KidZania...Have you heard of it?

Have you ever heard of KidZania?  I never had until one opened recently in Bangkok. They have locations all over the world.  Unfortunately, they do not have any locations in the United States yet, but I did see on their website that they plan to open many locations in the States this year!! The whole idea behind KidZania is to let children role play in different jobs in the pretend city. When you walk up to the ticket counter it looks like you are entering an airport.  You buy your "boarding passes" (tickets), head through security and enter in a whole child sized city. The kids are also given a check that they have to cash at the bank in order to start their day at KidZania.   It is absolutely adorable.

My boys could not wait to get started.  The decided to do a magician class first.  Parents are not allowed to attend the classes or lesson, but most of the sessions have windows that the parents can peak through to watch.  Back to the money that they are given.  They are paid in KidZo currency.  If they perform a job like firefighter, construction worker, doctor, etc. they get paid at the end of their session for "working".  Some of the sessions the kids have to pay to do, like the Coke Bottling factory, the milk processing plant, and any other session that they make something during.

 Construction worker..Learning how to build a brick wall

Britton was a firefighter.  They give a fire safety class and then the kids hop on the little fire truck and put out the fire.

My boys had an absolute blast.  There are over 60 jobs that the kids can be a part of.  It's a little overwhelming at first trying to figure out how to hit as many jobs as you can.  Thankfully, the day we went it was not crowed at all.  Here are some of the jobs the boys completed...firefighter, construction worker, car salesman, tv producer, coke bottling, milk processing, magician, vet, mechanic, university student, architect, and so many more.  It was such a great way to learn.  At the end of the day the kids can take the money they earned and shop at the store.  It was a great lesson on money, because the boys found out they did not work enough to buy anything they wanted.

 Coke Bottling.  They even got their own bottle of coke.

 Greyson went to University to learn all about dry ice.  He was making dry ice bubbles

Britton went to work for the vault.  He had to collect bags of money from around the city.

KidZania Bangkok is opened during the week 10 am- 5pm and on the weekends from 10 am- 3pm, 4pm-9pm.  We went during the week and were able to stay in the building the whole time.  They do have a few concession stands with hot dogs and popcorn, McDonald's, and a coffee shop.  They also have a sit down restaurant, but we didn't even check it out.  It is a little expensive to go, so plan to spend the whole day if you can.  For our family of 5 it cost around $100.  Parents have to pay.  It really was worth the money though and the kids are already asking when they can go back.

 Milk processing.  They even got to make their own flavored milk.

Grey was a Honda dealer and then was able to design his own Honda.

Have you ever been to one of the KidZania locations?