Focus on the Family Review

Love this place. Super friendly, great environment, great entertainment for kids

What a cool place!!! Happened to come across this in our travels, def8netly worth the time to stop especially with the kids.

This bookstore has everything! I got my MacArthur Study Bible here (they had four different translations in stock) and then could have spent another eighteen hours looking at the rest of the books. Unfortunately, they closed at 5 and I am a little too tall to hide behind the couches (they saw the top of my head and made me leave). But I will definitely be going back. Wonderful, friendly, helpful people.

Great place to take family little kids biggest slide ever great people and great place to buy new bibles loved it

Great store and indoor playground. Fun family environment

A fun, safe place for parents to bring young children. The downstairs area is dedicated to letting kids enjoy exploration and adventure for FREE. The volunteers have always been pleasant and there are events hosted throughout the year which add interactive fun across the facility. The bookstore has a wide variety of items from clothing to signs and home decorations (and lots of books obviously )

I love the bookstore but heres a cool tid bid. Go from 9 - 2 to this palce with your kids and go downstairs. It has the coolest place area for kids. a soda shop and more. They have a narnia room, a dressing room, dance room, and so much more. Its huge! Great place if youre looking for a free place to have your kids play!

I like this place its cool and awesome I love that slide its fun and fast and the mac and cheese its good and yummy.

This was my wife's and I childhood dreams to always go and visit the place where kids can be kids (although we are in our mid 20s)...we had a blast and got to experience our childhood memories and shakes and ice cream and characters..this place rocks and brought tears of joy to my eyes

My kids are huge fans of AIO. My wife and I were fans at their age as well so it was not only exciting for them, but for us also.

They've done a great job creating whits end!

My first visit with a group from work. Such a warm & welcoming place, we all enjoyed our time. I especially enjoyed seeing Whit's End...I've listened to AIO for years, and it felt like being with old friends. Thank you for the hospitality!

Full of countless good reads in countless genres. Decidedly Christian, and well-balanced.

Love this place! Sadly Whit's End was closed the day we went, but we've seen it before so it wasn't too big of a deal.

This place is amazing! Completely mesmorizing for kids in the downstairs Adventures in Odyssey floor. And world class bookstore on the top floor. Love it!

For Free, family friendly experience, this is fun! We love Adventures in Odyssey so the downstairs kids play area was super fun for my kids age 3 to 10. The 2 story tall slide was a big hit. Took 2 to 3 hours before kids were tired. Whit's End cafe was nice with ice cream treats and bottled beverages. They had a cave room with VeggieTales movies playing.
The upstairs visitors center has plenty of pictorial history on the Focus on the Family organization. Every staff was super sweet and well informed.

Stopped here on a rainy day while visiting CO Springs and the absolutely kids loved it!

I enjoyed learning about the great ministries Focus on the Family offers.

Go here with grandkids + we have a great Family feeling here

Very good bookstore, and 3 story slide for the kids of appropriate age and height.

The staff are very helpful and friendly. I love going in with an idea of what I want, and they help me get in and out very quickly. Great place to shop.

Perfect for kids. There are tons of great free things to do. You can have your children's birthday there for free. Its family friendly.

When I visited, I felt like I was reliving my childhood of growing up listening to Saturday morning radio shows. It was a blast! I think my hubby and I enjoyed it as much as the children there did! :) Lots to see for all ages.

What a nice little surprise! The staff was super friendly and the play area for the kids was a major hit! They really loved the three-story slide and even talked Daddy into going down once as well. Hahaha! Prices for snacks are very reasonable and the bookstore has an awesome selection!

This is a nice place to take the children and interact with them, they have fun learning and exploring

Wonderful bookstore. The hours are a bit hard to manage if you have a full time job.

Nice place to take the kids when the weather is too hot. My son enjoys it. Always looks clean.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

The Wad - Fam - Choc -sawd. Was great. Mac and cheese was good too. The entertainment would be GREAT for kids!!

Friendly and helpful staff. Great place to go for Christian supplies, gifts, cards and kids stuff. Also if you have kids the Welcome Center is a must!

Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Great assortment of books, audios, music and gifts. Fantastic play area for children.

A great tour of great ministry with a great history. And what a view of the Front Range!

After listening to Adventures in Odyssey for years with our kids, it was such a treat to visit Focus on the Family. We were immediately greeted at the front door by a friendly woman who explained where everything was and what to do while there-from the history to the purpose film to the basement where you can visit Odyssey. The 2 younger kids loved the 3 story slide and we all enjoyed having ice cream at Whit's End. The best part was the scavenger hunt which occupied all of us-even the older 2 children- for the better part of an hour! All for free; It is definitely worth a visit!

Absolutely should visit if ever in Colorado Springs

Love that they have a really great people and wonderful selection of memories too choose from

Excellent place for families to play, eat and shop.
The bookstore is full of Christian resources and gifts for every occasion.
Whit's End is a delightful place to take the kiddos for some ice cream or lunch.
The play area includes a 3 story slide for the big kids, a baby safe play area, and rooms filled with fun for every age.
If you call in advance you can schedule a time to record a segment of Adventures in Oddyssey with your kiddos.
You can also reserve small birthday party rooms for 15 people or less for intimate parties.
They are air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, so any season is great to bring the kids on down. Fair warning though, it can get touristy mid summer.

Fun and wonderful experience for the whole family and lots of opportunities for the kids

There are a lot of wonderful things here. More than you need.

Love this place! We like going down to Whit's end. They have a small area for 0-4 but be warned some older kids do tend to try and play in there with there small siblings. My daughter got knocked in the head pretty good in the head by an 8 year and she was only 6 months at the time. Was not very happy. The older kids have so many things tea huge slide, airplane to explore, small play area, a movie area, and even a cute area with puppets and dress up like the gang in Adventures in Odyssey!

Beautiful place and fantastic play area and room rentals for kids

My 36 year old daughter could not wait to visit. A kind of Hall of Fame for family life. Whitt's End shoppe treats, Narnia, Odyssey, etc., all fun, relaxing reminders of what really counts.

This bookstore, one of the few remaining, not only has an excellent variety of books, it's environment is bright, cheery and calming. In addition to books they carry many really nice gift items.

Incredible gifts, great resources, beautiful store, and free coffee too!

Excellent store Friendly helpful customer service Real cool kids, (adults) entertainment

Wow! First class operation here. Free Admission! The staff was some of the nicest folks. They had very sweet spirits and seemed to realize that it was not a job but a ministry. One guy named Johnathan (He was a missionary to India) really stood out. Whits End was so well taken care of and clean. I was born in 1982 and boy did it bring me back to my childhood. My son who is now 4 enjoyed this place beyond words. We also had the opportunity to record our very own Adventures in Odyssey! Wow it was just awesome. I had the Wod Fam Choc Sok! It was very good and very reasonably priced as was everything at the counter/snack bar at Whitts End.
If I am ever back in Colorado I definitely want to go back! (Sorry I did not get any pics)

So fun! The employees are so kind and welcoming. The kids Adventures in Odyssey area was adorable and very clean. Whit's End soda shop offered a wide selection of snacks and the ice cream was great. The bookstore was extensive and well-organized. Highly recommend!

Neat little FREE place for kids probably under 6. Seems like a nice ice cream parlor (however hours not exactly convienent & also has a nifty slide that even some adults can enjoy. The only problem I see is a lot of the kiddos rome free... great & all but since kids aren't exactly being watched kids could probably get away w/ bullying but worst of all since play area is in the basement kids could spread germs like wildfire. That's just my take & experence there.

Very uncomfortable atmosphere, very judgemental on customer apperance, snobbish

Worth making a trip to be here. Kids love it, such an exciting and great place to be as a family.

Excellent. Very friendly. Brought back great memories of listening to Adventures in Odessy with my children

Whit's End is a great place for kids, and great for memory-making. Walking through it today, I can remember riding the 2-story slide as a kid 10+ years ago! If your kids are Adventures in Odyssey fans, this is the place to go!

Really enjoy every visit to Focus on the Family. Many wonderful books, resources, and gifts in the bookstore. I gave four stars only because I think the music played is obnoxious. With all the choices in Christian music, something more pleasant would be a better backdrop to such a great place.

So we're local to the Colorado Springs area, and focus on the Family's visitor center is something the kids like to do every month or two. It is by far the most frequented "tourist" place that we go to around here.

Terrific place to bring your kids. There's scavenger hunts, a soda/Ice cream bar, a huge slide. The kids can even record an episode of Adventures in Odyssey! Can't stress how much fun we had there.

Its fun and a great place for kids to hang out well as adults.

Loved it... Really enjoyed it... Everyone was Super Nice...

I don't hate religion. I'm also not very religious. I've never had much of an issue with being here with my child. The playplace downstairs makes for a whole afternoon of fun.

Wonderful Whit's End children's center. Loads of child friendly activities.
The book store has a great selection and friendly help.

We mostly come for the free indoor playground. Kids love it on a rainy or cold day. But I have purchased items from the book store. Great array of Christian gifts. Love to after Christmas sale. Anything from books to knick knacks. Not all is Christian themed so others might find something they like too.

Great place for kids of all ages to play while parents converse

Lovely and fun place for the family to go. Excellent bookstore and kids really enjoyed it!