The Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium provides Kansas City's best connection to the night sky and beyond, combining participatory astronomy education, magnificent public shows, and telescope viewing possibilities. Live guided star tours, astronomy programs, and educational documentaries are among the daily public shows. Evenings feature mind-blowing light shows set to music by The Beatles, Queen, Michael Jackson, and others!
My daughter and I lay on one of the big poufs on the floor and my husband sat in a seat near us.
The preshow was awesome; it was just soft music and pictures of space. My daughter loves space. She's almost 8.
The show started (The Magic Treehouse) and it was a bit silly. Like something you'd take a first graders to see on a field trip. But, I'm not a spoil sport so I adjusted my expectations and snuggled into my pouf. Honestly, the most egregiously unrealistic thing to me was the idea of Morgan Le Fey & Merlin being friends and either of them interacting with children in a positive manner. But I'm kind of a giant nerd. Neither of them ended up actually being in the show anyway.
I'm almost positive I would have gotten motion sickness if I hadn't been laying down so... Yay for poufs!
The best part was the twist ending which I legitimately didn't see coming.
But as for the planetarium itself: We were comfortable, it wasn't too crowded, tickets were reasonable, it was a smooth and enjoyable experience.
30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States
