Test Your Winter Wear in the Summer: The luxury performance brand, Canada Goose, will be opening its first Minnesota location at Mall of America® in fall/winter 2019. The store will showcase the full assortment of the brand’s outerwear, knitwear and accessories, as well as seasonal collections and collaborations. The new store will also offer a ‘cold room’ – an immersive experience where guests can test the brand’s warmest parkas in temperatures as low as -13 degrees Fahrenheit (-25 degrees Celsius) to find the perfect jacket for the adventure they seek. For more information, visit: https://www.mallofamerica.com/plan-your-trip, or call 952.883.8800.
New this year at Hershey’s Chocolate World: Unwrap and taste your way through the tale of Hershey’s Chocolate with an all new theatrical experience the whole family will enjoy! From the bean to bar and everything in between, this all new attraction is sure to dazzle your taste buds, fill you with laughter and sweeten you with Hershey heartwarming moments. Ticket prices start at $15.95 for adults (Ages 13+) and $12.95 for children (Ages 3-12). Children ages 2 and under: Free. For more information, visit:
https://www.hersheys.com/chocolateworld/en_us/things-to-do/hersheys-unwrapped.html, or call 800.468.1714.
And, in addition to everything else, this boat is quiet! Visitors to Key West (the southernmost community in the continental United States) who like to dolphin watch or take a snorkel tour now have a new eco-friendly option: Honest Eco Sustainable Tours’ SQUID, Key West’s first electric-powered charter boat—a lithium ion battery-powered hybrid vessel with electric motors. It burns about one quarter gallon of fossil fuel per guest. SQUID is built with carbon fiber and other lightweight materials. For more information on SQUID and a variety of eco-friendly tours, visit: https://honesteco.org/, or call 305.294.6306.
Visitors to America’s heartland are soon to have yet another reason to visit the region with the opening later this year of the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, the centerpiece of a $187 million family complex slated to open later this year. The aquarium is expected to house 13,000 aquatic animals, including more than 60 sharks and rays in a 250,000-gallon tank. The new attraction will serve as the core of a new complex that also includes the St. Louis Wheel, a 200-foot high observation wheel will have 42 fully-enclosed and climate-controlled gondolas. Each gondola will comfortably seat six adults. Each St. Louis Wheel ride will last approximately 15 minutes, with passengers taking three or four giant rotations over the city’s skyline. The Aquarium’s website is promising a tickets section soon. For more information, visit https://www.stlouisaquarium.com/, or call 314.923.3900. (Image: SHUTTERSTOCK/nodff)
