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Dreamplay at the City of Dreams I got a couple of nieces from Guam having vacation in our house. With their parents still out of the country...

Dreamplay at the City of Dreams

I got a couple of nieces from Guam having vacation in our house. With their parents still out of the country, it’s up to us on how to keep these hyper-active kids of 5 and 9yo busy. One way would be the occasional visits to amusement parks. One such newly opened park is the DreamPlay at the City of Dreams in Manila. If you (and your kids) are a fan of DreamWorks animation like Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon to name a few. This would be really interesting to visit.

Shrek’s Swamp Stomp

DreamWorks Theme Park

DreamPlay is situated inside the City of Dreams in Manila. Being indoor, it can be visited rain or shine. Even on a weekday, DreamPlay already garnered lots of interest, evident on the long queue upon entering the park. Good thing, the place is organized and there were already some staff to assist guest so waivers can be immediately filled and data inputed through their systems. The park have weekend and weekday rates, naturally weekends are more expensive. They also have a 2-hour pass, 4-hour pass and a day pass for Kids, Adults and Toddlers. (For complete rates check below). Each visitor have an RFID wrist band to be worn while in the vicinity.

How to Train Your Dragon Slides

Real Life Video Game

Each wristband given also gathers data from its users. There are different sections in DreamPlay and each section has challenges. If kids are really competitive, they can swipe their wrisbands on each challenges and gain points from finishing them. By the time they exit, they can see how much points they have accumulated. But somehow kids are kids, like our nieces who would rather just go around and play without thinking about those points.

Among their favorites were the Shrek station where there are passages and hanging bridges and also the How to Train Your Dragon with the giant slides. The Madagascar boats were okay as they had to build their own boats and the large ball section where they can shoot rubber balls was also fun. If they were a bit older, they could have tried the more physically challenging obstacles from Kung Fu Panda like the Wall of Destiny and Thread of Enlightenment.

At the Wall of Destiny

At the Thread of Enlightenment

My nieces and nephews climbing the steel tube mesh for the slides

At the mouth of the dragon

Occasionally Po of Kung Fu Panda would appear to dance with the staff and guests

More photos, summary and rates on the next page…

Aside from having a snack, kids can learn how to cook at Chef Gingy’s Kitchen

Summary

DreamPlay at the City of Dreams is a visual treat. Like I said, it’s like being inside the animated world and for sure kids (and adults) who likes DreamWorks animation would surely enjoy it. Since this is primarily a kids amusement park, the kids rate is much higher than the adults rate. If adults participate it would be much expensive as well. As for the games and challenges they were engaging and have enough for everyone of varying age though I think young teens would enjoy this more than toddlers. Ideally 4 hours would be enough to cover the area but if you want to really maximize, a day-pass would be better than paying for each extra hour.

Be prepared for a long queue

DreamPlay at the City of Dreams
Operating Hours: 10am to 10pm
Contact: (+632) 808–0909

Rates:

WEEKEND TICKET RATES
Ticket Type	Kids	Adult	Toddlers (2-4yo)
4 Hour Pass	880	400	100
Extra Hour	300	150	–
Day Pass	1,500	680	100

WEEKDAY TICKET RATES
Ticket Type	Kids	Adult	Toddlers (2-4yo)
4 Hour Pass	680	300	50
2 Hour Pass	480	260	50
Extra Hour	300	150	–
Day Pass	1,500	680	100

Build your boat and race it!

Ball canons and guns

The City of Dreams Manila