Intech, Winchester. Go!

[miljee]

Took 4 x DSs (not all mine!) 6-9 over the Easter weekend. The Planetarium had just opened and it was fab!

Kids cost 4.55 or .95, can't remember, adults 7.95 + 2 per person for the Planetarium. Intech is a hands-on science museum which'll keep 'em occupied for 2-3 hours, pulling, pushing etc. The planetarium show we saw was Black Holes (poss the same shows at at Greenwich?) and they loved it. There's a warning about it overwhelming young children which it might (saw a nervous 4-5 yr old?) but my guys loved it. We went on Easter Saturday, arriving at opening time. By 1pm it was HEAVING but they still got a go on most things before they reached the end of their attention spans. The cafe is also fine but get in the queue earlish to avoid a big wait.

thanks miljee - we've just booked to go near there for out hols this year. Will put it on my list for days out.

Took DS1 (7) today and he LOVED it! Busy but got a go on everything he was interested in - much pushing, pulling, bashing etc.

Planetarium was amazing. We saw 2 films - Black Holes and Cosmic Journey. You really feel you are floating in space during some bits of it!!!!

Will go back in summer but take a picnic to eat outside - cafe gets very busy with long queues.

Just back from a day there with the 2 dss. We arrived at 10.15 and there was already a queue for admittance which probably took about 10 minutes. By 11.30 the line was out the door so probably a 15 minute wait!

It was very busy but everybody seemed to be able to get a go on everything with just a short wait. If anyone knows the Look Out in Bracknell, it is a similar set-up to there (some of the experiments are the same) but much larger, fresher (because it is newer) and with very detailed explanations next to every item. It was very noisy and in all the pushing, pulling and blowing I'm never very sure how much the dss actually learn but they had fun.

There is no indoor picnic area which would be a complete pain on a cold, rainy day. Luckily the sun was shining at lunch time and we had our sandwiches in the outdoor picnic area. The cafe looked quite nice but has a small serving area and a long and very slow-moving queue right through lunch time.

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I went on the same day as you Annh! We had a great time and were there from 10-4pm when it was closing. Thoroughly recommend it, it was lovely to go somewhere where the children were free to roam (mine are 5 and 8)