Renovated Theme Park in Puerto Rico | Parque De Las Ciencias

The Science Park in Bayamón just reopened after being closed for seven years. It's the biggest educational park in Puerto Rico and has a unique focus on Puerto Rican history, ecology, and scientific achievements. Hi everyone! Today we're going to the Parque de las Ciencias in Bayamón. This park actually opened in 1988 and Gabby remembers coming here as a kid and this park was closed for seven years after Hurricane Maria and they just reopened it, so we're super excited to take Vespa here to have a really fun time. Right now we're on the train exploring the park. This park is really huge. I can't believe how many things there are to do here. We just had a super fun train ride around the park. The park is so much bigger than I expected. It's huge. There's so much to see and do here. We're going to start in this building in the Instituto Multiverso. Let's see what this is. This is so pretty in here. This is beautiful. So all this equipment here is from the original Arecibo telescope and Vespa really likes these little frogs. We're going to go in the Space Institute. So this place seems like really fun for bigger kids. They have this simulator thing here that looks really fun for bigger kids. So in this little area we have some history of like space exploration and especially like famous Puerto Ricans that have been astronauts, so that's really cool and this is a beautiful area. Okay now we're going to go into Jardin Semi. No idea what this is going to be. Let's see. So this area is fun. It has the history of the indigenous people of Puerto Rico and it's fun because it has like these kind of interactive characters talking about the history. So the science lab thing is by schedule so you have to look at the schedule to do that. So now we're going to go in the terrarium. So the reptile terrarium is really beautiful. It's really beautiful inside. You do have to wait to enter with a group because it can get too crowded but they had this really cute bearded dragon at the front that they're letting the kids pet and Vesper loved it. I think this is her favorite part so far. She kept saying more lizard, more lizard. I think the turtle's fun. Now we're going into the Instituto Pequeños Exploradores. The zoo area and the star attraction of this is the hippo. Well apparently Tommy the hippopotamus is really famous. He was born in 1972 so he's older than us and he came here in 1987. Wow hippo. A gen x hippo. This area is really nice because you can walk inside it and get really good views of the macaws and Vesper loves macaws. Vesper enjoyed getting to practice all the animal names she had learned in books and on tv. Mini city on the side of the park. It's really cute and it has old cars and I think that the kids at some point should be able to go in the houses but right now the houses are closed. So there's actually a sit-down restaurant at the at this end of the park so we're gonna try it out because we're pretty hungry. This is a calabaza risotto. This food is delicious. If you come to the park definitely come over to this restaurant. It's delicious food and they have a lot of options. We would actually come back to the park just to eat the ropa vieja arepas here again. You want one? Other activities in the park include train rides, a variety of musical and educational shows, boat rentals on a pond that circles the park, a large playground, a petting zoo, shopping for adorable kids toys, endless photo opportunities and several quality dining options. We had a great day in Parque de las Ciencias in Bayamón. How amazing that this park has reopened finally after seven years. This is a great place to take kids of all ages. There's things for toddlers as well as it seems like most of the activities are oriented more towards like school age kids but a lot of things for everyone of all ages even adults like right now they're having a concert of boleros which are like traditional romantic songs and we just had a great day. There's so much to do. It's a huge area to walk around and run around so if you want your kids to get tired out on the weekend this is a great place to come. For us the highlights were definitely the reptile terrarium. Vesper loves lizards and snakes and they actually had a lizard that they were letting them pet and a turtle that was walking around and we also actually really loved the restaurant Hacienda Angelina. It was absolutely delicious. It was really a treat. Anyway we had a great day although something unfortunate that happened is that while we were taking a couple photos on the steps for the thumbnail somebody stole our video camera so that really stinks because we can't really afford to replace it but things happen and it goes to show you have to be really really careful which if you're a toddler parent you know it's really hard to keep track of all your stuff and your kid at the same time because priority has to be keeping the kid alive but anyway this is a wonderful place to visit if you're looking for something to do with your kids on the weekend. It's pretty educational too especially if you actually take the time to read what the exhibits say and there's just a great variety for kids of all ages.