Rob Holley

Review of Arizona Science Center

This place does not have a lot to offer for the en...

This place does not have a lot to offer for the entry fee price.
We opted to do a day pass which was about $80 US for one adult and one child.
You would think that would get you into everything but it doesn't. That got me into the science center, the featured exhibit as well as two shows. There were at least two more shows we would have had to pay much more for to see.
We saw the mummies exhibit which was alright. If you've never seen one, maybe you'd like it more. Not a whole lot to see.
The planetarium show was fairly typical. It could have been vastly improved by removing the soft spoken employee and replacing him with a decent audio track. It was tedious and I regret not listening to my instincts and leaving right then. I did after at least 35 boring minutes went by.
The Volcano show was really fantastic and about the only thing I will want to remember.
As for the science center itself, it's not that it wasn't well done, it's just that there just isn't enough of it to justify the price.
I was worried when we didn't get there until almost 1 p.m. as they close at 5 p.m. and I was really questioning the wisdom of paying extra for the two shows and mummies exhibit.
Even after wasting the better part of an hour on the planetarium, 20 minutes in the mummies exhibit as well a good chunk of time in the Volvano show we still found we had time to spare, and even left about 20 minutes early after going back to a couple things for a second time.
I wouldn't say don't waste your time. If you want value for your money, in my opinion you will not feel satisfied after leaving here.
For all the cash they are taking in they could at least hire some people to put on little shows and demonstrations.
I saw nothing of the sort, the picture in the ad I saw showed someone in a lab coat doing something with dry ice or something. That's the kind of thing I expected.
Instead it took several minutes even just to find ANYONE working there to inquire about where the theater was. The first one didn't know! And the second one...DIDNT KNOW!!

Edit: Forgot to mention that more than a few things on display didn't work or were missing integral parts to use them.