Kidzania Trip #2

William LOVED Kidzania so much, we decided to go back.   The free entrance ticket for me helped.  It's rough paying $25 just to get in to 'watch' your kid.  Don't mind paying for the kid, but it was nice that I could get in for free.

We got there early enough to be closer to the front of the line, and one of the first ones in.  They start letting you in early, which is nice.  You have to wait until the starting time to get into your first 'job,' but  you can at least be in line on the first one you want to do~

This sign says how many children (8), how long you'll have to wait (30 min), how old you have to be (6+), and how much money you'll make (+8).  If it was one you have to pay money, it would say (-8).  But, pay attention.  On the left side, under the character, is a blue E.  That means English is spoken here.  All of the people are trained, but some show you pictures and descriptions of what to do in English, and instruct in Japanese and simple English phrases.  If your child is timid, watch for these!

 William chose pilot as his first job of the day (the longest wait line, usually, so a good choice).  They use these hair nets to not contaminate the hats they'll wear.

This activity will be instructed in English. Usually, there are two each night that are only done in English.  Japanese parents want their children to hear more English, so this can be popular.  But they do prompt in Japanese, as well.  :)

Since they go up stairs to get in the plane, we could only view by the cameras inside.  William is the tall one on the left.  You only see the top of his head.  The sign says the kids will exit by the restaurant, not the stairs they went up on.  The next class will be flight attendants.

He is now sitting in the pilot's seat.  It is a simulator, and a pretty good one.  Here, they are making more money by taking photos that you can purchase for ¥1,000.

There's a sucker born every minute.

And here are the flight attendants being prepped to go up.  William LOVED flying the plane!

William is towards the back, but he has exited the airplane.  I really think the flight attendants should get to go down and inflated slide for their exit.  :)

William now wants to be a pilot when he grows up and is reading every plane book he can get at the library.  Here's the simulator/pilot video:  (sometimes I have to click on the text to make the video appear):

William chose to be a reporter (from Uncle Dean's job to Aunt Jeannette's).  He was assigned to go report on one of the activities/jobs at Kidzania (he got to choose).  After he brought back his notes, he typed them up himself, and they published it for him!

He loved what he wrote about so much, he went and did it.  They make and test paper airplane designs.  There's a nod to Papa Bill there!

And this is what I did.  I sat and read a book!

And we got out a bit earlier than last time (William is quick) and got an express train with seats all the way home.  In Japan, that's as good as, "and they lived happily ever after!"