
Parking is $10 for vehicles or $20 for oversized vehicles unless you can snag a spot nearby in Forest Park. There are penguins, puffins, a black rhino, tigers, jaguars and so much more. You could spend hours watching the polar bear or grizzlies, marvel at a red panda or check out a white-faced saki. Many zoos are pricey, which is understandable because of the cost of sustaining one, so they can eat a chunk out of your budget, but this one does not.
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Louis Zoo houses 16,000 animals, it’s one of my all-time favorite attractions because it’s free and amazing. Also, there’s a model train set in the Starbucks area that a train enthusiast will enjoy.Īside from the fact that the St.


It’s free to watch, but if you are there on a Saturday call ahead because a manager told me that the grand ballroom will close most upcoming Saturdays for weddings. The show was created by Technomedia, an award-winning collaborator with entertainment company Cirque du Soleil. Other shows had fireworks on the ceiling, vibrant flowers, Queen singing "We are the Champions" and more. was my favorite and included butterflies flying across the ceiling and stained-glass effects that transformed the ceiling into a cathedral (or it felt like it). there’s a 3D light show on the ceiling, and it’s magical. There’s a “grand hall” with a 65-foot-tall domed ceiling, gold leaf and fresco designs, mosaic and stained-glass windows. It’s historic and stunning. Even if you don’t stay there, it’s worth exploring for photo opportunities. Louis Union Station Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton, and it was a perfect location. Then COVID-19 hit and shut them down for about a year. There was a major renovation and historic preservation of the hotel, and then in 2019, they unveiled many of the new attractions, including the aquarium. There’s a carousel, aquarium, mini golf, ropes course, delicious spot for ice cream, restaurants and the St. I haven’t been to Union Station in more than a decade and didn’t realize what a family attraction it has become. There are areas for children 3 and younger. Buy tickets online and save time by signing a waiver in advance. If that’s not enough play time, there’s a 120-minute option for $29.99 or $15.99 for junior. It’s $25 for a 90-minute pass for ages 4 and older or $12.99 for the junior pass. My daughter and husband had a blast and tackled that one repeatedly. The long jump is a steep slope, like a ski slope, and then you fly into the air and land on an AirTrack.

Perfect for rainy or hot days, this attraction has a bunch of slides: race slides so you can race each other, a bowl slide, a twisted pink switchback slide, crazy steep yellow slides, a slide that looks like something you’d see at a skateboarding park and the long jump, to name the highlights. Slick City is a new indoor slide park, 17379 Edison Ave., Chesterfield, and it’s fantastic.
