family fun

The wait is finally over! After months of anticipation, the all-new Utica Children’s Museum has announced its official opening date.

It may be snowing, but that doesn't mean we can't start planning for the summer. The Big Bounce America Tour, featuring the world’s largest bounce house, is returning to Upstate New York.

Another option for entertainment for the whole family is coming to Albany. Urban Air Adventure Park is the largest indoor adventure park in the world. The plan is to open one in Albany at the end of February.

All aboard! Take a beautiful scenic trip on the Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway. This train line was originally built in 1864 by the Adirondack Company. The line was refurbished and begins at the Corinth Station and runs through the Southern Adirondacks region. The standard coach is a historic locomotive that was first built in 1943. Passengers can ride in first class, standard coach, or the open-air seating car that features picnic tables. This train runs on Saturdays and Sundays. Each scenic ride is ninety minutes. There are themed rides too including fall train tours.

Growing up in the Capital Region in the 1980s, it was fun to travel up the Northway and spend the day at The Great Escape Amusement Park (formerly Storytown). We couldn't wait to get there and travel through Ghost Town and become a deputy with Marshal Wild Windy Bill McKay. But one of the highlights of the day was the death-defying high dive act.

Between the intriguing action happening at the mill, the collection of tractors on site, the kids zone, and the hard cider slushies - it's the perfect family friendly way to spend a summer or fall day.

The aquarium is expected to be 80,000 square feet with the potential for a 600,000-gallon tank.

New York has some of the bet ziplines in the country

We’d talk, and my dad would quiz us on movies and history and other stuff. Does this kind of dinner still exist?

New for 2021, Peterpaul is offering daily "fun bands" that include laser tag.

Winter is here and you don't want to be outside for long periods of time. That's why it's great that there's a place nearby where it doesn't feel like winter.

Turn your family into night prowlers at the Utica Zoo just in time for the summer solstice.