A Mall for All Ages

Look like the city of Daytona Beach has this mall thing figured out. So many malls across North America are place for adults to shop and for kids to do pretty much nothing. As a result, neither parents or kids have a productive time while there. The best most malls do are a few coin-operated animals that suck up all the available change in Mom and Dad's pocket for a less-than-exciting experience for the child.

The Volusia Mall is the exception. They have an awesome play area that is perfect for keeping kids busy while a parent gets necessary (or even unnecessary) shopping completed. It had a wicked breakfast theme with giant waffles, eggs, bacon and cereal for the kids to climb all over. But the play area is only the tip of the iceberg.

They also have a massive bungee trampoline attraction that pulled in both Mommy and daughter on this trip. Hard to say which one had more fun, in fact the operator mentioned that Mom was the most active parent participant ever!

Lastly, and near and dear to Oliver's heart, the mall has an actual choo-choo-train that makes its way through the whole mall, tooting its horn and passing by all the shoppers. Both Oliver and Isabelle loved zipping around the mall, waving at all the onlookers. If we could have stayed there all day, I doubt we would have had many complaints!