Mall of America?

[mjkaliszak]

I was there years ago about 7-8 times during a temporary layover in the journey of my life.
Minnesota is also known as the land of 10,000 re-habs. I never did see the entire mall, my associates ( also on layover ) had to be gainfully employed, so they got jobs at " Camp Snoopy " we primarilary used to hang out and ride the amusement park rides for free. Like said above it's called something else now. There was an another place at that time called UnderWater World that was an indoor aquarium. You could spend 1 day visiting these 2 attractions alone. If you have kids that are small it would be an adventure.
If your kids are older ( like mine ) and your wife likes to shop wildly ( like mine ) I would recommend staying out of there unless your extremely wealthy. If my family found that place my wallet would take an extreme beating that MIGHT... cut into my snowmobile fund. The mall had 3 or 4 levels if I remember correctly. Now that I'm a little older I would probably forget where my car was parked ( LOL ). I wonder if Red Pine Mapping has that place on a GPS map ??? I must admit all joking aside, it is a unique place and would be an adventure, 2-3 days worth of looking & walking & eating and shopping if your into that stuff.

 

[jr37]

We were there this spring. We decided before we left how much we would spend. Between the rides and the aquarium, you could easily spend $200. The aquarium is a little pricey, but pretty cool. So you could spend one day on rides and the aquarium and still need at least to days to see all the rest of the mall.

 

[xcr440]

One more thing I forgot to note, as others have mentioned is the aquarium, Underwater World is what it used to be called. They have sleepovers! Yup, my daughter and step daughter at the time did that with the now ex-wife. Kids loved it, ex hated it, but that was her, she hated everything.

Just another idea if you have smaller (8-13 years old) kids......

 

[t660redrocket]

No sales tax on clothes

Many people come to MOA from other states to do school shopping for clothes. They claim they can pay for a major partof their trip due to the fact that MN has no tax on clothing. To bad MN makes up for the taxes elsewhere!

I'm not sure I'd make a special trip just for the MOA. MInnepolis is a nice city to visit. Lots of things to do there. There's 12,000 lakes in MN to enjoy. Take a short drive to Duluth, MN and then further to the the North Shore of Lake Superior. Whatever you like to do is here. MOA is just part of it.

Heck, come up for Hay Days in September! The worlds largest snowmobile event!

 

[thunderstruck88]

does Michigan have sales tax on Clothes? I know PA don't have it and since Minn don't have it I may want to come up there just once to see it all any thing else in Minneaplois to do? thanks again to for all your help on this

 

[ezra]

well the twins stadium is great voted best place to See a sporting event in the USA.and down town with in 2 blocks of the ball park great night life spots.I my self like going to the horse track just a short drive from the mall like 25min I have been to allot of tracks around the us an canterbury is among the nicest.over now but the NHRA show at the state fair grounds is huge with great night cruising 2 mi up the rd crazy weekend in st Paul. I spend allot of time on lk minnetonka if just visiting there are like 5 big cruse boats on the lk you can get on one and relax have some drinks and check out some mansions. and kinda goes with out saying HAY DAYS only the biggest sled swap /grass drag any place.if you do have to do the mall the virtual nascar racing thing is cool underwater world is cool.head to stillwater nice little town on the st croix river drive from there up the river to taylors falls verry nice cliffs hilly drive when in taylors falls rent a canoe and hit the river nice cliffs some spots to stop and ether watch people jump off cliffs or poss join them wear your shoes try a 60 ft jump or just a 20 if nervous.in taylors falls short drive like 10 min to the alpine slide it is at a ski resort take the chair lift up and get a small skid you sit on and go down a luge chute be careful I know more than 1 guy who got bad road rash hitting a corner to hot.city is not my thing but my wife likes going to plays at the Guthrie and art at the the walker and what ever else people do in the city when not drinking

 

[mikeh906]

We went 1x, I worked 1/4 mile away. As a guy, I know what I want, walk in, get it, walk out. Not my idea of a vacation. But each to his own.

 

[hemi_newman]

if you want to see three or four of the same store in the mall go ahead.Its good place to hang out if your a wanna be gang banger also. I will never go there again.People are very rude.But also you will find that all through the cities.I would fly up for haydays though.

 

[upbarleyboy]

well it draws more tourists than Disney why I have no idea .I have been prob well over a doz times . I cant stand it !way to much walking if you want to go to 1 store and you park on the wrong side if you cut through the park it is still like a 10 min walk to get across.I avoid it if at all poss usually only end up going if some one is from out of town and wants to see it. I usually try to convince them to go out on the boat or something like that insted.just go to your state fair walk around in the crowd then go to carny row and pretend they are trying to sell you cell phone covers or slippers or what ever the kiosk people harass you to buy go on a few rides then head over to the mall walk around spend a g or so on crap you don't need. then find a hotel get a room and pay them a extra 75 to 100 to stay there for the night and then drive home.under watter world is cool but not worth driving more than 1 hr for the hotel watter park of America is cool if you enjoy hundreds of screaming kids and piss filled pools.if you like cheep furniture made from particleboard that you have to put together Ikea is across the street.if you have a 6hr lay over or something at MSP it is a good place to go they have a train that goes from both terminals to the mall every 20min or so.I have seen 2 good fights in the hall ways at the mall both times little ghetto boy gang bangers. and don't go there park in the ramp and close the bars on a sat night I know allot of people who got DUI at the sat night ramp DUI check point.one cool fact about the mall there is no heat system in the mall it stays warm from the people and equipment in it

So how do you really feel about the place??

 

[teamblue]

I would wait about a month and you could go to Hayday for 2 days and then to the Mall for 2 days. Both are worth it to Me.