FUN PLACES in the DFW (TEXAS)area to take kids (ages10 and 11) in the Summer!! Suggestions PLEASE!!?

Question

Please help me out here. I am a nanny and last year we did so much...

Dallas Cowboys Stadium Tour
Turner Falls in OK
Arbuckle Wilderness
Dinosaur Valley St. Park
Las Colinas Movie Studios
Dallas Aquarium
Dallas and Fort Worth Zoo
Six Flags & Hurrican Harbor
Magic Time Machine
Rainforest Cafe
Burgers Lake
NRH2O

Can you help us go to some NEW fun places this year??

Any suggestions within 3 hours or so of DFW??

Answer 1

Damn, those are some lucky kids! You covered quite a bit!

Well, here are some additional things to do


Ballpark in Arlington Tour (dugout is the better tour)

Dr Pepper Plant in Dublin

Dallas Arboretum

Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens

Malibu Grand Prix (off of I35 in Dallas near Walnut Hill)

San Francisco steak house (to see the swing)

Main Event (Lewisville, Grapevine)

Putt Putt (several) and/or Beltline station in Irving

Nasher Museum (sculptures)

Dallas Children's Theater

CATS - Creative Art Theater something (kids theater in arlington)

First Monday trader's market in Canton http://www.firstmondaycanton.com/

Ft. Worth Stockyards

Ft. Worth Museum of Science (it's a blast!)

Grapevine train (take the train from Grapevine to Ft worth Stockyards)

500 Inc, Artfest (Memorial day weekend in Addison)

Frontier City (in Oklahoma city)

(Edit) Oh, and I almost forgot, SCHLITTERBAHN!!! It's in New Braunfels, near San Marcos just south of Austin, so it might be just outside your 3 hr window, but it is SOOOO worth it. It's the best water park in the world! They use natural water from the Guadelupe River and the "Lazy River" if you choose all the slow turns takes like 30-40 min just to go once!!!

Those are a few that I could think off offhand.

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

DANG!!!!You did all that in a summer????I have lived in Dallas 14 years and have only done about half that stuff,you guys will probably have to do that stuff again because that is like everything to do in Dallas,except for,off the top of my head,The Holocaust museum,The Dallas Art Museum,The Dallas Science Museum(real fun for small kids is The Science Place,in the science museum call and ask about that.I highly recommend that for inquisitive kids),Arlington Ball Park(I think they have tours),and Medieval Times,which is really,really,really,really fun,but can be a bit pricey.

Answer 3

If you are willing to drive close to 4 hours you MUST go to Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah,TX (near Galveston). They are building a new wooden coaster while smaller than the Texas Giant looks promising to be a much wilder ride. It is owned by the same comapany that owned the Rainforest Cafe but I don't think they have one there. Try the Pizza Oven restaurant if you make it to Kemah.