TELUS World of Science - Calgary Reviews

It's fun, but not really appealing to the older kids and teens. Not a whole lot to do. 4 exhibition rooms with different tables to do things at. But overall not how it used to be when I went last. Food court Is good but 40$ for 2 people to eat is an insane amount. The dome isn't high quality, laggs a lot with the live demo. Unsure about the movies if they're live as well. But kinda disappointed with the quality overall.

A nice place to be on a colder day. The kids they loved it! This place is big enough to spend half a day there without getting bored. Highly recommended!

What a great youth science center. The staff was amazingly helpful. My children absolutely loved the interactive displays.

Fairly Disappointed. It was $75 for 2 adults and one child. A lot of things were broken, and there is not much to the entire building.

We spent about an hour and a half and saw everything aside from the planetarium.

Really seems like a price gouge, especailly as they charge for parking! I think it's fairly sad that the price leaves the center so inaccessible for a lot of lower income families, all while not offering a lot, especially with so many broken items.

Probably our first snd last visit.

The new facility is fantastic. I was there with a toddler and there was plenty to keep him engaged. We didn't even get through the entire kid center area on our first visit.
I can't compare it to the old place as I vaguely remember it but I was very impressed.

TELUS Spark is a great place to go for kids and for kids at heart!

A lot of science there. Great for have fun with family

Always fun!! Whether we go with the kids or just as adults

This is an amazing place to visit with kids of any age! The outdoor area is incredible, the exhibits are always interesting and the food is delicious. I can t recommend it enough! It is always worth getting a membership. Kids are free until three are 3. If you buy a membership just before they turn 3 they let you keep the free admission for the whole year. If you renew your membership early they give you two extra months free. They have tons of deals like this to make getting a membership worth it!!

Currently they just opened the Circus Exhibit and it is amazing. It is so interactive and fun for all ages. Adults included.

The food is really fresh and tasty. They pride themselves on getting ingredients locally and it shows. The prices are reasonable too!

Adult nights are so much fun. Lots of great activities for the whole family to enjoy as well. You can definitely spend a good few hours to a half day here playing all the immersive games and building activities. The new restaurant has lots of tasty and affordable food.

Love the Science Centre. Staff are amazingly friendly and it is a wonderful place to visit. So fun!!

Good place to go with your kids but it is on the expensive part of the price scale.

It neat but not worth the price if u have coupons way better also if u wanna go on rides it long lines ups

Very fun place to take the kids! Telus offers a really large science museum and a while day of fun filled activities! The favorite if my kids seemed to be the water area and the electricity area.

Great place if you have a yearly pass. Way too much to go once. The food place in Sparks is a cool idea but so over priced. The kids area is worth the yearly pass. That water table keeps my kid busy for hours.

The building and facility is amazing. Everything else... Leaves a bit to be desired. I find the inside to be quite empty feeling. But they do bring in all the great traveling exhibits.

Additionally, adults only night is way too overpriced first of all to get in. Secondly the drinks are 8 dollars, which is way too much for a partially cooled bottle of beer.

Telus Spark is always loads of fun with the kids (or even without the kids).

Some of the exhibits are outdated but it's still fun. Make sure you come to spend enough time and make sure you catch the 3d movie that is included with the ticket.

Great place for science geeks and Astro buffs. The dome theatre plays various short films ranging from deep space to tornados, earthquakes etc.

Great place to host events as well.

The girls had so much fun there, it was really worth the 6 hour drive from Saskatoon.

Highly recommended that you go there with the kids.

Not a very well place for teenagers or adults. This place is mainly for children between like 6months to like 4 or 5 years old.

Great place in Calgary for kids to learn and have fun.

Great space for the little ones,. 6 and under, separate from the main museum. Another little space for 3 and under.

Very informative. Lots of space that needs to be filled.

Nice learning activity outting for kids and adults alike. I also enjoy their adults on nights along with the various travelling exhibits plus the movies/special shows they have in their theatres. My only complaint is the sheer cost of having a day there. They have specials and coupons that help but I am not sure it's worth the money on a regular basis.

Went to a Drive In movie at Telus Spark, what a great idea!! Covid friendly, really fun experience, took the kids to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and they had a blast. I hope they keep it going.

Good date idea. Attended the Adults only night Valentine's special. You can check out all of the normal science exhibits on these nights plus more.
There's also some activities, though its rather busy. There was a presentation from PHD students about love and infidelity (a bit dry).
A vendor from a adults store had demonstrations and displays. Drinks were well over priced and so were the snacks.

Great place for kids young and old. There are many "maker" spots for the kids; craft heaven!

Telus spark is an amazing place to visit with kids. They have a great indoor play tower and multiple other activity areas to engage your kids (Dam building, block towers, climbing wall, wheel jump, mini theatre). It is absolutely worth getting a membership, makes it super affordable and covers parking. Great to place to go when it's cold outside. My boy is 14 months old and he's loves the "under 3" area as well as a few other stations. He can easily spend 2+ hours here just playing around.

Thats $27 and 40 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Also build a pedestrian walkway that makes it easier to get from the c-train station to the front door for god sakes.

They ruined the science center. For such a large building, there's surprisingly little to do. How do you have a fashion exhibit, but not have any space exhibits?

My grandkids love it here and go very often. Always something different to explore.

Staff was great. Did everything faster than I expected.

This review is based off my first and last time going to an "Adult Night"

Man oh man, if you like standing in line and getting nowhere fast this is the place for you.
When I paid $50+ to go to and event called "Through the Haze (The Science of Cannabis)" I thought I would be hearing something about the science of cannabis.....Wow was I wrong.
Me and my GF got there about 15 mins early, which we then got to wait in line to pay for parking and then wait in another line to actually get in (you'll see this pattern repeat)
The first thing that we saw after getting in to this "adult" night were a bunch of table that could best be described as Arts and Crafts for 4 year olds.
The rest of the night was just standing in lines.
wan't able to learn anything at all. There was one hall with a PowerPoint and that was it, it was packed within the first 30mins and then no one else could make it in.
There were lines for everything and nothing was worth it. Stood in line for a ticked for a drink, then had to stand in line for the drink, then had to stand in line for a PowerPoint for over 40 mins and we missed the talk altogether anyways.
Total disaster!
Do not waste your money. I wish I could get mine back.

Always enjoy the science center, it's interesting and especially engaging for children.

A fun place to go if bored has lots of cool things to do and a fun way to learn science

My boys love this place, hope to be able to bring them back this winter.

My kids love this place 8 and up, the current display is perfect for kids to help understand the all the different moving parts of humans and animals! Highly recommended a visit. Great value, something for everyone and you can easily burn a day!! Everyone loves science!!

The Spark is fun and our kids always have a good time. I find I still don t enjoy it as much as the old one. I also find that ever time we go a certain amount of the displays are broken and not working properly. Play area is fun and the water table. The outdoor slides and everything are also great. We have caught a few of the experiments in the main lobby. One was a pumpkin drop from the second level. Some were coloured flames. Neat stuff that the kids liked. The latest Whale exhibit was also quite interesting.

Cool place to bring the kids when you have a pass. The learning exhibits were fun to do. I did expect a little more from the whale exhibit but nevertheless interesting.

The outdoor maze and junkyard playground was awesome. We got to try it first as members and my Kids loved it. Always a fun time. And now we have passes and parking we will go lots more

Not as many interesting exhibits as there were at the previous downtown location.

So much fun!!! We went 3 times in a row and enjoyed it to the fullest. They have different themes it seems like a few times a year. Stations for all ages, and a cafeteria with restaurant style food. We had a pass but if you go without a pass it is very expensive which is the only down side. The price is worth it if you go all day.

Awesome place, lota of hands on activities and well maintained.

Beautiful place. I'd love go go back there again. Outside playground was my favorite spot

Went for the adult night. Felt like they over booked it as there were excessive lines for everything. Otherwise exhibits were great!

We have been members here for years. We go often and each time we do it is like a new experience for the kids. Love this place and it is tremendous value.

Upside: Great for kids and families, everything here is for interactive playing. The Whales Tahora exhibit was absolutely amazing! The exhibits tie in local and regional phenomena (prairie weather, the water cycle through mountains, etc) which was cool. Downside: It would be nice to have more obvious signage about what/ when shows are playing in the dome theatre instead of having to ask staff members. It was also a bit confusing whether a show was in progress, or where the entrance (there are 3) is.

Went for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing plus beer. The beer was good and seeing a bit of the mission control was fun but it seemed strangely hard to interact with the exhibits, possibly because they were too close together for the sound ones to work well and there were too many people per exhibit.

Great place to take your kids to burn some energy. But it's also very busy on the weekends and smells like stinky socks at the indoor play area. If you order food from upstairs, it takes a long time during peak hours.

Took my 3/5 year old kids today. They loved it. I was able to take the time and educate my kids due to the exhibits creating a good basis to learn the fundamentals of science.

Always a great place for adults and kids alike. The whale exhibit was impressive!

Always love the Spark. Has something great for kids and adults. Not only do my 4 & 6 year old love coming time and time again... So do we as adults!!

Really glad they re opened, it was a blast and quiet enough that there was no long wait for the stations. Staff was amazing, and the safety precautions are taken seriously. Super good time and will go again.

I'm awestruck by my experience at Telus spark. So much so that I'm not even bothered by the $10 parking. We saw the body works exhibit and bought tickets in advance. Definitely buy tickets in advance. The employees were all pretty chill, and I even held a human heart in my hands - don't worry, it was part of the exhibit.

Super fun and nice staff. It bothers me its so expensive. Every child deserves to go there.

Learning about science is incredibly important. This place does it well

Really fun for all ages. You can spend all day here and if the weather is ok the outside park is original and the kids love it. We buy annual passes and usually visit at least once a month.

Expensive for spending most of your time looking at other people kids taking over all the installations... They do adult night though, should go next time.

Run down and very disappointed with overall experience. Very expensive, wouldn't go back.

Nice place for kids and adults who are interested in science.
Cool t-shirt designs in store

Just ok. Nowhere near as good as the one in Edmonton. Not really suitable for younger kids. Plus you have to pay for parking.

Great place for kids, not so much for other age ranges (although I haven't experienced the adult night). It was a bit disappointing with the amount/quality of science-related exhibits, comparedto other science centres.

Not a bad Whale exhibit, but $52 for 2 adults is way too much for an exhibit that takes 45 minutes max to look at.

I like the place but it feels too expensive. Also a bunch of the attractions are very boring or not applicable to kids under 5. Similarly it doesnt feel like the attractions change much

It was fun. Great way to spend a day with your kids.

Probably wouldn't go back. Was interesting but all exhibits were similar and not as exciting as I expected.

$120 for 5 kids and myself... many of the stations are out of service.