Andrew Denison

Review of KidZania London

Incredible space with a great idea. My 8 year old ...

Incredible space with a great idea. My 8 year old is perfectly aged for all activities. My 4 year old is old enough for the adult led activities such as the fire engine. Any younger and there are early age soft play areas upstairs but expect tears as they won't be allowed on the other rides. The idea of earning kids money on some activities and spending on others is great. The waits can be long. Best idea is to look at the short activities so the kids get an idea of waiting etc such as delivery company or air conditioning and then choose one or two of the other activities they want to do, such as being a pilot, reading the news, playing football and even the ambulance and fire brigade. Be careful, after 4 hours the bracelet times out so no more activities but you can still buy food and souvenirs. There is a GBK burger place or pizza place inside as well as snack kiosks. Older kids can do everything by themselves, which means you can hang out in the lounge and check in on them periodically. Smaller kids or shy kids may need light surveillance. Very impressed with the concept, even though for four hours it's a bit expensive.