National Geographic Visitor Center Reviews

Gog a free pass because my daughter is in 4th grade, thanks for the info. wo wo!

Great place to learn about visiting the Grand Canyon. They have an Imax movie that tells you about the first explorers to the canyon and it's many hidden secrets. Maps and very helpful personnel.

a beautiful place you are left without words to describe its beauty how great God is it seems that it is a dream but it is a reality I recommend it

When you go to the Grand Canyon it is worth visiting that place and going to the cinema to get to know the history of the place

Well organized and information about the Grand Canyon is great. The Pizza Hut Express leaves a lot to be desired in terms of cleanliness of the facility

Everyone needs to see this at least once in their lifetime

NGS is always good. But merchandises were poor. Need more NGS genuine goods.

Imax film was good, but starting to show it's age since it was filmed 20 some odd years ago. Would be better if they did a reboot. There was a large selection of merchandise in the gift shop but prices were quite a bit higher than even the gift shops inside the park.

We found all people at their desks were friendly and helpful. The Imax movie was a joy to see. It has views of the canyon that are not possible since restrictions for airplanes and helicopters were put in place after a plane crash in the 1970's. We took a 2-hour adventure tour in a pink jeep. Our guide, Frank, was nicknamed Frankopedia for his wealth of knowledge. We highly recommend stopping by this Visitor Center, just a couple miles before entering the Park. (Don't forget your senior pass if you are eligible. You will get in the Park for free!)

Great gifts!! Helpful staff very informative..... and very clean bathroom facility

My goodness...I haven't been to the Grand Canyon since I was 3, and now I get the privilege to observe nature at it's finest at 16?! Dream come true I tell ya. I'm proud to live in Arizona

It is not an official park visitor center so you cannot get your National Park passport stamped here. They had quick lunch options but I would recommend getting lunch inside the park at one of the lodges.

Actually the Imax movie at the center and the DVD provided were a bit of a disappointment..picture quality isn't great and the story telling is so so..

Lots of good souvenirs for cheap, and the guy at the counter was super cool and talkative. The girl at the front organizing the tours was also very helpful. Bathrooms smelled pretty foul though. I mean, legistically speaking, it's understandable that water and overall sanitation is difficult given the remote region so it wasn't a huge issue.

Enjoyed the Imax movie. It was of course a major tourist trap with some good stuff and a lot of junk!

Food that was included in the tour was just right. Has a gift place and an IMAX show of The Grand Canyon. Skip this and go straight to the Grand Canyon for real experience

Awesome seeing the train and , unfortunately it was snowing, but we are going to visit again soon for the canyon view.

Closed all the time until further notice due to the coronavirus.

Once in a lifetime. Don't bother getting a expensive tour. It is hard to have a bad experience.

Over crowded over priced and just a all around rip off

It was awesome. This is my 3rd time. Will do it again.

Great experience! No disappointments. Keep up the good work.

It's a glorafied gift shop with an IMAX on it. Its ok I guess if u bored and got nothing to do.

Joy was very friendly, knowledgeable, and helped us plan our day at the canyon.

Big location with lots of unique items in the giftshop and has food. They also house Pink Jeep tours, which I highly recommend you try. They also have a really cool 3D film on the Grand canyon and it's history. Great place to start your Grand Canyon trip and pickup unique souvenirs for yourself and gifts for those at home. It's also not as overpriced as you would expect for the items, it's fairly decent prices for a giftshop.

Plenty to choose from for souvenirs. I collect the passport stamps at all the national parks though, and was disappointed that they would only give me a paper pre-stamped that I had to glue into my book. Its kinda tacky. Rocky Mountain NP did stickers, which were a little nicer. Step it up Grand Canyon!

They are supposed to attract international guests, and do. BUT, they have no tour guides, books, or information pamphlets in other languages except Spanish or Chinese! Really. Boo. How about French, Portuguese, or German?

Awesome and practically deserted right Now. Loved it so much we are going again on the way back.

Did I'm the information needed no dogs on Grand Canyon tour buses

This was an amazing view, and trip. I highly recommend going to see the Grand Canyon. It's an experience of a life time.

I loved it because there were places to eat, a huge variety of cool stuff to buy and everyone was very helpful.

Very weak. The movie is not worth what they charge.

Interesting movie and all of your souvenirs in one place.

Great service station for orientation and providing the basics for a comfortable visit to the Grand Canyon.

Awesome place. Cynthia was super nice and helpful. She gave us lots of good information.

Very nice facility i would highly recommend the imax movie about Grand Canyon. It is educational and it gives a good framework for seeing the actual sites. The Mather and Bright Angel is extremely nice.

Go to see the cinema. I'll enjoy the spectacular view of the grand canyon and you'll learn about the native who used to live along the Colorado river. Great for kids as well.

Great place for gifts & souvenirs, stay away from the food shop. My wife & I went in to grab a bite, 2 Pizza hut personal pizza's & 1 sweet & sour pork was $38!! Then all of it tasted horrible. We would have been better off getting frozen pizza. The gift shop however has a nice selection of jewelry, hoodies, shirts, post cards, souvenir magnets, coffee cups, at decent prices.

I bought a tumbler and a t-shirt here. It's a difficult place to go.

I went through the Grand Canyon tour bus, but the food price was cheap and the rest was good.

Even though most of the buildings were closed, all of the rangers were helpful and polite and we had a fabulous experience. If you have the opportunity, GO!

Great place to see. Well worth the visit, photos just do not portray the magnitude of the grand canyon!

West Rim was better, not as overcrowded, the traditional meal offered at south rim was poor, simply because they ran out of food, only overcooked, dried rice and other non desirable items I couldn't identify was left...Or we had to wait fort fresh stuff to be cooked, but this so called amazing movie that was of poor quality, started like 2 min ago and you couldn't take food into the theatre. Was rushed!

Went to the Imax theaters. Staff was very good to us. Love the movie of grand canyon. Thanks Darrell

Excellent trip mementos and a great 3-D movie about the Grand Canyon

We visit the center to pick-up a shuttle for the Grand Canyon. Very clean. Prices are reasonable.

Found staff working there very cooperative and well informed

Amazing Imax movie for 35 minutes. Can have a meal there. Lovely souveniers too

Sad to see one of Americas greatest icons partially shut down!

It was dirty. All the suviners were marked up and the food wasn't all that. Unless you want a basic pizza.

It was very informative. I suggest getting advice and a small map of the views available for visitors.