Discovery Science Cube Review

The only thing I like here is the bubble show. Everything else is not thrilling. I don't recommend the other attractions for 12 +

Great place to take kids. Very interactive and fun exhibits!! Staff are very friendly and helpful! Worth the visit.

Large and creative space for children with many hands-on exhibits. My children love the grocery store shopping game where kids learn how to read nutritional labels, scan items, and put them in a cart. Can get a little hectic when crowded but that's to be expected for any good family venue in OC.

My kids we re big fans of this place and so was I. We will be back soon.

A great place for kids to learn and have fun. Only downside is that many of their interactive things are broken.

Extremely informative and hands-on experience... Family fun for all ages!

Based on what my 10-year old daughter says, this is the best place to go. She loves it! Adults all play with everything as well. When there are too many kids there, like in summer you don't want to be there.... unless you really like watching other people not take care of their children and watching kids push through other kids to get in front of everyone else. They have a dinosaur exhibit outside that allows kids and adults to do different "hunts" for dinosaur parts, there is interactive hockey, space exhibits, and lots more. Just wear comfortable shoes because you will be walking and standing the ENTIRE time! If you go in the summer wear a protective bubble and ear plugs or all that pent up anger you store is going to come out on some lazy parent and you'll realize Discovery Cube is not the place for you when you're hanging that parent over the rails and giving them a swirly in the man made geyser! Good luck!!!!

Save yourself time, money, and agony. This time of year they squeeze 40 lbs of kids in a 20 lbs sack. The center overbooked 3 field trips from 3 different schools and this is commonplace according to staff. We arrived with our 2 and 5yrs old and they were trampelled on 2 occassions, 15 minute lines were routinely cut but unsupervised and unruly kids much older. At one point we attempted to teach our 5yrs old the difference in weight counterbalance with the chair pulley. The staff member made us get back in line after the first chair and simply snorted, "There are just too many kids for her to do all 3...." I would have asked for our money back but the staff was too rude to have any hope and the scheduling of so many kids an indicator of poor management. I would hope management would have more incentive to supervise lines for the stations, address the poor scheduling of charter schools, and warn customers in advance of overcrowded conditions. I think it is a great benefit to kids to learn but there was very little learning going on while we were trying to visit - it was a huge unsupervised playground. Worse, our ability to teach our children and experience the various stations were interrupted and was so loud we couldnt even communicate. Awful, worst ever, museum experience....

There are not so many things that we thought it is interesting.. my four years old had some fun though. Small parking space and 20 bucks per adult did npt worth for the wait in the line.

It's a fun discovery place for kids. It's a hands on experience.

Expensive and boring adults pay 20 children 15 in an hour and you went through it, we expected more.

Show up early, there is plenty to do. Check the times on the 3d show so you can plan your day around it. It does have actual food, not just a "snack bar."

My grandkids had so much fun here. There are so many things the kids can see and do. Like from flying planes to rock climbing. They loved the market place. They had so much fun doing their own shopping and getting everything on the list they had. Definitely will be taking them back.

Wonderful place for kids and adults alike to learn and explore about science, the earth, technology, physics and more. The membership is worth it if you plan to visit more than once a year, which I recommend you do.

They need air-conditioning! Some of the exhibits don't work. Non-hygenic gloves used by the public on one of the exhibits. No hand sanitizer anywhere. The price seems a bit high for what it is. And there is not enough parking!!

Other than that, the kids will have fun.

Its pretty neat besides the school kids acting out of control and pushing my 18 month child onto the floor and the teacher not giving a damn.

We love and miss spending time and learning at the discovery cube

Very nice place to visit with family especially for children

Love taking my son here. Unfortunate if you have a museum pass this is the only place that will not honor it. Rude ticket takers but a fun place for kids

It was a bit of a disappointment for our family coming from the Los Angeles Discovery Cube visits in the past. It seems that there are less attractions that have you watch a video and learn something. And the rainforest attraction just seemed boring to the kids. I wish there were more fun things like attractions with videos at this one.

The kids (7 and 5) always find something new to do here!

Wonderful "hands on" museum for kids. Lots of room, inside and out, to run around and be a kid.

This place was empty when we went there. It's a lot nicer than the one in Los Angeles, but it has most of the same stuff. I recommend it as a place to take kids 10 and younger probably, and it only takes a couple hours to see everything.

First time here, kids loved it! I bit pricey for the entrance but overall very good place to learn and have fun.

Nice place for kids to experience fun and excitement.

Great fun to take a kid to I would say anywhere between the ages of three all the way up to 10 or 11 would be ideal. So much fun stuff to do if you have a dinosaur fanatic or a kid who loves nature this is the place to go. My boy was in a murdered of the rocket inside the cube and we spend a great deal of time there if you are in the OC this is a great place to go and spend some time. The way I worked it was Discovery Cube first and then an Angel game second for watching the game and having dinner.

Not impressed for the prices they charge, would rather go to the California Science Center, where most exhibits are free.

Not in love with weird food that's super expensive or that they took out the wands for dini hunt. My son lived that hunt I am really frustrated.

Good entertainment for the kids, some of the gadgets are worn down but most work and the exhibits are good, food is too expensive for what they provide

Love it! Love it! Love it! My kids always enjoy themselves! So much FUN!!

Great place for kids. Special exhibits are always impressive.

Great place to take the kids! Plenty to do but you can do it all in less than two hours.

It is good to take your little children to distraction for a while. Only if I know that everything is more expensive until a small juice pays $ 6 and cents. of everything else all good.

Love it here. Went for the Bubble Fest this year. The kids loved it!

Great for little kids. Surprisingly crowded though.

Cute place for younger children. My 4 year old loved it.

Fun for kids and adults!!! Great place to laugh and learn!!!

Great for the whole family. The year memebership price is amazing.

The place is fine. I've been seeing this place everytime I pass by in the freeway. So after a week off from school I decided to go back to the cube. It's been years since the last time I went (since elementary school). After going I felt sad as some of the things I saw when I was younger is still there nothing has changed since then (I'm in college now). I would like to see things improve, other than that it's a pretty good place for kids.

Lots of great science exhibits for kids but some of the more interesting displays were broken.

We had a great time. There was a lot to see and do. Everyone enjoyed the hands on experiences.

Great museum for kids, a lot of hands-on games and activities. Even parents and adults will have fun. Parking is only $6. I will definitely recommend it. 5 stars.

Many things to explore, but it is more for kids than for adults

Highly interactive for kids, constantly changing these and movies. Parking is$6 cash.... Some exhibit specials are an extra ticket.

Kids had fun checking things out, but minus a star for the way overpriced food. I spent more on food than tickets to get in.

Great scientific experience and exposure for kids. Many complex scientific experiments are displayed in a simple way. I loved the actual rocket engine and cone displayed in the cube. My daughter loved the huge dinosaur model. Many things to see, feel and learn. Must visit if you have kids.

My son had so much fun here! The shopping cart area was his favorite.

Go on days admissions are free if you're a Bank of America card holder. Otherwise I don't think it's worth bringing your kids here.

Excellent place for kids. A bit pricey and required paid parking. Consider annual passes.

Great place to take your kids. Alot of hands on stations for you and your kids. Did the cooking session with the family and we had a good time.

Fun place the kids really enjoy it, there's some things that need updating like the Ducks exhibit is about 10 years out of date. Some of it still needs some TLC. But the kids like coming here.

Very interesting and fun. A pleasant visit to do as a family. Some activities were out of service and others little explained. But the ones that worked were very interesting, educational and entertaining. Children have fun and learn. It is a short half-day trip, great to do between activities or as a rest after a morning of shopping.

Nice and fun!
But if you go on school tour, you might not have enough time to go around the complete center, very short visit and crouded, since many school visit at once!

We had four generations of family members from 1 years old to over 70 and everyone had a good time. A bit pricey but not compared to Disneyland. The food in the cafe was very healthy and creative.

Some visitors are not wearing masks?? In the middle of huge increases in Covid19 in the county and in California in general this is not ok.

Worked on building the Cube, in pieces in Lake Forest, left for Texas when it was moved and being put together in SantaAna, never really had the chance to get there once it was completed, saw it only in pictures and on TV. Would like to get there someday.

I went with around 20 kids and 4 chaperones, they had a guide ready for us who stayed with us the whole time! It's great to see how interactive the attractions are, it makes for a great experience for the kids.