Rain Forest

We're burning a hole in our Academy of Sciences membership card! It's the perfect way to spend a morning in the City in between Tot Zone days. The kids love the museum. Now we have to go directly to the Rain Forest which is an enclosed, clear, sphere 3 stories high inside the museum. It's filled with humid air and butterflies, birds, frog exhibits and fish. From the top, you can look down a total of 4 stories into the basement level- that means looking from the tree tops, down through the swampy water at the bottom with huge fish swimming around, right down to the people walking beneath them. From the basement level looking up, the ceiling is clear, and you walk through a tunnel with fish swimming around you on three sides. From there, you can look up through the water and see the tree tops of the rain forest sphere above you.

Zoe loves the rain forest so much, she doesn't care how long the line is to wait to get in. Usually, about 20 minutes. But there is lots to see while in line.
After the sphere, we head to Early Explorer's Cove, a special room for kids to play and wind down. They have mini exhibits and lots of toys for creative play. Zoe makes a bee line for the cupcakes in the ship's kitchen. She must hoard the cupcakes.
After all, cupcakes are the new black!