Kansas City – Things to do with your Team

Kansas City is one of the biggest cities in the Midwest, and a regional hub for urban and outdoor adventures alike, offering your team a lot of options for having fun while you’re in town.

In addition to boasting an award-winning zoo and world-class museums, there are a lot of other exciting things to do in Kansas City with your team. These attractions are a great place to start.

 

Worlds of Fun

For more than 40 years, Worlds of Fun has attracted residents and tourists alike who are looking for fun and high-octane thrills.

This amusement park features an impressive selection of roller coasters, including the rotating-car Spinning Dragons and the Boomerang, a 12-story coaster with plenty of loops and corkscrews to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Other thrill rides include the Detonator, which blasts you 200 feet into the air at 45 miles per hour, and the Fury of the Nile, a high-speed rapids ride for six.

When you’re done cavorting with coasters, head next door to Oceans of Fun to cool off and chill out. 4545 Worlds of Fun Ave, Kansas City, MO 64161

 

Union Station

Union Station in Kansas City is one of the country’s most beautiful historic landmarks, and its recent renovation has made it a true modern wonder with breathtaking 95-foot ceilings and 3,500-pound chandeliers.

In addition to gawking at the cool architecture, you can have some fun while you’re at Union Station. Visit the KC Rail Experience, where you get to climb aboard a locomotive and hop in a simulator to see how the rails look from the engineer’s perspective.

Nearby Science City is a hands-on mecca for the curious, offering interactive exhibits covering everything from dinosaurs and fossils to the colorful chemistry behind the food you eat every day. 30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108

 

Jaegers Paintball

Tucked away into the hillside of an old limestone mine, Jaegers Paintball features cavernous above and below-ground spaces for a wild game of paintball. With five underground recreation fields and a two-man speedball field on site, you’ve got plenty of options for some heart-pounding hide-and-seek fun.

Next door, Jaegerz Laser Tag offers the latest state-of-the-art equipment, including dual-speaker, vibrating vests and phasers with dual-burst buttons for rapid firing. The 6,000-square foot, black-lit arena is littered with ramps, hideouts, fog, strobe lights, disco balls, and driving beats to pump up your adrenaline. 9300 NE Underground Dr, Kansas City, MO 64161

 

Watson Adventures

Watson Adventures offers a variety of scavenger hunts to choose from, all of which allow you to explore Kansas City. Their classic, flagship hunts reveal the secrets of specific locations, via entertaining questions that showcase the skills of everyone on the team.

On most of the hunts, you’re not hunting for objects, but rather for answers to tricky and humorous questions about the intriguing places and objects you discover.

The game typically lasts two hours with about half an hour more for set-up and post-hunt scoring. On private scavenger hunts the length can be customized to meet your needs.

 

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Crown Center

The Crown Center is home to the Sea Life Aquarium, Legoland, ice skating and scores of other attractions, shops, restaurants, and theaters. It’s also home to Hallmark Card’s international headquarters. The cards there must be fresh! 2450 Grand Boulevard; Kansas City, MO 64108

 

Moon Marble Company

If you like marbles, you can’t pass up a visit to Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs, about 20 minutes east of Kansas City. This place is a marble paradise, chock full of classic and newfangled glass spheres of all colors and sizes that you can buy in bulk.

There you’ll see a stunning collection of colorful, intricate handmade marbles. If you’re lucky, you might even catch a master marble maker in action. Artist and owner Bruce Breslow is often on hand to demonstrate the marble making process and bestow upon you some fascinating marble historical facts. 600 E Front St, Bonner Springs, KS 66012

 

Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary

In Louisburg, just 20 miles south of Kansas City, you’ll find the Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary. There you can get an up-close and personal look at endangered large felines, including African lions, tigers, leopards, bobcats, and cougars.

Volunteers are on hand at the sanctuary to tell you all about these animals, how they ended up here, and why they can’t be returned to the wild.

The sanctuary also takes in wolves who are rejected by their pack. Get a first-hand look at these shy creatures and learn all about their behaviors and disappearing habitats.

The sanctuary is only open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays. If you get there around two o’clock, you can watch the volunteers feed the animals; a spectacle you won’t want to miss. 3783 Highway K68, Louisburg, KS 66053

 

ZIP KC

Looking for a little more adventure? Get airborne at ZIP KC as you fly through the air with the greatest of ease on one of their exhilarating zip line courses.

For newbies, the 90-minute Hike & Zip tour will get you warmed up with some nature-trail hiking and low zipping before taking it a little higher on a breathtaking, scenic zip toward the end of the tour.

The Tower Tour is a little more intense. This thrilling five-tower adventure starts off from a 65-foot tall platform at the top of a high bluff and offers stunning views of downtown Kansas City and the surrounding landscape as you soar through the canopy on the longest and fastest lines in the region. 12829 Loring Rd, Bonner Springs, KS 66012

 

Swope Park 

Check out Swope Park for outdoor fun with the entire family. Encompassing more than 1,800-acres, it’s KC’s biggest and one of the largest urban parks in the country.

From exercise and bike trails to cricket and soccer fields, playgrounds, plus baseball diamonds, a disc golf course, tennis courts, a pool and two golf courses, outdoor adventures have never been so much fun.

Don’t miss the many attractions while you’re there, including the Kansas City Zoo, Go Ape Treetop Adventure course, Lakeside Nature Center, and much more. 3999 Swope Pkwy & E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64132

 

Fun, thrills, and great opportunities for bonding await your team in Kansas City. Make the most of your trip by planning your activities ahead of time so that you can fit in as many fun adventures as possible while you’re in town.