What is the cheapest thing to do at American Dream Mall

amother

OP ↓

Today at 3:19 am

I'd like to take my kids to American Dream and do one cheap but fun activity. We are not picky but cost is a factor. If there is one cheap activity that would be fun for 11- 13 year old boy/girl what would that be.

Thank you

amother

Seashell

Today at 3:34 am

I think the cheapest thing is tilt optical illusions I think $15/person

Bnei Berak 10

Today at 3:37 am

I've never been there but I guess not visiting at all would be the cheapest.

amother

Turquoise

Today at 3:39 am

Maybe try one of the tchotchke stores to buy inexpensive hair accessories/ keychains? This way, they leave with something and the excitement lasts longer.

amother

Vermilion

Today at 4:57 am

amother OP wrote:

The mirror maze might be 10. I have a 14 and 12 year old who loved it

amother

Beige

Today at 5:04 am

amother OP wrote:

You can do some rides at nickolodean a la cart- it’s a point system. So maybe can pick like 2-3 rides for each. Not sure what it comes out to but you don’t need to buy everyone an admission ticket

bestme

Today at 5:11 am

The address might have some things on sale now. There is always a $10 table of books there. You could get a book or socks or overpriced headbands and still come out cheaper than any activity.

You could go to toys r us and let each child choose 1 fancy drink such as milkshake.

amother

↑ OP

Today at 5:29 am

bestme wrote:

Dumb question but is all food in the mall kosher and cholov yisroel?

cnc

Today at 5:31 am

amother OP wrote:

Dumb question but is all food in the mall kosher and cholov yisroel?

No.
There’s a kosher food court and toys r us has a hechsher.

amother

Taupe ↓

Today at 5:35 am

amother OP wrote:

Dumb question but is all food in the mall kosher and cholov yisroel?

No only toys r us and bravo pizza is cholov yisroel. There is also a lot of non kosher food. Do not eat anything without checking for a hechsher. Other dairy if kosher is cholov stam. Chickies and a falafel place next door to it are also kosher. Those plus bravo are upstairs in the food court.

amother

Lilac ↓

Today at 5:46 am

Everything is expensive…like we checked out the arcades snd used up our points in seconds.

How long does optical illusions last for the money?

amother

NeonOrange

Today at 5:55 am

Don’t just look at price… look at how long it will take. Mirror maze was fun but took less than 10 min… so $1 a minute wasn’t that cheap…

amother

Milk

Today at 5:58 am

I did ice skating and pizza with kids that age. Ice skating is cheaper if you buy tickets online in advance. Probably not the cheapest, but not the most expensive. Then browsing stores like it's sugar, etc. It was a fun day.

amother

Pistachio ↓

Today at 5:59 am

amother OP wrote:

Dumb question but is all food in the mall kosher and cholov yisroel?

Absolutely not, most isn't kosher.
Toys R us has a kosher cafe. Then there's Bravo Pizza & Chickies. Only those 3 places have a reputable hashgacha. Some other kiosks like Cinnabon, Dunkin... also sell kosher things, but their hashgacha is not so reputable.

amother

Navyblue

Today at 6:01 am

amother Pistachio wrote:

Excuse me? Kof K is considered an extremely reliable and reputable hechsher.

The other stores are Chalav stam, true, but the hechsher is reliable.

Ironically, the hechsher on toys r us isn't held of by many, despite it being Chalav Yisrael

oohlala

Today at 6:03 am

Tilt museum was more like 20 a person, very short and I thought extremely overpriced

amother

Springgreen

Today at 6:05 am

OP it’s a regular mall that also has a few kosher restaurants and frum stores inside it. So you’ll still have plenty of non tznius type of stores and ads etc all throughout the mall just FYI.

In terms of activities, we loved the activate and I think that would be great for your kids ages. It was $25 per person if I remember correctly and we spent about 45 minutes there I think? I don’t remember exactly but it was really fun and different.

amother

↑ Pistachio ↓

Today at 6:17 am

amother Navyblue wrote:

I didn't say that it's not reliable. I said that it's not reputable. As in many yeshivish people don't hold of that hechsher.

amother

Topaz ↓

Today at 6:24 am

Activate is worth the price IMO. It’s $25 and lasts about 40 min I think.