Atlantic City With Kids

We decided over July 4 to take a mini vacation and spend one night in Atlantic City. One of our main goals was to enjoy Atlantic City’s fireworks from the boardwalk with our 5-year-old daughter.
 

Pools & Beaches in Atlantic City

We booked a room at Caesars Atlantic City Resort and Casino with an ocean view for a fantastic deal (all of the hotels happened to be offering great promotions). After our two-hour drive from New York City we checked into our room then headed to the pool. To our disappointment the pool is reserved for adults only. They offered use of Bally’s Atlantic City pool for $20/ per person, which we declined. We were only disappointed for a few moments though, because we changed our plan and headed to the beach, where we spent an afternoon having fun playing in the sand, ocean and sun.

 That evening we enjoyed fresh seafood at a restaurant on the pier then strolled the boardwalk, buying saltwater taffy and sweatshirts, since the breeze coming off the ocean was nice and cool. We then headed to the beach for fireworks. The fireworks were done by the Tropicana Casino and Resort; however the beach right in front of Caesars gave us a perfect view. The display went on for more than 10 minutes, a wonderful celebration of bursting lights and pops of streaming colors. Some families were picnicking while watching the fireworks show. We lay on our blanket while our daughter did cartwheels around the sand between the “Ohs” and “Ahs” in response to the the light display.

Exhausted from a long day of travel, sun, sand and a fun Fourth of July celebration, we headed to our room and called it a night.

Atlantic City's Major Kid-Friendly Activities

The following morning we strolled the boardwalk and enjoyed a decadent breakfast in the luxury mall called the Playground, which was built off a 900-foot-long pier jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. This mall is right across from Caesars, off of the boardwalk, and provided fantastic view of the ocean. After breakfast, we headed further down the pier to Atlantic City Miniature Golf. This looks at first glance as if will be a relatively small golf course, but once you’re on it you see how well they used the space and designed 18 unique and fun greens. My whole family had a ball, and our daughter was the only one to get a hole in one.