First stop was the new movie theater called Cinetopia. There are 3 different styles of theater there. The first one is the GXL screen, which is an 80ft large screen and great surround sound. The second type of theater is the Living Room, and the last type was the master suite. So far, we have tried the GXL and the Living Room.
First of all, the website said that the GXL seats are reclining. Not really. I would call them rockers. The screen was huge though. We saw X Men there, and the sound and picture were both great. Next, we tried the Living Room to see Maleficent. The theater was smaller than your average one, and it had big framed pictures up on the wall, and nice reclining chairs, with tables. We really enjoyed this theater. Next time, we will need to try the master suite room. All the seats are love seats.
Thanks to Groupon, we were able to score some discount tickets. For $18.95, you receive 2 movie tickets, and a $6 concession stand voucher. It seemed like a good deal, so I bought 4 sets. The theater is more expensive than our local AMC. A regular screen will run you $10.50 for adults, and a 3D screen will be $12.50. Of course, the big money maker is the concession stand. Our $6 vouchers didn't go far. That is a medium popcorn in Noah's hand. I believe that was over $6. A small (think child size) soda was $4.75.
Prairie Fire is a nice place to walk around and window shop. We walked into the chocolate shop, and Fat Brain Toys. On a second trip back, the kids picked out a couple of toys that were reasonably priced. Nik picked out something called Carnivorous Creations. Basically, he is going to grow a Venus Flytrap. Yay. Noah picked out a tornado tube. All he needs are a couple of soda bottles and the tube will create a tornado. It's a cool little science toy.
We decided to have lunch at Rock 'N Brews, the restaurant owned by Kiss. The seating was interesting, because they were big tables where you sat together with strangers. The restaurant has huge glass walls that open up, so there is plenty of outdoor seating. Rock music from the 80's is played at high volume, which I loved. I did not mention to Noah that we were going to a restaurant with a Kiss theme, so he was pleasantly surprised when we walked inside.
Noah asked me to make sure I take a picture of the Kiss picture.
We had a very friendly waiter, who filled us in on the menu. He was very prompt in taking our order, and asked if we were in a hurry. I assume they ask this due to the movie theater across the street. I thought this might be a sign that we were going to wait a while for our food, but service was actually pretty quick.
The kids ordered chicken and a burger, while Alex and I ordered fish tacos and a club sandwich. The portions were pretty big. I ended up taking home half my sandwich to eat for dinner later that night. Price for lunch was around $60.
Prairie Fire also contains the new Natural History Museum. Now here is where I'm not going to give such a great review. For $20 each, I would expect more. My kids are museum fanatics. They have been to some of the best in the country. Sadly, this new museum isn't great. It's probably a step below ok.
From the outside, it looks huge.
From the inside, not so much.
We walked into the Great Hall. It would be allot greater if they had more in it. There is one big dinosaur fossil.
There is also a wall with large touch screens, where kids can create their own dinosaur, or in the case of my kids, a dragon. Meet their creation, Spikey. Once the kids created him, we were able to see him fly over on the big screen.
The Great Hall also contains a small store, and a bunch of wasted open space. Such a shame. I think they could have utilized the space so much better. We also visited the the traveling H2O exhibit. The kids really liked it.
The different displays were informative, and the kids learned from them. They even got a chance to touch an ice block, and learn the science behind it, and what climate change means.
Our beautiful planet. We need to take better care of it.
More hands on exhibits.
We were in and out of the water exhibit in less than 30 minutes.
I probably would make another return visit, depending on what the traveling exhibit is. If it is something that would interest the kids, I would do it. Otherwise, no thanks.
Prairie Fire is a nice little corner of town to spend time at the theater and to have a meal. I'm glad we tried it. And we will definitely be back.
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