Illuminarium Las Vegas

Decided to check this place out from an advertisement we saw on YouTube. This place is a pretty cool location right across the street from the always trippy Area 15 and Omega Mart. The cafe looked delicious, but we had no time as it was the time for the show. The pre-show was very informative and the big guy who was our safari guide did his job great! Guess now is the time to mention we went to the Africa safari show. The show it self is fun and the interactive floor of the room made it worth walking around. The thunderstorm portion felt incredible to stand in. My only complaint is that you can find yourself getting slightly bored after the initial wonder wears off.

Out of this world experience(literally)! Had a glimpse of the future while still on earth. History shows how the USSR and US of A has pioneered outer space travel without limitations. Although America was first to land humans on moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". There's just so much to be seen and observed mostly both thrilling and exhilarating. A must see in Las Vegas in 2023 and beyond.

We went to the late night Space After Dark. That is only open for 21 and over, with a bar available, and an option to buy a $10 drink with your ticket. Two rooms, one about 20 x 40 feet, where a DJ was doing his thing. The walls and floors were covered with graphics as if we were inside a space station. Pretty cool music and video. The second room was quite a bit larger, probably nearly four times as big. It had wall-to-wall video completely surrounding the entire L-shaped room, playing a nearly 1 hour video of all sorts of cool space stuff, launches, landings, planets, moons, comets, astrology, asteroids and more. It was fun and interesting. The music was very fitting, and the sound was good. It actually became quite immersive with the floor and walls being part of the effects. I guess I was just expecting more rooms, or other stuff. Definitely different, that's for sure. A unique experience, but not really overwhelming or super fantastic. But, it was cool and fun. It would have been a much better effect if the ceilings were done the same way.

I saw the space exhibition. A planetarium experience would be cheaper and far more engaging. The interactive floor was very underwhelming and very bad, for example, the footsteps on the moon would place footsteps wherever your shadow was, as opposed to where you were placing your feet. Its something that can keep young people preoccupied. The scenery was cool to see on large walls, but it was in essence just space imagery projected on the wall. When I was sitting through the introduction video before going into the main room (only those two rooms for the whole exhibit), I had a projected light shining directly in my face. Considering they place the seats, this was an avoidable inconvenience.

This experience was so interesting. Kid friendly.. wish it would be a little longer but definitely a must see. Side note: if you are going to use please be responsible and respectful. There was a young lady in the lobby trying to catch the reflection of the lights in the lobby. It was only 2pm. Also, your sitter shouldn’t be as gone as you.

This was a weird experience. I’m still not sure how I feel about it. I actually booked tickets right before they opened. I got the family pack instead of individual tickets because it was cheaper and I picked a reserve time for 11. We arrived at 10:55 and there was about 20-30 other people waiting in line. They let us in at exactly 11. We sat in a room and took off into space which was pretty cool. Then we went over rules (no flash on cameras, no touching the walls, and no running). This took no more than 5 minutes. Then they transferred us to a huge room where we went into space. It was nice at first because it wasn’t much people. So everyone got to move around freely and take pictures and videos without any obstructions or being on top of each other. Then they let another group in midway through of about 50 or more people. Then a little after that they let another huge group in and you couldn’t even walk without bumping into someone. Couldn’t take any pictures or videos because there were people everywhere. Then the presentation started to repeat itself and I realized it was just a continuous loop. Reserve time didn’t matter. They were just letting people in and you could stay the whole time if you wanted. I asked a worker if we could leave and I was told I could leave anytime at the exit door in the back. The worker wasn’t even finished telling me this when the doors opened and another group of people, like a hundred was being let in. I couldn’t have gotten out of there fast enough. They were packing people in there like sardines. I’m so glad I picked the opening show. If it was just the original group I started with then the experience would have been amazing but I hated how they were overpacking the room to the point where it became uncomfortable and unenjoyable. I can’t recommend if this is how they always operate. 5 stars for the first half. 1 star for the other half.

It was fantastic with the exception that it only had 2 rooms. I thought it would have had like 4 or 5 rooms, but what was presented was absolutely fascinating. Also, nobody was at that gorgeous bar. I went in to find out why and those prices were entirely too high for that type of venue. They need to slash those prices by a good 60%.