Today I’m bringing my favorite family travel expert (Mark Wolters from @Wolters World ) back to the Means To Travel channel to share his top tips for what to do when visiting Chicago with kids and teenagers!
Mark and Jocelyn Wolters have traveled the world with their two boys, and I thought they’d be the perfect folks to share with us the best things to do in Chicago when you have the whole family in tow.
Plus, today we’re also launching our “Shocks of Chicago” collaboration on his channel so be sure to watch that video too after this!
Hope you enjoy! Cheers and happy travels!
-Eliz
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◆ Mentioned In Video:
Lincoln Park Zoo: https://www.lpzoo.org/
Brookfield Zoo: https://www.czs.org/BrookfieldZoo
Museum of Science & Industry: https://www.msichicago.org/
Shedd Aquarium: https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Field Museum: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Adler Planetarium: https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
Navy Pier: https://navypier.org/
Watertower Place: https://www.shopwatertower.com/
Garrett’s popcorn: https://www.garrettpopcorn.com/
Portillo’s: https://www.portillos.com/
Beaches: https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/beaches/
Millennium Park: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.html
The 606 Trail: https://www.the606.org/
6 Flags Great America Amusement Park: https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica
Medieval Times: https://www.medievaltimes.com/chicago
Rainforest Café Gurnee Mills: https://www.rainforestcafe.com/location/rainforest-cafe-gurnee-il/
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Wolters World Channel: https://www.youtube.com/woltersworld
Simply Jocelyn Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SimplyJocelynWolters
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Do you have any additional tips or questions about visiting Chicago with kids and teens? Feel free to share them in a comment below!!! 😀👇
Ummm no thanks Ill skip Chicongo. Nobody with any sense of survival skills would visit this city of chaos.
Reach to the Info, in the future it might be better to record inside. The wind is picking up so much of your information.
Short and useful. Thank you
Short and very useful
Go to Chicago you die. Hard pass.
1st tip!! Don't Go!!!
Bring security lol or have a gun because you will be beaten & robbed facts
the Bean structure by indian Amish Patel work is so awesome 👍
I visited Chicago two or three times about 10 years ago.
But it sounds like it's become so unsafe now. Any safety concerns? Safety suggestions?
Lincoln Park Zoo is really nice!!
The Museum of Science and Industry is fun for adults too!!
I love love LOVE the Field Museum! And Shedd Aquarium too! 👍👍
We loved Chicago, it was great! Wow we missed the popcorn and donuts. We where there in Nov. so no beach and we are From Seattle and not huge sports fans. Wish we could done the parks, but we did go to the zoo. Our kids where a bit older when we went. Love all you and miss your live videos, I missed the last of you all together. Hope you are all well and staying safe.
Tnx4sharing tips of what Chicago can offer to tourists. Keep up the good work.
I've been following Mark and Jocelyn since before they had 50,000 subscribers (they now have over 850k subscribers). I LOVE their videos.
I'm glad to have found your channel through them. Keep up the good work. You touched on so many great places to visit in the Chicago area.
See if the restaurant will let you order on arrival to cut wait time for pizza
Something about pizzas & waiting, go during an odd time. I went to Chicago for a business trip once. I went to Giordano's at around 2:30–3:00. There was probably two other people in the place not counting the bartender & waiters/waitresses. If you have kids, if you don't wanna wait around, go then.
My favorite place in the greater Chicagoland metro area (yes, I am making a joke) is Fermilab. They have great tours and it is a great way to get tweens their sci-fi/sci-reality fix.
Watching this even tho I'm 23 with no kids 😂
Great to see you both advising on your home town!
Excellent video! I'm glad to have grown up and lived in Chicago (Logan Square) for over 35 years. Such an interesting city!
Harriet and I love the museums and the food, especially in the hoods. So diverse. Look forward to going back. Perhaps, a meet and greet is in our future. Thanks for the info, Eliz
Sending you lots of love Eliz and Derek.💖💖 Harriet and Jim. Richmond. Va.
Found you thru Wolters World and had to check your channel out. We are your newest subs!! Stay connected and keep putting out this great material! We travel with the family too so this one was perfect!
Thanks for showing us around some of the good kid sights in chicago!
Pretty cool that the Lincoln Park zoo is free.
Now I’ve got a hankering for some Pequods pizza!