My three year old loves Peppa Pig. While this character is a bit rude, as most toddlers can be, the show promotes diversity, real life toddler struggles, and is entertaining for both children and parents. Peppa Pig World of Play has only been open for a few weeks, but is housed in the biggest outlet mall in our area, Great Lakes Crossing – so it’s getting a ton of traffic. We finally made a trip while I was on vacation from work last week. Check out my review below.

Cost

First things first, how much did this adventure cost us? Each play session is booked in 90 minute intervals. The price is about $23 per child and adult pair. Additional children over 6 months old are $5 and additional adults are $15. My aunt came on this adventure with the girls and I – our total cost was $45. A few local business have coupons for 20% off of walk up prices, of course I left mine at home *facepalm*. Despite the verbiage on the websites, ordering online is only around $5 cheaper.

In addition to the cost of entry, there is a small picnic lunch area where you can purchase anything from light snacks to an adult or child picnic basket lunch. The options are actually reasonable – think County Fair food prices. Plus, you can purchase a variety of items from the gift shop. Included in these items are photos you can take at a DIY photo booth near the entry. You can purchase a printout of your gang, which will print on a little Peppa Pig hilly background at the gift shop for $20. Included is a frame and link to a digital download of the photo.

Now that we’ve assessed the cost of the trip – let’s talk about where the red bus will take you!

Peppa Pig World of Play Activities

The first thing you will do is board (walk through) the big bus in order to enter. Y’all there is SO much to do in this place that I feel we could spend an entire day there. I’ll try to recap each activity to the best of my memory. I don’t know the “official” names for many of these locations, so enjoy my made up ones.

Almost all of the activities are perfect for my 3 year old. She could enjoy this place for another 2-3 years without getting bored as well as venture to play on the structures without dragging me along. My 1 year old, obviously, required much more supervision and couldn’t play on many of the structures. She was either too short to reach things or the structures were too high up (so high that she might have fallen off). Next time, I will probably either leave her at home or bring my husband so that one of us can chase her around and the other can keep an eye on the older one.

The Maze

After a stop at the DIY photo booth, our first activity was the grassy maze. It’s a small green area designed for crawling. There are also a couple of hidden books where animal statues are hidden. Towards the end of the maze is a tomato plant area. You can move the tomatoes along the “vines” and back down to their pots. The kids didn’t spend much time here. To be fair, the entire Peppa Pig Play World is so huge and open that you can see nearly every single activity from any point in the room. They were excited to touch everything.

Grandpa Pig’s Train

Next, a kid size version of Gertrude! It doesn’t actually move, but there are colorful seats the kids can sit in. The person standing in the front of the train can cause the whistle to blow and lights to come on by pulling the levers. Of course, there is a huge Grandpa Pig standing over the train and waiting for photo ops.

Grandad Dog’s Garage

Who would be the closest to Grandpa Pig? His best friend Grandad Dog and his garage of course! This area was a little tricky for my oldest daughter. It is separated into two parts sort of. First, you sit in a huge tow truck and play with the buttons. Near this truck are newspapers to play with. You can also go inside of the filling station office and look around.

The Bike Ride

The rest of this area is a big bike ride. There are little tricycles of various colors all over the place. On the ground, is a tiny road with little arrows showing you the direction to ride in. The arrows take you around traffic signs, through a car wash, and you can even stop and pump your own gas. The nozzles made realistic sounds when taken off of their hooks. Many children ask each other for gas or for help finding directions. There is a parking lot for the bikes, but like most adults the children kind of just parked however they wanted to.

Mr. Zebra’s Post Truck

In front of the garage/bike area is a huge mail truck. At first, it looked like you would just sit in it like the other vehicles. However, the back of the truck is filled with letters and boxes for mail delivery. There are different sized slots in the truck, which encourage children to place a package in its correctly sized hole.

Jumping in Muddy Puddles

This time, you don’t have to wear your boots! There’s a huge area in the middle of Peppa Pig Play World with splotches of muddy puddles in the grass. When the puddles are stepped or jumped on they make a loud squishy sound. There’s a large monitor in the area displaying the pig family. When certain puddles are jumped on, certain family members jump too! Next to the muddy puddle area is the pig family’s big red car. Like the train, it doesn’t move, but you can press buttons, sit, and move the steering wheel.

Hidden Activity – The Pig House!

Now, this activity isn’t actually hidden. However, we almost missed it along with several other families who stumbled upon this gem. There are two entrances to the pig home. One is near the back of Mr. Zebra’s Post Truck, the other is in the back If the muddy puddle area. It looks like a little hallway that could just be a restroom. If I was being smart, I would have realized the surrounding environment told us Peppa’s house was nearby.

So you’ve found the home. Inside is a replica of the pigs’ downstairs. Polly the Parrot is in the living room with a television playing The Mr. Potato Show. In the kitchen, George’s dinosaur peeks out from the fridge. There are ingredients all over the table that you can use to build a sandwich as well. The best part, is all of the weighty recyclable items on the table. You can teach your kids about shapes and recycling by placing these items in the appropriate recycling bin. They topple out of the other side of the bin structure and can be reused.

Grandma Pig’s Garden

Somewhere between the muddy puddles and Gertrude is Grandma Pig’s backyard. A huge Grandma Pig sits right in the middle with her eye on her flower garden. There’s a chicken coop in this area, like on the show. If you try to grab any of the eggs, pulling them slightly, the chickens will move a little!

Walking out from this area a bit will have you looking at the duck pond on your right side. My one year old stumbled a little, but loved this area. The pond is filled with squishy shapes you can step on to make the ducks quack.

The Treehouse and The Castle

These areas are shoeless and pretty typical for a kid’s play area. Think of a mix between Chuck E. Cheese and a park playground. It’s definitely not appropriate for babies who can’t walk yet or are afraid to lose sight of their parents when playing on their own. Luckily, we visited during a week day so there was no running or pushing by bigger kids. There’s a variety of slides and things to rock on as well. I was able to fit in all of the slides with my 3 year old, but wouldn’t have tried if it was crowded.

Rebecca Rabbit’s House

This little hill mirrored the one from the shoe. It’s also a little creepy for smaller kids. There are blocks to play with in the entry way. From there, you can crawl through holes and pass hanging vegetables and carrots in the ground to get through the structure. There are random “squeak” sounds from rabbits you can’t see and, being a hill, it is dimly lit and a little cramped.

Miss Gazelle’s Bus

Bing bong bingly bungly boo 🎶! This bus has two entrances. Don’t be like me and go in the super small kid entrance. Go in from the adult sized steps in the back. There’s a ton of seats on the bus and several instruments to play. Kids can sing along with the monitor or play their own tunes. My kids barely stayed in this structure for a few minutes because from it, you can see The Shop.

The Shop

The little shop is so much fun! There are rows of vegetables to twirl and spin as well as other items on the shelves. Near the cash register is a pile of shopping lists for different characters. The kids had a blast finding everything on the different lists. A rotating handle makes the belt at the register move – there are already groceries painted on. The register itself is an actual calculator. Kids came up to make “purchases” and talk organic carrot coupons while we were there.

The best part of Peppa Pig Play World is how these simple activities encourage kids to engage with one another, resembling a little community.

The Movie Theater

This room is a parent’s dream, especially if one of your kids needs a break from the sensory activities. There are bean bags and small areas to sit all over the room. It’s dark and quiet except for the Peppa Pig re-runs showing on the screen. If I didn’t have to be responsible and watch my kids, it would have been a great place for a nap!

The Picnic Area

The picnic area adds yet another layer of cuteness to the play area. Little tables, with high chairs available, are set up right outside of a food truck. There are small snacks, like soft pretzels, to choose from as well as full meals. We purchased the small picnic basket with a mini pizza, a juice, and a cookie. There was something else in the basket – maybe crackers or fruit, I just can’t remember because my one year old ate it while throwing a huge tantrum. For her, we also purchased milk.

There is one structure I didn’t mention because I didn’t understand it and the kids weren’t interested at all. It seemed like a mini dino land where you could build dinosaurs and crawl around. It’s right in front of The Castle.

Other Fun Facts

I couldn’t possibly include every single detail of Peppa Pig’s Play World, but I will clue you in on a few other things. The entire area is littered with life size characters to take photos with – both adult and child characters! There are nooks and crannies with hidden animals or interesting moments from the show – see if you can catch the bird come out of the clock at the pig home! You may find yourself trying to push your child to go to certain areas in order to see everything, but it’s best just to let them explore. This is an adventure that will probably be made multiple times. The activities they’ll want to do will change with their age and interests.

Tips

  • Make sure to bring or wear socks for the play structure. Don’t forget to read the posted rules in each structure.
  • Try to go on a weekday so that your kids don’t have to wait to play with the more popular activities. Online, the last time you can book is 4pm. If you show up in person after 4pm, you will have from whatever time you arrive until 6pm to exit – at regular price.
  • Keep an eye on your kids, that goes without saying. Each child and parent are given matching colored bands upon entry. Exit can only occur if a parent presses a high up exit button and leaves through double doors behind the picnic area. We weren’t checked upon leaving to ensure our bands matched, at least not to my knowledge.

Peppa Pig World of Play Rating

As a mom and a Peppa Pig fan, I give this place 5 out of 5 stars! There’s a ton of things to do, I feel that you honestly get your money’s worth. I also love that this is a place the kids would be excited to come back to.

What do you think, would you travel to one of only three locations in the world to visit Peppa Pig World of Play?

Check out how we were able to budget for this activity in the midst of purchasing Teacher’s Appreciations Week gifts here.