Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience - American Dream Mall — Attraction in East Rutherford

For what it was worth, my kids (ages 3 and 6, respectively) appeared to enjoy the experience and had fun. Seeing my children smile is what led me to give a 4-star rating for this place.

Located on the 3rd floor (if you're not counting the base-parking level; almost next to the food court) of American Dream, the Bubble Planet presents itself like the other attractions making its home at the mega-mall. It has a "store-front" in which you will enter first that has various displays of products.

I don't believe there's an actual physical cashier with which you can purchase tickets with, so it is much simpler to purchase tickets online (whether through the American Dream website, or through a third-party webapp) rather than trying to scan the QR code and perform the purchase while you're there. I feel only benefit to this was not worrying have to meet the time slot in which you purchased the tickets for. There is also a waiver that needs to be completed prior to entering the experience.

You can find out what the Bubble Planet attraction offers when it comes to the actual different types of experiences through the map of the attraction through the website or at the location. It essentially breaks down into 5 separate parts, with an optional add-on at the very end of the attraction. As others may have mentioned, for an attraction coined with the term "Bubble" there are not that many bubbles; rather the artful representation of the bubbles are found as balloons, and other various spherical objects as well as associated items when it comes to bubbles.

The first experience was a digital floor display. The colors were brilliant; coupled with some mirrored walls, the experience did provide some sense of grandeur. We thought this was supposed to be interactive, however, it was just animated sea life and bubbles navigating in random patterns across the floor panes. The kids didn't spend much time here, nor did I.

The next experience led us into a walled room with clear panes that has been filled with medium to large-sized pink balloons. My kids immediately gravitated to this room from the last, finding themselves wading and filtering through the air-filled balloons. Depending on the height of the children, they almost disappear into this sea of air-traps which may seem very novel and exciting for the children. At the center of the room is a palm tree of sorts which aims to inadvertently deflects and redirects balloons that have been launched upward. The balloons are soft and bouncy, but they do pop (it appears these are refilled and replenished each time). This was perhaps the most fun and perfect for videos.

The following experience was a rather size-able ball pit with an inflated structure representing a person sitting in a tub of sorts; the balls themselves where a light transparent plastic. There are specific rules for this portion (no running, jumping into the ball pit, and the only time you need to take off your shoes) which is designed for the safety of the guests. Again, my kids thoroughly enjoyed this immersive exhibit as would any child in a ball pit. Again, another great video and photo opportunity. The kids got tired here quick simply due to wading through the massive piles and swaths of balls.

The next experience was purely a photo opportunity portion, with three different photo prop areas next to each other (a forward facing bubble dome, a swing lifted by balloons, and a tub filled with yellow rubber ducks) that is coupled with a few whimsical interactive games.

The final experience was an infinity mirrored walk through. In this walk through, there are dangling spherical lights that shape and line the walk through. The lights change colors and patterns throughout. My children probably had the least interest in this.

As you finish off the experience, there is a VR experience for an additional $5 per person in which you sit in a transparent chair swing as you wear the VR goggles for the experience. My 6 year enjoyed this a lot.

Overall, the experience is what you make of it. Definitely...

Very bad experience. Please do not take kids who are too young or toddlers there for sure very dangerous place. They make you sign a waiver. I take my son to so many places like these where he can have fun and interaction with other kids. Non of which has ever made me sign any waivers so far... This place make you sign this most probably because it is too dangerous for kids.. firs the walked in the tiny room full of big balloons.. with some dim light and all and all pretty dark inside.. there where so many people inside that tiny room that it became more dangerous as the kids with short height were sinking in and disappearing under those balloon if they lay down or sit down.. I had to keep my son in my arms so no one walks him over.. I even informed other parents to be careful who were just walking in that room with small kids.. second room was horrendous I can't believe what I got myself into when I walked in there.. a big swimming pool of balls. Balls were tiny plastic balls and when I swimming pool believe me it is a swimming pool and they converted it into a ball pit.. the side I entered from initially was not too deep for me my son kept of sinking inside those balls I had to make sure he doesnt disappears in it so again I had to keep holding on to him.. we went on the other side of the pool and it was too deep for me even thay I got stuck in the balls I couldn't walk an inch as balls were made off hard plastic and I had to manage to walk inside that pool as I had to take care off my son. I had very bad sour legs after that.. other rooms were just lights and photo booths.. charged us $35 per person for that was very bad. I didn't even care to take photos there as I was so disappointed by that place. Over crowded place. Please make sure you do your homework and don't fall for these pop up advertisements...

Don't waste your money. To start I booked online and the way the website is laid out, it is very easy to inadvertently click the wrong location - Denver, which I did. When we arrived on our scheduled day/time and they went to scan our QR codes that is when I was alerted to the mistake. I was told by the workers that it happens often and given a card with contact information and I would be eligible for a refund without an issue. They said they couldn't change the locations themselves so the only option was to repurchase tickets for the correct location and then a refund processed for the others which is how I proceeded. Upon entering it was a bit lackluster and certainly not as interactive and engaging as it is depicted online - they must have the same marketing team as Fyre Festival. The balloon room and ball bit were the most engaging for kids. The next room with photo ops was poorly executed. The swing with balloons was a hard plastic and hung at a weird angle so only adults could really comfortably sit in it without risk of falling off because of the angle, the bubble pull didn't work and the rubber duck tub was dirty and the ducks were all broken off the wall. That is pretty much all there was so for $30+ dollars per person you could definitely do a much better activity. Now back to the issue with the tickets - I reached out as instructed by the venue employees and was promptly responded with an email back stating that they have a no refund/no return policy. I explained the situation again and they said there was nothing that they could do. So now I spent $150 total on pretty lame experience that lasted...