The place is great for families - we have young children and the kids liked to check out the various exhibits and interactive science activities. Big hit was Dino exhibit and also the bubble experiment where they were inside a life size bubble. Lots of cool things - cost was approx $90 for family pass for 4. Also it was Christmas holidays so it was pretty busy. We brought our own snacks also to avoid unnecessary expensive foods.

We (two adult couples) really enjoyed the interactive exhibits. Would have loved to see the space themed section but we were a week too early so it was closed. The special exhibit looked good but was too busy so we just rushed through it.

This museum is an excellent place for families with young children under 14. There are lots and lots of hands on fun exhibits with excellent explanations. Children ( and us oldies) were kept amused for hours. Perhaps not the place for you if you don’t like the sound of lots of children having fun. We watched the animal kingdom imax which was interesting.

This looked like such a wonderful science centre but unfortunately it was so full of hundreds of children in groups - I assume holiday clubs, that it made it impossible to have a go of many of the attractions. Instead we went downstairs to the Tim Horton's hockey exhibition which was far quieter and spent our time there. This was excellent! Really informative and lots of interactive exhibits to keep our family entertained. Would love to visit on a quieter day to really have the full experience of the science centre.

We spent over 3h and enjoyed every moment. The featured exhibit of ice hockey was better than expected with some fun interactive exhibits. Upstairs the 2 permanent exhibits of Explore and Fabrik were very cool. Explore boasts life-sized science and does not disappoint. Some activities weren’t obvious what to do but once you figured it out, it was amazing. For example, the Let’s take a spin activity – the instructions do not indicate what to do: you need to spin the wheel, then sit on the stool, when you lean the wheel to the right, you rotate on stool to the right because the gyroscopic effect is moving you. The Bernoulli effect defied gravity as you use an air gun to float a beach ball through hoops sideways. The standing bubble maker was great fun too. As was the “does it float?” activity that was a lot of fun with water. The Human exhibit was informative but not exciting. The Fabrik – Creativity Factory exhibit was better than expected. The name completely mislead us. Fabrik boasts “enter into an imaginative workshop space where experimentation and inventiveness are your most important tools.” It was roped off so you had to be given entrance by a staff member – this is to prevent overcrowding. Once we entered, the friendly staff picked us an activity and explained our goal. The goals started at simple and could be modified to make them more challenging. We tried 2 different activities: “create a floating structure that can carry at least 250 grams” and “build something that can travel down a clothesline’s cables”. The provided supplies for the floating structure had holes in them so you had to really focus to create a structure that would not just float but hold weight. We created, experimented, tested then we cheered and laughed at our successes and failures. Next visit we hope we have time to try find a way for the ball to fall from the balcony to the ground without lighting up and build something that uses wind to move along the track. The level of science interaction was superior to the museum we’ve visited in NYC and Boston; partially because the exhibits were very interactive but also because it had enough exhibits of varying levels to appeal to older and younger kids. And we adults tried all the activities too! There was also a wedding being set up. What an unusual location for a wedding but we guess that room had magnificent views of the St. Lawrence River with floor to ceiling glass walls. Would we go back? Yes. Do we think the extra charge for international visitors is wrong? Absolutely!