Dali Art Plaza — Attraction in Taichung

Great place, great staff, incredibly confusing. I'll assume here you are familiar with Teamlabs Japan (1) It's in the middle of nowhere, it looks like an office block, and the actual lightshow is in the basement with no obvious signage (2) It's actually a collection of attractions and you can pay for 1, 3 or unlimited. The Teamlab like parts count as one attraction (3) The signs are in Chinese only, and kind of assume you know what is going on (4) The Teamlab parts are to the right of the paying in desk, behind the curtain that looks like an exit

The rooms that matter are the lighshow and the dangling wands. If you're comparing to Teamlabs they are obviously cheap in comparison, but I went midday on Saturday and for the reasons mentioned above, there was no one else there, so you have the rooms to yourself!

At 5'11 I had to crouch

If you look at google images you'll see large figures outside, they are no longet there

This could easly be improved. Just have a sign outside that explains (1) what is inside, what the sections are, ideally in Chinese and English (2) Make the entrance to the lightshow more obvious, even a sign saying "entrance" will help (3) Remember that people coming from far away will only know what they have seen on youtube (4) Better music. I don't know what was playing but it wasn't atmospheric

By the way, even though I was clueless the staff were...

I found out about this place through the pictures of the big blue man on his smartphone and the Kaws statue. However, it’s important to note that these pieces of art are not permanent. I might have gone at the wrong time (maybe because of the weather? The day before was windy? Because it’s the end of the year so the focus is more on Christmas illuminations? It was part of a temporary exhibition?), but they are apparently not always exhibited in the outside court (actually, the Kaws statue was exhibited in an art gallery on the 1st floor, and it looked kind of permanent... No pictures allowed). However, they are not the only pieces of art to see there. There are many more statues in the small park behind, and the art gallery has many pieces from Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama. It’s worth taking a look even though the place is quite empty (despite the...

It's a huge complex with many activities for kids. Entry is free, but you have to pay for the individual activities. These include climbing areas, safe kids play zones that have slides and ball pits, and large remote controlled cars that kids could give in. My 8 year old enjoyed the trampoline area, as did my 4 year old but we had to pay for an extra ticket as an adult needed to accompany the younger child. When we were there, most of the stores in the upstairs area were closed, but we were told by security that that do open and there are activities for kids on...