Tuesday, February 21, 2012
My family and I are going down there next week to do stuff together before I move out for college. It's my parents [44yrs old], myself [18yrs old] and my younger sister [14yrs old]. We were thinking of hitting up the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum. Maybe the Lincoln Zoo and Navy Pier. Anything else that's a good family-based tour?|||Well, the Shedd isn't all that cheap. For one day, it's going to be about $25 apiece for your parents and about $18 for you and your sister. That more than $60 total just to walk in the door. The Field museum isn't much better. Unless you are all Chicago residents, it's going to cost $23 for each of you. (If you have a student ID, you can knock off $3, but still...). And you just missed the last free day until August 10. The Shedd doesn't any free days against until September.
Stick to the free stuff.. Lincoln Park Zoo and Navy Pier. Just hanging out on Michigan ave and window shopping can be fun.
I personaly would check out the Mexican Musem of Art. It's free but the do ask for donations.
Go check out Summerdance (http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/th鈥?/a>
And there are street fairs almost every weekend in the summer months. Just check the friday newspapers to see what and where.
Finally, pick up a copy of Time Out Chicago magazine. They have a pretty good listing of what is going on that week and tell you which things are free or cheap.|||Here is a list I live here:
1. The Magnificent Mile Outlets aka Michigan Ave it's eight blocks and has over 460 boutiques, shop, and 200 restaurants and 50 hotels. They have boats, trolleys, and other ways to go around.
2.Harpo Studios- Go Oprah
3. The Taste of Chicago- You have tickets to taste a bunch of restaurant food outdoors.
4. Museum of Science& Industry
5. The Planetarium
6. Shedd Aquarium
7. Lincoln Park Zoo
8. Millennium Park
9. You can also sign up to be a part of tours.
10. Wrigley and Soldier Field
11. Navy Pier|||People-watching at Millenium Park is fun.
At dusk, Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park shoots up water/light/color display.
Navy Pier is free, but you pay for Ferris Wheel, rides and food.
Lincoln Park Zoo/Farm-in-the-Zoo is free every day.
Grant Park Music Festival is free.
North Avenue Beach is free.
If you know a Chicago resident with a library card, passes are available for free (first-come, first-served) at Chicago Public Libraries for all major museums and Brookfield Zoo.|||Navy Pier is so much fun. And the Sears Tower. You should go to Millenium Park and see the Mercury Ball and everything. There's tons of stuff to do in Chicago. Even just walking around looking at all the shops is fun. When my mom and I went we saw the play Wicked so maybe there's a play you all want to see although it probably wont be cheap. Hope I helped! Have fun! :)|||Hey i am travel rep. here is my site. they are the cheapest that you will find! http://jntlee.rovia.com
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