Great Explorations Children's Museum

I brought my baby here to have fun and there were things my baby could play with,like those soft square shapes and trampoline although there was more play yards for bigger kids and sum stuff would be nice for an upgrade but still nice place I like it.

I've been coming here for many years through all of my 5 children as each one is young. But even my 11 year old had a great time in part because now it's nostalgic.

This place is awesome. We spent few hours and had so much fun. They have a place for younger kids as well which my kiddo loved. It is clean and well taken care of. Super happy to have checked this out

The LEGO (r) section has several suggestions for objects to construct with few pieces to make them which is very frustrating. When my grandson saw the posted pictures he was frustrated that we could find the pieces to make them. We love coming here for the permanent things to do like the surfboard climber, the treehouse slide, the put-on-the-weather-forecaster-jacket to be on TV, Firefighter complete with sliding pole, shopping experience, and more. The seasonal activity is a simulated ice rink with plastic floor and felt snowballs--a real Florida kids ice skating experience. The interactive coloring and science events are always fun. A separate area for younger ones allows them to explore fine motor skills like puzzles and gross motor equipment in their own space. Free parking with a circle drop-off and pick-up drive in a lot shared by another daytime venue and a restaurant. Free wheel chair van access spaces with long curb cuts. wheel chair access in the museum except for the surfboard climber, treehouse, and the step up to firetruck. The Creative Corner houses several Florida small animals like turtle, lizard, and snake. Today very loud acoustical music that contributed to the sensory input Wheel chair access all gender restroom with 5 ft x 5 ft area, 2 grab bars, and diaper changer.

5 stars BUT……before I explain how great this place is, I do want to make a couple suggestions. -seeing as it’s a children’s place, I was surprised there was no mothers room for me to breastfeed my little one. One of the employees was kind enough to offer me a party room to use, but it would be nice to have a quiet room to feed and attend to little one. -second thing is that the bathroom was a little unkept. Toilet paper all over the floor & full diaper genie but it did seem like they may have been slightly understaffed that day. Aside from those 2 things though, the place is great!!! Before coming people were telling me how the one is Tampa is so much better and I should just go there and though I have not been to that one yet and I’m sure it’s bigger, this was SO great for my 2 under 3. My toddler loved running around and playing pretend, the playground is so cute and such a fun adventure to climb & my crawler was so happy playing in the under 4 area full of soft play. (Heads up to staff though, I found little chocking hazard legos in that section that I did clean up but probably shouldn’t be in there, obviously a child brought it in but there should definitely be some more checks in there, again it did seem a little understaffed). I felt really safe there too with my children. Toddler would run around but since it’s a big square room with sections, it wasn’t hard to keep an eye on her. All the other kids and parents were nice and respectful as well. Will definitely be coming back & absolutely recommend it!