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Pier Park amusement park – Soar 150 ft high on the fifteen story high ferris wheel (reminiscent of the great Ferris Wheel of 1893) , play mini golf or pilot remote control boats. For little ones, there’s an old fashioned musical carousel and amusement rides. |
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Chicago Children’s Museum – The museum plenty of activities for toddlers to ten year olds – excavate a dinosaur, invent your own machines, play on a sailing ship, plus hands-on art activities and a water play area in warm weather. Thurs. evenings are free. |
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Tip: If you're heading to O'Hare Airport, there's a super play area, created by the children's museum, with an airport theme, |
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Amazing Chicago’s Funhouse Maze – Find your way through huge mirror maze, whizzy, dizzy, spinning light tunnel, Chicago’s landmarks in a skyscraper maze, and more. Fun for everyone in the family. |
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Rent bikes – Rent bikes or surreys to go for a ride on the bike paths along Lake Michigan. Kids’ bikes and helmets, child bike seats are available. |
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater – In the summer, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater puts on fun productions with kids in mind – “short Shakespeare” abridged versions of Shakespeare plays – and wild and wacky musicals. |
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IMAX Theatre – Catch a movie at the IMAX Theatre. Voyage into dramatic films or natural wonders of oceans, mountains, and animal life on the big movie screen. |
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Lake cruises – In nice weather, go for a cruise on Lake Michigan, sail north and south along the lake, with fabulous views of the Chicago skyline. |
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 Seadog Cruises – 30 min. speedboat rides (you can get wet), April to October. |
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Tallship Windy – 1 ½ hours on the lake on a sailing ship (hardy sailors can help with sails), May to October. |
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Shoreline Sightseeing – 30 min. lake cruise, April to October.
Tip: If you’re going to the Field Museum, take the Shoreline water taxi from Navy Pier to Museum Campus. |
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Gateway Park and Beaches – At the entrance to Navy Pier, Gateway Park has benches, grass for picnics, and fountains to play in on a hot day. Or walk directly north to Ohio Street Beach to play on a long curving sand beach, and listen to the waves of Lake Michigan lapping against the shore. |
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Tip: A free trolley (blue line) goes in a loop to and from Navy Pier, on Grand and Illinois Streets, crossing N. Michigan Ave. Daily, year round. |
