYI<\/em>), and went about having as much KidZania mania as they could fit in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Market_Kidzos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Market_Kidzos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Market_Kidzos-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Market_Kidzos-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because it was a Heart Feel Good Family Sunday (sponsored by Heart FM) adults are allowed to participate in specific activities, but really as spectators only. This is absolutely a land designed for kids. On other days, even with an adult ticket, you\u2019re only allowed to stay outside each activity. While I would have liked to have got more involved in the activities, it really does leave the kids to work it all out for themselves. And while I really enjoyed being a part of it and seeing them have so much fun, some of me thinks that dropping them off to experience the freedom and independence properly is something that (sadly) doesn\u2019t happen often these days. (NB only Kids 8+ are allowed to be dropped off, otherwise an adult needs to accompany them)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wait times were pretty reasonable, and you can come back for the start of the next session. I guess with older kids the planning is easier, and is probably how they managed to fit so many in. But if you\u2019re not going to be with them it\u2019s probably worth reading up on all the activities and giving them a bit of an idea of what to expect and to head for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Nike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Nike.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Nike-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KidZania_Nike-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My son\u2019s favourite was the radio presenter experience, so he did that twice and LOVED it. He also got to try out Nike\u2019s new Department of Unimaginable, where he learnt about the engineering of Nike Air Max and got to design a pair himself. We\u2019ve entered it into their competition (fingers crossed!!). My daughter\u2019s favourite was being a pilot and being able to open a bank account with a real cash machine card to withdraw her well earnt kidZos! They did so many different activities, and loved each and every one of them. They can\u2019t wait to go again, so we\u2019ll be back but I think next time I\u2019ll let them do it on their own while I have a Westfield Shopping Centre trip!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks Kidzania!<\/p>\n<h3>Save up to 50% on KidZania London tickets with us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/idea\/kidzania-2\">here<\/a>!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LittleBird&#8217;s Ellen finally experienced KidZania London for the first time with her kids. They got some awesome photos, so you can see what it&#8217;s all about&#8230; Even though we live only a 14 minute drive away, for one reason or another we\u2019ve never been to KidZania before. I took my son (11) &amp; daughter (8) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/kidzania-round-3-with-littlebirds-ellen\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2656,10,2786],"tags":[2971,2972,2136,2967,2974,2973,1884,2827,2445,868,1676,2968,2970,2969],"class_list":["post-6051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ideas","category-inspiring-families","category-things-to-know-before-you-go","tag-department-of-unimaginable","tag-easter-days-out","tag-family-days-out","tag-heart-fm","tag-ideas-and-savings","tag-kids-day-out","tag-kidzania","tag-kidzania-london","tag-kidzos","tag-littlebird-co-uk","tag-littlebirdeals","tag-nike","tag-nike-air-max","tag-window-cleaning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6113,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions\/6113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}