Family Attractions in Virginia Beach

Virginia Air & Space Center

Apollo 12 at the Virginia Air & Space Center

If you are planning a vacation with your family to Virginia Beach, Virginia, you can, of course, plan to spend some time on the beach. Additionally, however, you might enjoy alternative activities to entertain and delight your family. Virginia Beach offers many exciting opportunities for vacation fun through tours, theaters and cruises.

A Virginia Air and Space Center Tour is a must for families that wish to educate their kids about the Air and Space Program in the United States. The Virginia Air and Space Center is the official Visitors Center for NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air force Base. The Center is home to several permanent exhibitions and you will come face to face with the Apollo 12 command module and a DC 9 aircraft while you are visiting the Center.

Because it is an interactive center, you and your children will enjoy dozens of hands on exhibits from which you gain experiential knowledge of how flight machines work. You can even pilot a shuttle or rocket via an interactive flight simulator at this family attraction in Virginia Beach.

Another great family attraction in Virginia Beach is a Spirit of Norfolk Cruise. The Spirit of Norfolk Cruises includes two options for when you want to cruise the beautiful and scenic Elizabeth River in Virginia Beach. Along with beautiful scenery, the Spirit of Norfolk Dinner Cruise and the Spirit of Norfolk Lunch Cruise both offer close up views of gigantic battleships and aircraft carriers of the Atlantic Fleet at the Norfolk Naval Base. When you cruise on the Spirit of Norfolk, you will enjoy great entertainment, beautiful sights and delicious food appropriate to the cruise that you take. When you are treating your whole family to entertainment such as this, it is fun and economical to combine the entertainment with a special meal.

Another way to combine great entertainment with a delicious meal in Virginia Beach is to visit the Mystery Dinner Playhouse. The Mystery Dinner Playhouse in Virginia Beach combines a comedic mystery thriller with a delicious four-course dinner. Your serving staff at the Mystery Dinner Playhouse doubles as the cast for an interactive play. The play is interactive, so it is always fresh and unexpected because of audience input.

While the actors entertain you and serve you food, they will also give you clues to place in your clue dossier. You will have "bribe money" to coax the suspects in to giving you better clues so that your might win the super sleuth award given at the end of the evening. You can imagine how excited your child would be if he or she were to win the super sleuth award for the play that you attend.

With so many activities available to you and your family, Virginia Beach is the perfect holiday spot for your next vacation. Of course, you will not want the whole vacation to pass without an Oceanside visit. You will want to treat your family to a day on the beach while you are in Virginia Beach.