No trip to Minneapolis would be complete without a trip to the Mall of America. It's hard to describe the sheer size of this mall. When seven Yankee Stadiums can fit inside a mall, it's a little much!
A few quick facts about the mall -
- More than 520 stores
- It would take you 86 hours to visit the mall if you spent just 10 minutes in each store
- 25 rides and attractions can be found in the indoor amusement park
- Up to 14,000 people are employed at the mall
- More than 40 million visitors each year
I was chatting with a family at one of our events, and we started talking about the MoA. From what they told me, locals really never shop there. It's primarily a tourist thing. Weekly flights arrive from China and Japan. Shuttles take the passengers from the airport across the street to the mall. They shop, stay overnight in one of the hotels that is in the parking lot or attached to the mall, and then fly back out the next day.
As you can imagine, the mall is made up of several floors.
I loved the crystals!
Tony's reaction when he saw this picture - "Oooooohhhhhh. I've heard of these stores!" He was quite sad to learn that I didn't even go inside.
Forget the carousel, this place has an entire amusement park complete with several roller coasters!
Dora and the Spongebob characters were out taking
pictures with the kids.
What mall would be complete without an 18 hour mini golf course?
There's a little sign that says that more than 170,000 legos have been lost in the LEGO play area. Maybe to discourage stealing?
He was my favorite of the LEGO characters.
Tony loves ninjas, so I had to take a picture for him.
No shopping trip is complete without a trip to the aquarium. For your convenience there are large lockers to rent all over the mall. Just drop your bags off and head to the aquarium!
It's a 1.2 million-gallon aquarium that is sadly unimpressive. Especially given the cost of admission, but everyone knows that I am a sucker for aquariums. Honestly, save your money.
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