点评:We took our 9 and 11-year old granddaughters here and they absolutely loved it - a full 4 hours or more trying a large number of the exhibits and then half an hour in the Planetarium. There is a huge variety of interactive, hands-on, original, fun, very different, and informative things to do, and they enjoyed everything - and it was all working!
We had wondered if the 'Are there Aliens?' Planetarium show would be of little interest to our 9-year old, who's not particularly bothered about astronomical matters - but she loved it and totally entered into the various "Wave your hand to choose" options.
We were also impressed that the cafe and shop had quite reasonable prices - so often such places are ridiculously expensive. Overall it's not a cheap day out, but it was definitely value for money. And the whole place was kept scrupulously clean, with a guy conscientiously brushing and clearing up.
Of course nowhere is totally perfect and we had one or two caveats. Yes, it was half-term, but from 12-3pm the venue was in my opinion over-full - there was a wait for almost all activities, especially when doting parents let their offspring stay on them for far too long, or some adults seemed to think they should have a go whilst kids were waiting. I can see that the management want to make as much profit as possible, but I think too many were being let in and the numbers built up and up. By the way - a tip - after 3pm a lot of people were leaving and there was much more room.
The waiting area for the Planetarium needs to be improved. Spending 5 or 10 minutes either sitting on a hard metal bench or having to stand, all the time in the dark with nothing to look at, was a wasted opportunity.
And there need to be more tables and benches in the lunch area, as they quickly became full.
But overall this was a really outstanding experience, and our granddaughters were still excitedly talking about it the next morning.
翻译:我们带了9岁和11岁的孙女来这里,她们玩得非常开心——整整四个多小时,体验了各种各样的展品,然后又在天文馆待了半个小时。这里有各种各样的互动式、动手体验式、原创性强、趣味十足、别具一格且寓教于乐的活动,她们玩得不亦乐乎——而且所有项目都运作良好!
我们之前还担心,对于我们9岁的孙女来说,“有外星人吗?”这个天文馆表演可能没什么吸引力,因为她对天文方面不太感兴趣——但她非常喜欢,而且完全投入到各种“挥手选择”的互动环节中。
咖啡馆和商店的价格也相当合理,这让我们印象深刻——通常这类地方都贵得离谱。总的来说,虽然一日游不算便宜,但绝对物有所值。而且整个园区都非常干净整洁,有人在认真地打扫卫生。
当然,没有哪个地方是完美无缺的,我们也遇到了一些问题。没错,当时正值学校假期,但我觉得中午12点到下午3点之间,场馆人太多了——几乎所有活动都要排队,尤其是一些溺爱孩子的家长让他们待在座位上太久,或者有些成年人似乎觉得应该趁孩子们排队的时候自己去玩。我理解管理层想尽可能多地盈利,但我认为他们放进去的人太多了,导致人越来越多。顺便说一句——一个小提示——下午3点以后,很多人都离开了,空位也多了起来。
天文馆的等候区需要改进。要么坐在硬邦邦的金属长椅上,要么站着,在黑暗中无所事事地等待5到10分钟,实在是浪费时间。
午餐区也需要增加桌椅,因为它们很快就坐满了。
但总的来说,这是一次非常棒的体验,第二天早上我们的孙女们还在兴奋地谈论这件事。