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| - Ooh, Telus Spark. More like Telus Bottle Rocket. All fizzle and not much spark, just like a July bottle rocket. I had been to the Science Centre downtown and was generally unimpressed with the interactive exhibits, but after watching Spark take shape all this time during drives down Deerfoot; I guess my hopes were set a little too high.
But the place has potential! The music and animation exhibit was probably the most fun (next to the jungle gym full of grown-ups on Adult Night!) and the area with facts about the human body and relationships was kind of neat. Placing the relationships station right next to a bunch of STI factoids is a bit of a buzzkill, though. The volunteers were pleasant and funny, without being cringeworthy.
Parking costing $5, I do agree is kind of lame, but expected. I've never been to a museum, aquarium, zoo or theme park where parking wasn't extra. If there's a C-Train station nearby, Google doesn't seem to know it yet, since their suggestion was to take the train to City Hall station and then hot-foot it for 45 minutes to Telus Spark. A $5 flat fee is actually kind of reasonable when you consider the cost of parking at other places. Maybe I've just been conditioned to think so, since parking in Calgary in general is unreasonable.
DJ Teddy Celebration at Adult Night seems to like German New Wave, which, I don't really mind, but I could understand why no one wanted to dance among the LED balloons (heyo, I just caught that pun). The hula hoops were a nice touch.
Adult Night needed to have more structure and more interesting... Adult related things to have been a hit. Not that I didn't love feeling 8 years old while climbing and exploring the jungle gym, or building pipes, but I feel like the description on the website was far more interesting than the actual activities. But, since it was just the first one, I'm sure the upcoming ones will be a lot more fun :).
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