KidZania Kuala Lumpur

Maaysia KidZania
KidZania Kuala Lumpur is located at The Curve in Petaling Jaya is set to open by the middle, late 2011 January 2012.

Known as an Educational Theme Park for Kids, this 80000 square feet theme park will be the talk of town and the place to bring your kids for an adventure of a lifetime.

The award winning indoor park is also very popular in cities like Tokyo and Jakarta besides its home country in Mexico where the first KidZania Theme Park was started back in 1999.

Kids will actually play in a replica of a real city in here, complete with shops, streets and buildings which are made and run by children. This will be the ultimate City for Kids.


KidZania Malaysia

Kidzania Malaysia will also be located on the 6th and 7th floors of a seven-storey mall called Curve NX, located at the junction corner of the Curve, Ikea and Tesco.

For the locals, it was where the former McDonald's building used to be. It will also be connected to the Curve Shopping Mall via a Sky Bridge.

The massive project is also jointly developed by Khazanah and Boustead Group of Malaysia where a total of RM50 million was invested. They expect the theme park to have 500,000 visitors annually.

Seems like all the other outlets around the world have an airplane sticking out of the building or located somewhere in the premises.

For the Kuala Lumpur outlet, there is an AirAsia Airbus Plane sticking out of the building which you simply cannot miss.

KidZania Kuala Lumpur
Replica model of KidZania Kuala Lumpur (Pic from MalaysianInsider)

Activities available at KidZania;
  • Security bracelets will be provided for visitors to trace the location of their children while in here.
  • Learning the value of money as kids will be paying for items and services with the local KidZania Currency called KidZos. 
  • Children learn  about the adult world by getting involved in over 100 role-playing activities.
  • Over 100 occupations such as pilots, firemen, policemen, chefs, surgeons and more for kids to experience.
  • Kids will experience opening a real bank account and receiving cash cards that can be used at ATM's in KidZania.
  • Each child can role-play and choose to become a CIMB customer, Honda F1 driver, AirAsia pilot or cabin crew, NST reporter, Media Prima TV presenter or work for Pos Laju.
Six local Malaysian companies will also be participating in the sponsorship of KidZania Kuala Lumpur. They are AirAsia, Honda Malaysia, New Straits Times Press, CIMB Group and Pos Malaysia.

With this sponsorship, each company will be committed to funding the development and display of several lifelike and child-sized fixtures of their respective business operations at the theme park. 

KidZania Malaysia Logo

KidZania in Jakarta Indonesia
KidZania in Jakarta (Image courtesy of http://www.prweb.com)
Where is KidZania in Malaysia?
  • KidZania is located by the Curve Shopping Mall and Ikea in Mutiara Damansara.
  • It is located in the new Shopping Mall called The Curve NX.
  • This was the former 24 hours McDonald's Building at the junction of the Curve, Tesco and Ikea.
  • It is also connected by a SkyBridge to the Curve Shopping Mall.
Requirement:
  • Children aged 3 to 14 years old.
  • Only adult-accompanying children are allowed to enter the theme park
  • Plans to include a spa or a reading corner where parents or chaperons can unwind while waiting for the children.
Entrance Fees at KidZania Kuala Lumpur
  • At the moment, the entrance fees/ticket prices are not confirmed 100% but on a last report, the fee was said to be set at RM50.00 per child per entry.
  • However judging from the counterpart in KidZania Jakarta, prices there are around US$12-US$13 (RM36-RM39) for kids, while accompanying adults pay a lower price of about US$9 (RM27). 
  • Once the entrance fees are announced, we will update it here. 
  • Children can take part in 60 activities over five hours.
  • It will be a one time payment which include the price of other activities.
Opening Date for KidZania Kuala Lumpur: To Be Confirmed and announced here. Technically the opening is scheduled for December 2011.The opening date has been pushed to January 2012.

Jobs at KidZania Kuala Lumpur:

For those looking for jobs/positions at KidZania, please contact: contact@kidzania.com.my

Conclusion

For parents with kids, this is going to be the ultimate playland for your children. Take note that another super theme park Legoland Malaysia is also opened at Iskandar Johor. 

Make sure you bring your kids here once it opens and rest assured, there will be a massive crowd there for at least a few months after opening. I have also created a list of theme parks in Malaysia if you would like to visit other places. 

I can only imagine this place on the weekends. For those who have more than 2 kids, best to start saving now as this place will be addictive!

Kids these days are so fortunate that there are so many kids activities to do in PJ/KL. Back in the day, we simply used to hang out at the padang (playground).

This is an excellent chance to shower your kids with a load of fun and excitement at KidZania Kuala Lumpur at the Curve. 

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