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Andy Alligator's Fun Park
- Location:
- 3300 Market Place
- Phone:
- 405-321-7275
- Description:
- Enjoy countless hours at Oklahoma's newest family fun park. This eight-acre indoor/outdoor complex has something for everyone. From 18 holes of miniature golf to the newest East coast craze, miniature bowling. Battle at the Water Wars station or take a swing at the high tech softball and baseball batting cages. Andy Alligator's also has the state's largest recreational rock climbing wall, bumper cars, and a family friendly go-kart track. Children ages seven through twelve can test their driving skills in the state's only rookie cars. Redeem tickets for great prizes in the arcade and try some fabulous food from Andy Alligator's cafè and pizzeria. Indoor/outdoor banquet areas and additional meeting rooms are available with full multimedia capabilities for private/corporate parties, meetings, banquets and company picnics. No matter what your age, birthday parties are always special at Andy Alligator's.
Open Sunday-Thursday from 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Friday from 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.; Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Andy Alligator's Water Park
- Location:
- 3300 Market Place
- Phone:
- 405-321-7275
- Description:
- Coming in May 2012! 45-foot tower with Oklahoma's only four lane mat racer water slide! 400-foot tube slide! 700-feet of Lazy River including its own beach! Largest aquatic play structure for kids in Oklahoma... 800 gallons of water dumped from more than 50 interactive features like jets!
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Discovery Cove Nature Center
- Location:
- 1201 Clear Bay Ave.
- Phone:
- 405-321-5670
- Description:
- Features displays of native snakes and animals, furs and artifacts. The Cove offers programs throughout the year, including fishing clinics, Dutch oven cooking, trail hikes, and animal tracking. A Park Naturalist is available for group programs outside of the park. Open 5 days a week, depending on the season.
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Hey Day Entertainment Center
- Location:
- 3201 Market Place
- Phone:
- 405.310.3500
- Description:
- Come see why Hey Day has been nominated as Best Family Entertainment by both the Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Gazette. HeyDay has Central Oklahoma?s largest and coolest laser tag arena. Two-level, 7,000 sq. ft. of fog-filled, black lit adventure, where up to 40 players traverse ramps, hide behind illuminated pillars and weave between arches, playing tag and scoring points. Great fun and great exercise. Must be 6 years old to play. HeyDay also has a large arcade of your favorite redemption and video games. Above the arcade, HeyDay has the only indoor Ropes Course in Central Oklahoma. Come climb around 13 feet above the crowd and take your fun to new heights!! Must be 48 inches tall to experience the Ropes Course. Outside, HeyDay hosts the most beautiful mini-golf course you have seen. Built around a large waterfall, the course has 4 ponds, a hole surrounded by water and holes with varying degrees of difficulty, making it fun for all ages. Finally, after working up an appetite doing all the fun things HeyDay has to offer, experience the best pizza around!! DoubleDaves Pizzaworks is unlike any pizza you have had. Made fresh every day from scratch!! Come see why there is no place like HeyDay!!!
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Hollywood Theatres Spotlight 14
- Location:
- 1100 North Interstate Drive
- Phone:
- 405-579-0923
- Description:
- 14 theatres of first run Hollywood blockbusters.
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National Weather Center
- Location:
- 120 David L. Boren Blvd.
- Phone:
- 405-325-2151
- Description:
- The National Weather Center is a 250,000 s.f. facility with more than 550 scientists, meterologists, climatologists, engineers, students and staff from the University of Oklahoma, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and multiple state agencies working together to improve the understanding of the Earth's atmosphere and severe weather events.
Tours of the NWC offer a behind-the-scene look into the OU School of Meteorology, the center's enclosed observation deck, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, the Norman National Weather Service Forecast Office and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Public tours are offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1:00 p.m. and last approximately an hour and a half. All tours require a reservation Please call or schedule a tour online at least two weeks in advance. All visitors must pass security to enter the facility.
Be sure to stop by the Flying Cow Cafe for lunch or a quick snack. And look for Dorothy from the movie The Twister.
For more information, call or visit their website.
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Norman Welcome Center
- Location:
- 2424 Springer Drive, Suite 107
- Phone:
- 405-366-8095
- Description:
At the Norman Welcome Center, talk to the Norman experts - especially the ones with kids - about family fun things to do in and around Norman. Pick up a copy of the Official Norman Visitor Guide, maps, and materials on nearly 40 attractions in Norman, Oklahoma City and the state.
Open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to one hour before kick-off on game days.
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Perfect Swing Family Fun Center
- Location:
- 1900 Ann Branden Boulevard
- Phone:
- 405-360-1800
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Robinson Crossing 6 Movie Theatre
- Location:
- 1300 North Interstate Drive
- Phone:
- 405-447-1005 | 405-573-4928
- Description:
- Miss a movie the first time around? See it the second time around at Norman's "dollar theatre".
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Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
- Location:
- 2401 Chautauqua
- Phone:
- 405-325-4712
- Description:
- Six breathtaking galleries give you an in-depth tour of more than 500 million years of Oklahoma's fascinating natural history. Explore Oklahoma's indigenous people, native landscapes and dinosaurs including the worlds largest Apatosaurus and a Guinness-World-Record-Holding Pentaceratops. Then enjoy the hands-on exploration and fun of the discovery room. The Special Exhibitions Gallery offers several traveling exhibitions through the year, so there is always something new to see.
Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 youth ages 6 to 17. Free for children ages 5 and under. It is also open Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day and Memorial Day. Group tours, event rentals, educational programs and birthday parties are available. Please check their website for information on special exhibitions, events and programs for children and adults.
Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, & New Year's Day)
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Sooner Bowling Center
- Location:
- 550 24th Ave. N.W.
- Phone:
- 405-360-3634
- Description:
A truly family-friendly facility, Sooner Bowling Center is locally owned and operated and smoke-free. For more information, visit: www.soonerbowl.com
Hours of operation:
Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
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Thunderbird Riding Stables
- Location:
- 1150 Clear Bay Ave.
- Phone:
- 405-321-5768
- Description:
- Hit the trail for a day of old west fun. Ride horseback through more than 500 historic acres and actually see where the Oklahoma Land Run took place! Horses can be rented by the hour, and hayrides are available for parties of all sizes. Reservations are required.
