We went to Cave of the Winds on Wednesday, July 5th around 10:30am. Family of 7, ages ranging from 3 to 40. This was our favorite part of our Niagara Falls trip. If you can only do one thing, I highly recommend doing this. You start out with getting your picture taken. You do a normal smiling picture first, and then a funny picture. If you have any small children (5 and younger) I recommend picking them up or else they will not be visible in the pictures. You get to see/purchase your pictures at the very end. They do not tell you this, but there are several downloadable pictures in the package, it looks like there would only be two but there were I think 6. Next you are in a room for approximately 7 minutes. This room is air conditioned and has many interactive things to do that involve the history of the falls. From there, you go into another air conditioned room to watch a short educational film about Niagara. When that's over, you're given your ponchos and you're free to travel Cave of the Winds at your own pace. Cave of the Winds is not a cave at all, you are actually kind of under Bridal Veil Falls. There is a lot of stairs. I have limited mobility with my ankle and I was able to make it through the whole thing. My 3 year old was also able to do everything with no issues. None of the walkways or stairs were slippery, but some of the hand rails were. I very highly recommend baggies to put your belongings in. The ponchos do not keep you dry, at all. Make sure you wear clothes and shoes that can get wet and dry quickly. The things inside my backpack purse were soaked, luckily I had thought ahead and bagged anything I was worried about into ziplock baggies. Also very strongly suggest waterproof pouches on lanyards for your phone. They do sell some in the gift shop but they're cheaper at Walmart. They did not effect the quality of pictures and videos we took. I'd definitely put the lanyard around your neck or wrap it around your wrist because the wind and water could easily knock your phone out of your hands. Even though it is July, the water was so cold. It was nice though and helped cool us off. The hurricane deck was very cool. The kids loved that part. Be sure to take your time along the entire path, we saw 3 snakes, many baby seagulls and eggs, some snails, and one rabbit. There are so many rainbows. The best part is that you can stay down there as long as you want, you really get your money's worth.