Hi everyone! So if you haven’t seen the end of the video, I have an extra ticket for the experience. If you are able to go with your child/a young relative within the next 120 days to the Orlando location, leave a comment and I’ll mail it to one of you at random. Thank you!! ✨
So is your little brother a genuine child or an older teen? I have no idea how old you are! :) When I used to help my friend who worked at a children’s museum as an unaccompanied adult I always had to go to a special desk and hand over my driver’s license for them to keep until I was done because they don’t trust adults who come without kids, even to help with an event 🤣 And like I understand why! But it made me feel like they thought I was a creeper! 😂
I will be in the Orlando area July 29-August 4. If you have to have a kid, don’t pick me. 😂 But I’m a kid at heart and you just showed me something else I’ve got to do!
I actually live in FL. My Lil brother is have autistic and I believe this be a fun place to go. The colors you choice where beautiful. And I agree on the options and I do t think kids mind it.
I worked at a zoo, and one of our top complaints was "I have to PAY to watch my child enjoy the ZOO!?" and I'd be like "yes sir, I do still have to charge you admission, this experience is intended for both of you "
It’s crazy that parents think that they can’t enjoy themselves in an environment where their kids are going, and therefore they think they shouldn’t pay for it 😭 it’s not hard to enjoy a place like a zoo as a grown up
I'm gonna give a hot take, but hear me out: anyone who says stuff like that probably shouldn't have been a parent in the first place...! Like, if you're not going to be an active participant, then what even is the point? If I were the kid in that situation, I would feel guilty about "making Mom pay to go in with me when she doesn't want to be here" and I would remember my parent saying that for my whole life.
@@Madamoizillion yeah kids dont just wanna do cool stuff, they wanna do em with mom n dad so they can socialize about how fascinating the animals are lol
"we went during summer vacation and it was busy" that review tho...no shit??? It's a kids thing...in summer....Also the parents complaining about there not being anything for adults to do...play with your kids? interact with them? Do activities with them?
"As an adult don't do this.." NO. Absolutely as an adult TAKE PART. Enjoy the experience. You paid for it! Just because it was designed with kids in mind, doesn't mean you cannot enjoy it too and you're not taking away from a child's experience but having fun. If anything you'd be modelling fun for them to copy and enjoy
My ex used to take the piss out of me because I coloured in with his 5 year old niece when she asked. I still do that now when I'm looking after children. I also feel they sometimes they will take a longer interest in an activity if you're doing it with them.
I really appreciate you not showing the kids. While I will never have any myself, I can't stand people posting random unblurred kids on the internet. You simply never know who's watching and who's paying attention to the area/location. For their privacy and safety there is NO reason to show children all over the internet. Idc if they're sharing a public space with adults. You gained a lot of respect from me for that!
Exactly! I was watching a commentary video about the TikTok home renovators doing a terrible job, and one of the home reno people featured was outlining the process on their own home. Not only do they show off the outside of the front of the house (it was a plantation home/mansion looking outside, which makes it that much easier to find), but they give a tour of the inside including the rooms where the two little girls will specifically be sleeping! I was appalled that the mom was so willing to give out that information because who knows if some creep living in that area might come across that TikTok and do something. I don’t plan on being a parent due to personal reasons, but if I did have one I would not be plastering where we live and where they sleep for every creep and weirdo on the internet to entertain any twisted notions they may have.
@@Polyeurythane This exactly! Kidnappers (mostly human traffickers) don't just snag any random child off the street most of the time. They're typically careful of who they take, when they take them, and how they take them. They plan ahead and prepare what they need and plan their napping based around the location they're planning to act upon. This is also how adults go missing, but adults aren't as valued in the trafficking system as kids. One peek inside the reality of human trafficking would change the minds of most.
@@abinnohr6497 Absolutely! I used to live in an incredibly unsafe area that had issues with trafficking and I personally experienced a handful of kidnapping attempts; And this isn't even mentioning the weekly break in attempts. I can not believe how irresponsible some parents on the internet are.
@@Vash-Venture I think some parents are just absolutely clueless and are too arrogant to listen to others when told not to do something. It’s unfortunate.
Some of the bad reviews reminded me of the people who complain and leave bad reviews at places like Yellowstone national park when they don’t see certain animals. Someone actually left a review complaint that the YNP didn’t release the bears while they were visiting. Its insane some of the reviews people post. The crayola place looked cool.
I saw a review of an aquarium that was one star. This mother was complaining that the employees didn't let her & her kids sit in the cafe area without buying something. Her kids have celiac so she was upset that they made them eat their food at the tables upstairs. What restaurant would be ok with anyone taking up space at their restaurant when they're not buying anything?
My favorite when I worked for a national park was a middle-aged woman who complained that the trail she'd walked that morning "Was not well maintained." Why? She saw a snake on the trail. A trail that ran through a wildlife protection area, in a national park. Apparently she thought that we would just... get rid of all the snakes in all national parks as part of our trail maintenance because *obviously* national parks/forests exist solely for her enjoyment and not to, you know, protect and maintain these beautiful environments & all the livings things that inhabit them, snakes included.
I live next to Cedar point. You can literally sit on my back deck and watch CP traffic leave or arrive. I frequently see reviews from people from out of state or even on youtube complain about rides being down during the bad weather. Lightening and roller coasters don’t mix. And they can’t control the weather.
So, certain places are kids cost and parents free and they don't let parents participate. I do not understand the idea of going to a kids park and not playing with your kids. We went to a splash pad and played with our kids, went to the zoo and got just as excited, to them to an indoor playground and played with them until they had other kids to play with... I just don't get it
My parents are a bit on the older side and my mom especially always had health issues, so a lot of activities my brother and I wanted to do as a kid were not really feasible for them to join in on, but for safety reasons they couldn't just let us in alone. I think what would be a good compromise is adult+child bundles that are at a discount, so if a child's ticket is $25, up to two adult tickets could be bought for $15 each, so the parents who aren't into the activity don't have to pay full price for their tickets, and the loss on adults who do participate is covered by the ones who don't.
Being a parent is hard, it's exhausting at times and sometimes it's even boring when your child wants to do the same thing over and over and over again. Parents can't be "on" 24/7, so I think some people like having a place where their kids can have a good time while they themselves can have a little break while still being in the vicinity of their kids. But judging parents for not being perfectly engaged 100% of the time is something people online just love to do.
As a 49 year old kid at heart and i have no children… i would go there for myself lol… that place looks awesome and i would have spent heaps in the gift shop. Now crayola needs to bring that to australia.
I’m 38 and a kid at heart too. I would love to fill my own tin even though I have a ton of Crayola Crayons already. And I would love a crayon with my name (or my WinterSprite handle-it would need to be a light blue, light purple, or light pink, I think). I have a Scribble Scrubbie that I customized and filmed for my channel a few years ago. I’d probably bring one of my dolls along and photograph her doing different activities.
About the 'hot' complaint, I used to work in a grocery store and they're kept quite cold to keep all the produce from going bad, but I had a couple of older ladies sweating and acting like they were dying. They complained to me that it was way too hot in there. No one else, even us employees who were running around lifting heavy objects repeatedly, had any problems. Some people have health conditions that affect how they feel temperatures and they never seem aware that it's a *them* issue and not an *everyone* issue.
@@stanaccount7733 I'd say it's pretty likely. Remember when people were leaving negative reviews for scented candles during the pandemic, saying they 'had no scent'. People are surprisingly ignorant when it come to their bodies and just want to blame someone.
Those vintage tins brought back a lovely memory of getting a set of Crayola crayons for Christmas back in 1972 - yes, I am that old 😂. I have a photo taken by my mum of a beaming 6 year old me with my new crayons.
Re: wristbands or whatever, that'd put the staff in a position of policing who is and isn't allowed to do the activities, and kicking people out, which would change the whole vibe and make things less pleasant and less fun and more adversarial. That's probably not the atmosphere they want.
not really! It would just mean that you could only get in line and be given crayons for the activities with a wristband since the staff hand you the crayons to do them. If you didn't have a wistband you could watch/be with kids but not have crayons to do it yourself. Works well for Disneys after hours events keeping night guests separate from day guests after closing!
No kids, in my 30’s I went with just my husband to the Orlando location. We had a lot of fun! I didn’t really care much to sit and draw on coloring pages much, but we still spent a couple hours seeing the show and doing all the hands on creating things. It’s definitely for more younger kids, but as a “big kid” I still had a fun time letting my imagination out to play.
I went to the Easton PA Crayola. I really loved it as an adult. They had adult art kits in the gift shop. I made fairy lights that look like flowers. It seems like each Crayola Experience is different.
I had a great time as a childless 30 something with my bestie some years ago!! I made a custom color marker (didn't see that machine in the video), a yellow crayon I named "no fun" (inside joke) and the same little wax melt car but in blue with remnants of red from the person before me, very unique! 🧡💛💙💚💜
Honestly, when you realize it can be an entire day’s worth of entertainment, with a side of edu 2:21 cation, learning and experimenting for $27 per person… yea, I’d think it was worth it. AND standing in a line outside in 105* for 3-5 hours for one ride, definitely isn’t! We had a Condo in CoCo Beach and every summer when we were there, we’d take our 3 girls to one of the parks. Obviously they really have no clue how expensive those are! Personally, I would really enjoy this and I know my 7 & 3 year old Gransons would love it! Thanks for sharing! And congrats again on getting married! Wishing you many years of happiness and love! ❤️
Did you happen to notice if they had "retired" colors like Midnight Blue?? That was always my favorite crayon, so satisfyingly dark, but not black, just beautiful deep, deep, vibrant blue :)
Regarding the idea of adults accompanying kids to amusement parks for free: They actually do have a setup like this at the indoor amusement park in the Mall of America! It was formerly Camp Snoopy, now rebranded as Nickelodeon Universe. As it’s the center of the mall anyone can cut through or walk around, but you had to have a wristband (or individually purchased credits, etc) to scan at entrance of each ride line in order to take part. So we could buy an all-day wristband for me, my mom (who doesn’t like rides really) enjoyed reading her book on a nearby bench at no cost, I would go on a bunch of rides and check back in frequently, we’d go have lunch together somewhere, etc.
I never knew it was called camp snoopy. How long ago was that? I’ve been to mall of America and my mom isn’t a fan of rides either so she would only buy tickets or whatever for one or two rides she actually would go on and me and my sister would get wristbands.
@@stellamariss3335 I think they changed it around 2006, with Nickelodeon Universe officially opening in 2008. (I remember it being called “The Park at MOA” in the interim before a lot of the changes happened.)
I'm local and go through the mall a lot and can say the free coloring table in the gift shop is still there! They had some cute options for Black History Month last time I stopped by, it's just kinda hiding in an awkward spot but you can just walk in and color for free
I would have loved that as a kid. Actually, if they did an Adults Only night (so I didn't have to deal with crowds and screaming children), I would still enjoy it now. Did they have a scented crayon station/activity there? Because their scented line is one of my favourites.
@ChloeRoseArt Now you should try making a massive crayon of your own! I saw a video several years ago from Wengie when she did her “making a giant version of something” series. She used a Pringles can as a mold (you just wouldn’t get the tip unless you figured out your own mold for it and how to put it together.
I think it's annoying that people complain when things like this aren't free. Let's be real. This is a super famous company that isn't going bankrupt any time soon, but that said...they have to pay for: building/location taxes product staff insurance machines Plus, there are probably other things I'm not even thinking of. It's so entitled to think something like this that is purely for entertainment should be free to everyone. I love this kind of video from you btw. Looked like a blast. Love the history stuff like a museum. Hershey has a ton of stuff like this. It reminds me a little of that. ❤
For $26 you could also just get a few boxes of crayons and clay and make a similar experience that would last way way longer. Only 2 tokens is ridiculous to me. They should double that because you can find a single crayon and a packet of clay for a dollar each at the dollar store. There's nothing about this experience that really seems worth the money to me. I can genuinely understand why people would be pissed at this on let's say, a busy overheated overstuffed Saturday. This feels like a cheap gimmick.
@@linkguist6861 is for the experience of doing what you may not get to do at home, sure you can buy your own crayons and coat but it probably wouldn't be cheaper per say. Either way, if it's not for you then it's not for you. Nothings free in life and for anyone to expect a free experience then you delusional.
I mean I think there should be a place kids can color for free! To me this sounds like an issue of there not being enough kid friendly public museums or libraries in the area
Thank you so much for giving us this tour, Chloe! As a kid (40 now) I saw crayons being made on Mister Roger’s and put visiting the crayola factory on my bucket list. When I found out they changed it to this Crayola Experience, I was wary and a little sad. But my kids think this could be fun so we’ll have to consider making the trip.
This was years ago now but when Groupon was really big. Myself and two of my (also adult) friends got a Groupon to go. We had a blast. We did all the activities. The guy at the counter when we entered said it wasn't that unusual for adults to come and do the experience too.
This just makes me want to go to the experience in my state. Like I’ve noticed with reviews they are either really good or really bad. There is no in between. I love how honest and real this review is and even as an adult this looks like a lot of fun!!
I grew up in Easton PA, and my mom worked at the factory for a bit, we loved the tour in the circle and I even got to see some behind the scenes stuff way back in the 90's always a fond memory. so cool to see that these places exist outside of PA.
Hi Chloe! Just wanted to say thanks for making the videos that you do! I’ve been watching you for a couple of years now, and watching you create such amazing art has made me want to reach your high level. You have also inspired me as an artist to make my own art channel! Keep doing what you’re doing :)
I love the one in Easton, PA. I took my daughter several times when she was younger and my nephew loves it there. I found that we enjoyed it more as my daughter got older as when she was young she would run through everything but as she got older she would sit and do everything. I always recommend going on a fay where it would be perfect for outdoor activities as the it isn't as crowded but dont go on a rainy weekend especially during the summer because it is just tok crowded.
For rides and roller coasters I disagree with you, there definitely should be a ticket for people that don't go on rides. The park near our home was doing that before, and it was great because my mom could accompany us, without paying the full price ticket, since she didn't go on rides, but could still enjoy the day with us. Now the park doesn't offer that anymore, and that's really a shame.
Exactly like if a parent or pregnant person doesn’t or can’t go on rides why do they pay admission too? They’re not doing anything that would cost money, they’re only spending money. Isn’t that what they want?
@@KendallM0219 That's exactly what I mean! Or at least a smaller ticket fee! BAck then it was called a "walking ticket" so you can enter the place, but not go on rides. It was great!
I think she did agree that a second ticket option would be a good idea (wristbands) just not on the expectation of getting in for free that some of the adults reviewing seemed to have
I went to this location around when it first opened because I lived only about an hour away from Orlando. As a kid, this place was so much fun and exciting.
Fun fact you can usually buy extra tokens, and you can put whatever you want on the crayon as long as it’s not a swear word. I was really into supernatural at the time the TV show, so when we went we bought extra tokens and made an entire set of crayons with supernatural names. We had to do some improvising for some of the names, but it’s definitely our favorite souvenir from the trip!
My husband and I took our preschool aged nieces, and they loved it!! Their favorites were the little "draw on the walls" neighborhood and the scribbles
Next time come to Easton, PA! 😊 I live 20 minutes drive from Easton and my husband works next to the plant where they make the crayons (where they also have a gift shop)! We have a Crayola Experience AND you’d get to see where the original building still stands today! 😊 This is the real historical part of Crayola here if that interests you, plus we have the plant and a Crayola Experience! Unfortunately, the plant gift shop is only open to employees (and I think they can bring in a guest), but I’m sure I can find someone I know who works there. They’re one of the places around here that pays well, someone I know has a friend or family member that works there. Everyone does 😂 I could get you into the gift shop so you could shop till you drop and believe me, you would! My husband gets a pass from his company to go every now and again and he takes me shopping. We overspend way too much 😂
I have a 9 year old little cousin and I would absolutely love to bring her here if we were American. I don’t get parents who want to take their kids to things like this so they don’t have to spend time with them, the reason I go places with my aunt and cousin is so I can watch my cousin have fun and have fun with her (and spend time with my aunt because she’s always been one of my best friends and I love her so much). like I’ve always been the one running after my cousin at play places and going on rides with her. I’m taking her to an amusement park at some point in the next few weeks because I love seeing her have fun and just be a kid, I can’t imagine wanting someone else to look after her in a place like this you just miss your child having fun and being happy.
My elementary school took us on a field trip here in PA! I remember most of the stations and back in second grade like, 2006? Something like that- They gave out three tokens. There was also an exhibit on waterways and canals since it was Easton PA a lot of the surrounding towns relied on canals. It was actually really fun and this is super nostalgic 😭💜
Season pass member here! I bought year passes this year and it’s totally worth it. I wish I converted my ticket to membership on my first visit. The upgrade cost is low considering membership benefits. For one year you get unlimited visits, member only scrubby buddy, 20% off at gift shop. Heck I bought a green crayon popcorn bucket for like 6 bucks and as a member my refills are like a dollar. We’ve been here 10+ times and can still easily spend an hour chilling and creating art together. It’s a 10 out of 10 for me.
Me, my mom, and brother went to the crayola experience in Orlando. My dad waited outside. We thought we were there for a couple minutes maybe an hour. It was a couple hours. So much to do especially for creative people.
In Ireland we have a theme park where kids under a certain age go free into the designated "kid zone" and have a wristband that denotes that, so really only the parents have to pay for a full price ticket and I think thats the fairest option. The parents are more than likely just going to sit while the kids go on rides, but a fee has been taken to accommodate it and if they WANTED to go on any rides, or accompany a kid on one, they can.
I am curious about the vintage looking tin you filled with crayons… how much did that cost? What all did you buy there? AND… Could you also please create some crayon art pieces with those in the next video.. it’ll be fun to see that. 😃
I went to the Crayola Factory (maybe experience?) in PA when I was a kid. I remember being so careful in the gift shop when filling up the tin with crayons, making sure they all stood pointy ends up xD
We love the Crayola Experience. We try to go at least once a year. It’s my 6 year old daughter’s favorite place! I’m in heaven every time I go. Military gets a free annual pass. Might be others too such as police etc that would also get one. If we lived closer we’d go every week!
Thank you for this review! It was so helpful as there isn’t much information about the experience that are positive or this in depth. I’m now looking forward to going.
I worked with a client a few years back and we went to the Crayola Experience at MOA at least once a month. There was a LOT to do there, and the kid had a lot of fun! Absolutely loved the playground there and playing with the modeling clay, and there was plenty for the adults to do. The issue with parents being like "there's nothing for the adults to do" really mean "there isn't a place **I** can go while the staff watch my kids for me"
Regarding the amusement parks, in my country we have only 1 and it used to have 2 types of paid entry fees: 1 all access and 1 you bought tickets for each of the rides. When I was about 15 years old they changed the second one so you now have free access to the park grounds but have to buy tickets for the rides, the all access pass gives you a wristband. So it definitely can be done
I'm close to that Crayola experience you went too! I always wanted to go it seems like loads of fun!!! I feel likenif you like art and enjoy doing it then this place will be lots of fun. The ones writing thoes reviews are just being nit picky about it and probably don't enjoy arts and crafts as much as us😅 do they might find coloring pages boring
Not going to lie, I would love to go there as a 46 year old so called adult! Looks absolutely fun! Of course there are none near me or places I tend to haunt, but maybe if I see one on our next walkabout I'll stop in if it's not too crowded. I think if you use your head and go to places like this when there's generally not going to be a lot of people you would be okay in terms of crowds. We went to SeaWorld during Christmas vacation one year and it was so much fun. We sat on one ride just going through it over and over without having to get out and get back in line as no one was there. And it wasn't too bad weather wise either.
I live a couple miles from the Arizona one. I was underwhelmed by price for value. But the kids loved it, everything worked, and they each won things from the claw machine. They have wanted to go back, I think the store is the best part. My daughter (9) is an art snob, thanks RU-vid and wouldn’t deign to use crayola markers/pencils over her POSCA, Prismacolor, or Ohuhu, but I love the store.
Knoebles in Pa lets you in free. It's been around for ages and so nostalgic. You pay for ride packages so Grandma and Grampa or people who don't enjoy rides can be with you and enjoy the park. It's beautiful there. Has a campground, too. ❤ brings me back to my childhood days 🥲
I visited the Crayola Experience in Easton, PA... as solo grown adult... I definitely felt like a weirdo 😂I did try as many of the activities as I could and enjoyed them :) The crayon with my name on it was my favorite part
17:58 I agree on what your saying like a pumpkin patch that is near my house does this like you could get on for free to get pumpkins but you don’t get the wristband to participate in activities they have but if you pay you get the wristband and the activities i like that they have that and more amusement parks should do this if they just want to enjoy the view or just watch their kids.
i grew up around 45 minutes from the original one in Easton, which was connected to the actual crayola factory. (it was also randomly connected to some history about the erie canal? idk why) i still remember the demonstrations showing how markers and crayons were made, and we got a marker fresh off the line! it was a popular birthday party place and i went a lot. i went back as an adult in around 2017 b/c i had child visitors from another country, and i still had a ton of fun!
Ah the memories. I remember when I was a child, there was only one location and it was just called The Crayola Factory. It also had a museum attached to it, though now that museum moved out to its own space. But good memories for sure. Granted, that was nearly 20 years ago, so it's probably very different now, but I remember my many visits back then quite fondly!
I'm from within driving distance to the Easton, PA location and I'm surprised at how different it is! It's a much more linear "museum-like" experience rather than a big open floor plan, with a focus on educational displays. It does have a lot of the same attractions though, like the custom crayon labels and drip art. There is no crayon-bot that draws your face, but! The coolest activity (imo) was a series of terminals where you could make a doodle and it would be projected into a huge scene on the wall, moving around and interacting with everyone else's doodles.
OMG!!!!!! I always love getting the stuffies that are uniquely themselves!!!! That's a lovely lucky beary!!!!! I don't have kids either at 31 years old. 😂🤣
I think thisnis brilliant, qnd as a mother of a 6 year old child, i know id have a blast with him. Im a self made artist and i love collecting various supplies, especially crayons since my son and i color all the time. This would be right up our alley! Wish we had one close to us!
I did actually want to go ever since I was a kid, especially when I saw discount tickets on the Dunkin Donuts locations I went! The thing is, I would be happy drawing and scribbling, but the rest of my relatives wouldn't be a bit of amused about going to somewhere that isn't an amusement park •v•; They suggested a family trip with a different ticket for Dorney Park, but I refused since that leads to everyone enjoying the rides, except for a grumpy owl who stayed in the parked car as they rather go here than be bored in a place that only she's having a blast, so we ended up never picking up the tickets anyway ; ∆ ;
on the front of the workers, i used to work in a theme park, these places have very VERY bad turnover rates, You're going to get hired, but if you're not prepared you'll quit within a week or so.They're not the nicest places.
I took my family a few years ago to the Crayola Experience win PA. Absolute nightmare. Too crowded, employees don’t care, and generally unsafe. They let a ton of people in for entirely too small a space. There was ONE elevator, which you need to get into the place, which was just terrifying to think of in case of an emergency, one bathroom, with one stall, and the singular lightbulb hanging haphazardly from the ceiling was flickering. My son was knocked down and bleeding - at least 5 employees walking by saw him and said nothing. Other moms helped, though, so it was nice to see parental solidarity. I’m a grown adult and I had a complete sensory meltdown, I can’t imagine a child. As we were leaving in the one elevator in the whole place, my husband looked at the similarly disillusioned parents standing silently in there and went “So, this place sucks, huh?” Only pleasant experience anyone in that elevator had all day. Never again. Never, ever again. Don’t do this to yourself or your child.
One thing I would say about non participation and tickets is that it can be difficult for people with disabilities. So when my kid wants a family day at blackpool pleasure beach, I literally cannot go on the rides, and unlike disney it's not like just being there is an experience. So in that case we were definitely salty to have to pay for full ticket. Crayola experience looks brilk though, glad you gave it a fair shot.
I LOVE this place fir my toddler. He’s free under 3 and I bought the annual pass for $40 and it vines with discounts and perks. The coins they give you can be used for crayons or model clay and free scrabble pets I love this place my son loves it too
Tbh i dont like when people try and disprove others 1 star reviews. Its possible to have a totally different experience but doesnt mean their opinion isnt valid. Nothing would annoy me more than being totally let down by somewhere enough to leave a bad review and then someone come along and make out im just a Karen 😅 especially when it would take a real lot for me to leave a bad review in the first place! It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth when ppl do that. That being said, I also don't think it's fair to rate a business based on things they have no control over like the weather 😂 and complaining its not free lol. But dismissing others opinions is not cool. Edit im mainly talking about the comments and not the video.
I’m going to the crayola experience for the first time soon. I wasn’t sure until I saw this video because I’m only 17 and I thought that even I’m too old- but this video convinced me to go. If you still have that extra ticket, I’d really appreciate it. I want my parents to go too and it would help.
I live in the Orlando area and have 3 grandkids. 9,7,5. I know they have been to the one in Arizona when my daughter lived there but that was like 3-4 years ago so they probably dont even remember. I think they would enjoy it. I have never been.
When my boys were toddlers I purchased Crayola paint for their walls. They could colour anything and it would wipe off. Not going to lie that stuff was fabulous.
The one in Easton, PA is near me. Its crowded on weekends and whenever kids aren't in school but its a solid attraction. I found it to be good value for what me and my group paid.
I worked as a guest experience host at Legoland discovery centre (so not the same as the crayola experience but the same concept of family friendly interactive centres) And honestly it was sometimes such a difficult job because of how critically harsh and abusive customers could get when something wasn’t working. There was a penny press machine that wasn’t working and as soon as I started my shift in the morning and hurtling abusive at me for something I literally could not fix, it’s very stressful. Regarding the poor reviews talking about the state of the crayons everywhere all I can say is they really don’t understand the effort that goes into trying to tidy up while not interfering with someone’s experience. I had to get on my hands and knees throughout the day picking up tiny pieces of Lego that kids threw onto the floor and it was an absolute ball ache. Not to mention the hour and a half clean we had to do at the end of every day before we were even allowed to go home to make sure the place was spotless with no Lego anywhere only for the next day to get excatly the same. The fact they have places for kids to draw on is very cute, but I look at it from the perspective of the clean that must be done every single day after the attraction closes and my God I feel for the workers. I also was the person in the meet and greet Lego costume and while fun, it was incredibly tiring to do it 4x a day with kids that punched and kicked you while sweating so much. Regarding the staff, please keep in mind how stressed we are while trying to put on smiles and be as helpful as possible, because no word of a lie, the abuse we receive for no reason when we are trying our best to help is insane in family-friendly attractions. Parents can be… unpleasant to say the least. Not to mention being treated like shit by management. Anyway, please if you visit these places be nice to the people who interact, host workshops or just work there in general. I know that you’ve paid and you want the very best experience possible, but if things go wrong being abusive to us will just not help anyone’s day get better.
