Kidzania- Sneak Peek into an Adult's World

If you are traveling to Kuala Lumpur with your kids in tow, then a visit to the activity cum entertainment center Kidzania is definitely recommended. Kidzania is an indoor info-entertainment space that aims to teach young ones the art of dealing with the real world. Kidzania in Kuala Lumpur is located within the city’s Curve mall and is a franchise of a world-wide chain, which operates in various locations around the world.

Once children enter KidZania, they encounter a child-size replica of a real city consisting of buildings, stores, cinemas, street-lights pedestrians, vehicles, and more.  The entire enterprise encourages role-play of all sorts, as it urges children to try their hand at a profession they seem naturally inclined to or then are curious about. At the Kuala Lumpur outpost of KidZania, sixty diverse establishments offer 90 entertaining activities suitable for children aged four to twelve.

However, before the children can start off with these various activities, they have to open a saving account at the KidZania bank and receive Kidzos or the official currency used in the world of KidZania. The kids receive Kidzos in the form of cash and working debit card and they use these Kidzo to pay for a particular activity or class. For example, at the chef’s station the kids are offered Oreo-making or sushi-making classes which are both paid activities. Each establishment located within Kidzania has a listing of the amount of Kidzos needed to be dispensed with, if a child wishes to participate in the particular activity offered by the facility. The listing also has details about the expected length of time of each activity, the suitability for various ages and the amount of Kidzos, that the child will earn when he or she completes the role play at that particular station.

Armed with their Kidzos, the young ones then head towards the various KidZania establishments to try their hand at the very real-world professions like being a chef, a fireman, a TV presenter, a dentist, a pilot, a doctor, a midwife, a hairdresser  and even a CIA agent. As they perform each role, for e.g. check teeth while role-playing at being a dentist, they earn Kidzos. The kids can then choose to spend their Kidzos or then save their Kidzos for their next visit.

Accompanying parents are not allowed into the various establishments while their kids perform their ‘tasks’, though they are allowed to watch from the outside. Kidzania Kuala Lumpur is also outfitted with an  air-conditioned parent’s  lounge equipped with food and free Wi-Fi, which is located on an upper floor, where you can relax and wait while your young ones have  the time of the lives playing at working in a grown up’s world.

http://www.kidzania.com.my/