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Atlanta Recommedations??
We are headed to ATL the first wekeend in June for 3 days. We are staying at the Mariott Marquis downtown.
it will be me, DH, 6yr old DS flying in. we're meeting my brother, SIL and their kids (10 and 11) - they are driving from Greenville, SC.
We are planning on the aquarium one day and the new Legoland Center another day. What else would be great family activities?
Should we rent a car? it looks like there is a MARTA stop at the hotel from the airport and the aquarium is only 5 blocks from the hotel - so walkable. thoughts?
Re: Atlanta Recommedations??
I live in Atlanta. The aquarium is great. The world of Coca Cola can also be fun. It's the history of the soda but also has a fun tasting room of soda from all over the world. Those are located off Centennial Olympic park. Which has a fun water fountain for kids to play in. You can walk to those.I haven't been to Lego Land yet it just opened it looks fun. You could also see if the braves are in town a baseball game with kids can be a lot of fun. Our Zoo is also nice.
You mentioned taking Marta. For most people Atlanta is a driving city. We drive almost everywhere. It also means traffic can be brutal. I live near our "Central Park" Piedmont Park so have a more walk-able area than most parts of the city.
The places you mentioned you can take Marta. The Lenox stop would be where Lego Land is, if you aren't used to walking it will be a long walk from the station to Lego land. So if what you want to do is off the Marta lines and you are here for a few days it would be easiest.
Since you are with kids, Mellow Mushroom Pizza would be a good place for dinner. It's a local chain with great pizza. If you or your DH drink beer try Sweetwater it's brewed here in Atlanta. It's a few blocks North of your hotel.
Have fun and bring sunblock. It's usually hot and sunny in June.
Yeah, you would need to get off at Lenox, and then LegoLand is in Phipps. I would highly, highly recommend getting tickets in advance. Also, right now, the only food in Phipps that isn't a sit down restaurant is Moe's, and they are adding a Subway and Johnny Rockets. You can't take food into LegoLand, but they sell food there, and it isn't very good and is quite pricey.
The children's museum is right by the Aquarium, as is the Coke Museum. Fernbank is an awesome museum but you would need a car.
I would rent a car. MARTA really sucks and you will be very limited on where you will be able to go. You could make it work if you really hated the idea of renting a car, but there are a LOT of places that Marta doesn't go.
The CNN studio tour is interesting. The kids would probably enjoy the Tullie Smith Farm at the Atlanta History Center.
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/cms/Smith+Family+Farm/117.html
The birth home of MLK, Jr. is also cool http://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm