After so many years wondering about and trying different season passes to local Salt Lake City venues, the Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass has been our answer! We’ve been able to keep things fun and exciting by going to different venues. Then, we’ve been really able to see which locations our kids prefer in order to make a more informed decision should we go to purchase any season passes for any of the places included on the Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass. There are so many great places to explore here in Salt Lake City!
Our family loves all of the venues offered on the Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass. Here’s a quick list of some of our favorite things at the venues on the Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass:
- Clark Planetarium – My kids LOVE the movies on the big dome screen (movie pass included on the pass, as well as a ticket to the IMAX theater). They also love walking through the exhibits, learning about stars, planets and space exploration.
- Discovery Gateway – What’s not to love there?! My kids have such a great time with everything at Discovery Gateway. I love how everything is an educational experience. We’ve also really enjoyed the art classes.
- The Lion House Pantry Restaurant – The food, the food, the food!!! Gourmet home-cooking in a family-friendly atmosphere, nice for adults, while also comfortable to bring kids. My favorite is their tapioca pudding.. or maybe the banana cream pie… hmmm… too many good things to choose from (Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass includes one Pioneer Meal – $9.99 value). In the warm weather, we love to eat on the patio and then check out the flowers at Temple Square.
- The Living Planet Aquarium – Dim lighting (my fave, since it makes it so relaxing!), bright fish displays and interactive experiences have made this an absolute favorite location of ours to visit. My kids especially love petting the sting rays and watching the sharks, penguins and octopus.
- Red Butte Garden – I’ve been so excited to take my kids here to see the gardens, especially because of how educational the experience will be!
- Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort – The tram ride (included on the Visit Salt Lake Pass) is going to be a highlight of my kids’ summer outings! I can hardly wait to take them there!!! I remember going on the tram as a child and loving it!
- Thanksgiving Point – Hands-down, my kids love the Dinosaur Museum the very most, though I’m hoping to win them over on the gardens in the very near future. ;)
- This is the Place Heritage Park – Our family especially loves visiting this venue during the month of July. It’s such a fun, interactive way to teach our kids about our State’s historic legacy.
- Tracy Aviary – We are bird lovers, so going to Tracy Aviary is always a real treat! So many varieties of birds in one place.
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts – As someone who considers themself an artist, I’m constantly looking for ways to educate and expose my children to the arts. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is the perfect complement to this effort.
- Utah Museum of Natural History – My son LOVED the summer day camp we did and so I’m certain he and my girls are going to love going to the museum soon, too! Once he finds out there are dinosaur bones there, he’ll never want to leave! ;)
- Utah Olympic Park – Since my kids weren’t born when the Olympics graced Salt Lake City, I’ve been excited to take them here to teach them about the sports and the camaraderie, while helping them catch a vision of the spirit of the Olympics!
- Utah’s Hogle Zoo – Lions, tigers and bears – oh, yes! We love to see them all! My kids especially love the giraffe house (one of the giraffes bent down and licked my brother’s camouflage jacket on one of our most recent visits, lol!).
Here’s a fun video from our family’s latest outing to the Living Planet Aquarium:
And now…
IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!
Visit Salt Lake is giving one lucky reader two 2-day Visit Salt Lake Connect Passes! All you have to do is comment to win, then you and your family can get out exploring all of these exciting Salt Lake City venues!
p.s. Anxious to get a Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass right away? Be sure to take advantage of their special right now to Buy a 2-day Pass and get a third day, free! And you can’t beat their always-low-rate for year passes. Have fun exploring all the Salt Lake has to offer!
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What a wonderful idea! I have never heard of Salt Lake Passes but am now definitely looking into them. It would be awesome to win one to try out. Thanks for the chance!
This sounds awesome! We love all those places! I hope we win!!! :)
OH!! We’ve been talking about getting some of these passes.
For sure when my parents come out we will.
I LOVE this idea!!!
Oh I totally hope we win these, sounds like so much fun and I have loved going to some of those places!
What a great stay-cation that would be!
I am commenting, because when someone asks me what I am doing this summer, I have no answer. Give me an answer!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I would love to win.
I never knew such a thing existed for Salt Lake! What a great idea! We would make good use of these if we win!
This sounds like a great prize! So many of our favorites, and some things we have been meaning to do this summer too. Thanks for the giveaway.
I can’t imagine cramming all that fun into 2 days but would sure have fun trying.
We. Must. Get. Out. Of. The. House. *Breathing deeply.* I think these would help.
Wow, even the pass for a whole year isn’t bad at $69, since it’s close enough where I could do things all the time. This would be fun to win so I could have a two day date heh :)
This looks like a fun pass, a good way to get out and see everything Utah has to offer in the Salt Lake/Thanksgiving Point area. My kids would love it.
Hope to win. We have only been to half those places.
I would LOVE it! I havent’ taken my kiddo because I haven’t had the time to see how or if it is disability friendly. I guess that makes me cheap. I dont’ want to waste the money
What a great idea, my kids would love this!
What a great deal! We’ll be visiting SLC for a few days in September, so I’ll definitely have to look into these for our family trip.
This sounds great! I’d love to win!
What a fun giveaway! The passes are good for SO many fun venues. I remember going on “stay-cations” as a little girl. We loved it! I want to share that with my own kids!
I would LOVE to get to see all those fun places, and this would be the perfect excuse to finally go do them!
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I’ve never heard of these passes. I’d love to try them out!
This would be a fun way to spend our summer- I’m always looking for ways to have fun with the kids :)
I would love to win these. I was hoping to go some of these places this summer, so this would be perfect.
How fun! I love taking my kids out for fun and educating activities.
I would love to win. This would be a fun experience for my kids.
We’re big fans of many of these locations, so it would be cool to expand our horizons a bit.
We are only a state away from Utah but never really started to explore it until last year. We will be heading back there in August, this giveaway would be absolutely PERFECT for our family to see even more of Utah. Great giveaway! Thank you.
These passes are such a great deal! We did this for my birthday last year and got our money’s worth! We reccomened thenm to everyone espically locals!
thanks for the great giveaway! my boys and husband and I could go when he gets back from his fourth deployment!
I had no idea there was even such a thing as this! I will have to get me a pass to entertain my shortlings!
I live here and haven’t been to a few of those places. It would be awesome to win and really see what Utah has to offer.
I moved here a few years ago, and still haven’t seen these places. I guess it’s about time I start taking advantage of the neat sights in Utah!
count me in… sounds like fun!
This is super sweet! I have never of this and we are always looking for things to do, especially in the winter.
I love the pass idea! Would love to win!
I love Salt Lake!!!! Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to win!
How FUN!!! My kids would love doing these things! They are always looking for fun things to do to get out of the house…Thanks for the chance to win! :)
I didn’t know a Salt Lake Pass existed! I’m excited to learn more about it! Thanks!
We are going out to Salt Lake for a week next month this would be FANTASTIC to have so we can take our daughter to the Zoo, The Lion House, and a few other fun places! Can’t wait to explore the city!
I live in Nevada and never been to Utah but this will give me an excuse to stop by a stay for a little while.
I’m so glad they have an annual pass now as well! We’ll definitely be purchasing one!
Love the idea of this. Especially in this economy, we have a hard time making enough money to take our kids to play a lot. I would love this to take my kids on a fun two day stay-cation.
I live here and I’ve never been to most of these places. Enter me!
My family is flying out from Boston to visit and it would be super fun to take them around with these!
I would love to win these for my little sister and her husband. She is expecting her first baby and is living in Utah. $$$ is tight but they would love to explore before the bundle of joy arrives!
All great places to visit!!!!!!!
Coming to SLC in October…would love to have a pass!
I don’t know if this giveaway is over yet. But it would be fun to win the Connect Pass:.
Is the contest still going on? I would love to be entered.
would love to give this to my sister, a SAHM with kids home during the summer!