Galaxyland

Ok Galaxyland… you’ve got my respect.
Yesterday, my wife lost her phone in your kid-​friendly innards. After deducing that it was lost somewhere around the Autosled ride and informing the staff, they proceeded to immediately shut down the ride and called maintenance to start their search for the elusive phone.
After 10 or 15 minutes, my wife’s phone was found! It had fallen underneath the tracks of the roller coaster. A huge thank you and shout-​out to Josef and Patrick of the Galaxyland staff and to the maintenance guys who found the phone.
I’ve got to admit, I did not expect the Galaxyland staff to be that helpful. I am so glad that I was wrong! Not only were they super helpful, but also very attentive and didn’t once make us feel like we were a burden.
I’ll bet Disneyland wouldn’t shut down Space Mountain to find my wife’s phone.

This indoor amusement park is definitely amusing. It is jam packed with rides that twist and turn over each other. The up side is they have used every square inch, the downside is, it’s very claustrophobic and assaults your senses with chaos. We enjoyed our time at the park in spite of the anarchy. Some advice– save the mind bender coaster until last. You may enjoy the lasting affects of a headache after this jerky coaster and it may put a damper on the rest of your visit.
Don’t miss the Galaxy Quest ride under the Mind Bender coaster. This was our families favorite ride! Super fun interactive 3 D ride. Enjoy all 4 versions!
We had a great time. However, if you have already been to the mall of America’s indoor amusement park, this is a disappointment. It just isn’t very well laid out and there are a fewer rides for adults and older kids. It’s definitely worth a visit if you are already here… But I would never again make a special trip

It doesn’t get much better than Galaxyland if you’re just in the mood to have some fun! It is something like the world’s largest indoor amusement park (although don’t quote me on that!), with some pretty cool rides that will keep your heart beating at a rapid pace!
I’ve done the swing ride, the Mindbender rollercoaster, the mini coaster, and more recently the Space Shot, and they were all pretty intense! Mind you, I’m kind’ve a p*ssy!
There are plenty of other rides other than the ones I’ve named, including some more subtle ones (like the bumper cars), as well as a large arcade area, all located right in the middle of West Edmonton Mall. There’s even a food court right next door in case you get hungry… I recommend you eat AFTER Galaxyland though! #yeglove
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I had a great time doing the small roller coasters this is a fun place to bring kids
I know I would of loved this place as a kid I wished I would of had a birthday party here
Big for kids
Seemed small to me of course
But I recommend bringing your kids at least once

Known as the world’s 2^nd largest indoor amusement park — it boasts of 24 rides and attractions. Nonetheless, indoor amusement parks aren’t something new to me. I love my crazy rides but as an adult — I find this theme park to be adult-​unfriendly. I came here with a friend who happens to be around 6’2. Excited as we were then, we begin strolling through galaxyland — in search of the first ride that we may begin our fun with. We strolled and strolled and came upon the famous «mindbender». It is basically the only ride for a roller coaster junkie. Although, they do have smaller stuffs like the haunted house, the one that shoots you up in the air, the one that goes round and round like the ones in the playground… oh! And the bumper cars.
But. that’s pretty much really. Due to many of the rides’ height restriction — my friend and I was only able to enjoy 4 rides, the haunted house and a 7D experience theatre.
Value for money? Not in my humble opinion.
Value for kids? Yes, most definitely.
Are there lockers available? If you’re lucky enough and if it’s a quiet day.
All in all, I give it a 2 star only because they couldn’t accommodate my friend for most of the rides — which takes away the fun of being there.

have never seen a theme park in a mall in my life! what a fun experience. the rides are legit and safe, and the set up of the entire park is wonderful! it’s a great environment for kids and the prices aren’t bad. During the weekday you can pay 25 $ to get in and ride everything! my favorite ride has got to be the underwater sea adventure sit down motion ride that takes you through a ride in which you need to shoot targets to earn points. Great family ride to challenge each other. don’t miss out on Galaxyland! Such a great escape in the heart of Edmonton.

I have many happy memories from when I was young of riding the swings while my mom watched and took pictures as well as riding the train through the park with my dad.
These memories are part of the reason I feel sad sometimes when I see how little time and money has been put into maintaining and updating the park. There are way too many faded signs, peeling paint, and burnt out bulbs for my liking. Also if you go during the week I have noticed that some of the rides and games will be vacant with nobody manning them and no signs to indicate when or if somebody will be returning.
Don’t get me wrong there is still lots of fun to be had here for the kiddos like the train, swings, dragon coaster, balloon Ferris wheel and the haunted house. There is definitely a lack of rides that I would consider to be stimulating for adults though. The mind bender roller coaster, the upside down ship, and the smaller yellow coaster are the first and only things that really stick out for me which means as an adult you might be looking at a long day with lots of walking, standing, and watching.
Another point I want to bring up is that the majority of the staff here are underpaid teenagers so the service can sometimes be a little questionable. The mother of one of the developmentally delayed children I do respite for brought her son into the galaxy kids play park portion of Galaxyland today and he was able to get the staff to open the door for him so he could sneak out and go running after a little boy he had been playing with that he didn’t want to leave without them questioning who he belonged to.
I say if your a tourist in Edmonton or maybe a local whose kids have just reached theme park age it’s worth it to go once just to allow them to burn off some energy, have fun, and make some memories. Outside of that though considering the price and condition of the park it’s my opinion that after one trip any repeat visits to the mall could be better spent at the waterpark.

Very annoying that the on line calendar of their hours is inaccurate. Drove all the way there from north east Edmonton with 7 noisy kids in tow only to find out that the public hours as indicated on the web site were not updated to indicate a private event on a Saturday. Always have to pick up a telephone machine and ask I guess. The kid at the ticket window said he has no control of that. Hmmm They should be more competent than that I think.

Their 3D theatre is now a 7D theatre which was very cool as it was so much more interactive than just the seats moving — great improvement WEM!
This place really, seriously needs a good cleaning & fresh coat of paint after 30+ years. Usually see an improved or newer ride every year or so which is great, can’t spend a lot of time in their with all the noise. This place was better and more enjoyable when my son was younger with all the rides that appeal to the younger kids.

Put some money into the Saloon where you shoot with a rifle on objects to make them move — nothing happened. Asked for help/​refund: «There will be someone with you shortly» — nobody showed up.
Update: after 15 minutes someone showed up and found out that our coin got stuck. When he fixed it and walked away we recognized that the machine was not working — even with money now accepted. Another complain and another 15 minutes later we got a free game on a different rifle. Targeting was nearly impossible as it was completely off.
At least this attraction was in a very bad shape and we had the impression that management does not care too much. No reason to spend any more money there…

You guys! Galaxyland is an amusement park inside of a mall. And it has not one, but TWO adult-​sized roller coasters in addition to their kiddie rides, haunted house, and other fun stuff. And yes, I rode them both.
Tickets are kind of pricey, but hey I was willing to pay for the experience. The smaller roller coaster is 6 tickets and the bigger one (which happens to be the tallest indoor roller coaster around) is 7. I think this works out to about $ 20 total.
The smaller roller coaster actually has spinning cars for four and it’s a real doozy at the end. Jennie M and I rode it and had to sit for a few minutes afterward to stop our heads from spinning. Then the bigger one has three loop-​de-​loops and a dead serious drop at the beginning. Of course you have photos taken throughout the rides and they are for purchase at the end. Or if you want you can simply email a digital copy to yourself for 4 bucks which I think is pretty cool.
I definitely think this is an opportunity not to be missed if you are in Edmonton. And then on your way out you can go for a swim in the waterpark. Because, yeah, this mall has it all.

I Need to branch this into 3 different reviews just for the fact of my top 3 rides here
1, Space Shot: Wow, even tough this is a shot limit it’s exciting just to get into the seat. and when the countdown starts your heart will be pounding when it hits one and you get shot straight up
2.Solar Flair: I was finally gutsy enough to go on this one, This one here needs more people but when you go on you can tilt back and forth and upside down Very fun.
3. Mindbender This one is really freaking scarey, why you ask? It’s because when they are strapping people in they always pass me and I swear I am gonna have a heart attack but after about a min they strap the rest of us in and send us around. This one is too fast for me.
Great place to blow a weekend or some extra cash.
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It is good. Think they could use some new rides but hey it is the only indoor amusement park in Edmonton. Kids love it. Best to go with all day pass… just a couple of bucks more than going on 4 or 5 rides.

An indoor theme park inside a mall is a pretty cool idea. If you’re in town and you want to see something you’ve never seen before (and probably never will anywhere else) you should make one trip, at least. You have roller coasters to ride, carni games to play, and cotton candy to eat!
I’ve been an Edmontonian for many years. I remember this place from «back in the day» when, even back then, it was old as dirt! There are many renovations that have made the park look nice. Things have also gotten a lot more expensive. I’ve ridden just about every ride, but it’s lost it’s thrill. Maybe that’s just the nature of an amusement park — you go a few times until it’s not as much fun anymore and stop. Unfortunately I’ve kept going from time to time and it gets even less enjoyable each time. I wish I could say the opposite. I understand the fact that a new ride every visit just isn’t plausible, but every so often would be nice… Expanding outward would also make it an amazing new experience all over again.
In the end, I’m too old for amusement parks. Maybe when I have kids I can take them and it will all be new again. I look forward to that someday…

Wow, how things have changed. They’ve definitely made this place a lot more kid-​themed, with the whole Cosmo mascot and purple interior.
This review is of the Mindbender roller coaster.
Parking is available all around the mall.
Though this won’t apply to 99% of you, one cool thing is that they honour old tickets from decades past. I had some Fantasyland (that’s what this place was called back in 1992) tickets, which I had stashed for 2 decades (don’t ask). When I showed the guy at the admissions booth, he asked me to check with the head office in the back. Over there, the guy confirmed that the tickets are still good! Score! I won’t go into how the Mindbender staff were giggling at how old those tickets were too. Those tickets were older than the staff.
As for the Mindbender? This is the highest indoor roller coaster in the world, and if you ask me, is the 1 ride to hit up if you must choose (a close second possibly being Space Shot). I have no idea how they managed to pack a triple loop roller coaster into such a tight space, because the track actually weaves around another coaster! They tell you to keep your hands on the bar in front, and I can see why. You can easily lose an arm here if you’re not careful.
The ride is quite quick. Unfortunately the carts are an older design, and if you’re in the back of the cart you can’t see too much in front. This adds to the fun though, as you can’t see where the next drop is located.
They say the 2^nd loop causes about 6 Gs, and if you don’t brace yourself, you can easily get the wind knocked out of you. Just FYI. Oh yeah, don’t fret over the fact ther was a fatal accident here in 1986 (just read Wikipedia), as the carts are a newer design now, and my understanding is that since that accident the safety record has been excellent.
Add this to your bucket list.

Free for kids 3 and under! Not like they can go on many rides. I think there are 4 of them fit for little toddlers. The play area is great. $ 6/​person and they sell socks for $ 2 if you don’t have any. It could be cleaner though. The ball pits smell like feet.

Day 3 of our WEM adventure during spring break brought us to Galaxyland. We brought our kids (4 & 6) to experience the largest indoor amusement park in the world — just saying that is mind boggling. It was beyond busy but we bought the kids arm bands so we could come and go as we pleased. We found they needed a break after about 2 hours. There is truly a ton of stuff packed into a small space and lots for our kids to do. Some of the games did not work and so we lost our money as there was no one around to tell. Staff working outside of the rides/​games were hard to find. This place is very costly and we were told by a local (in the ticket line up) the prices will increase once summer hits. So again we wonder how is a large family or lower income family supposed to be able to enjoy this kind of adventure and with the amount of peeps in the Mall (so busy) why does the price need to be ridiculously high? Points to ponder for the Universe I guess. It also was not super clean… in the balloon ride for instance there was broken glass under the seat on the floor (I had to ride with my son).I told the ride operator and he just shrugged and started loading new peeps on — yikes, what is the safety standard in this place?!! In the end our kids had fun and we would considering returning but would search out coupons or cheap tickets on Kijiji.

I am strictly rating the kids play place. After going there today with my daughter I felt compelled to write this. The cleaniness of this facility is HORRIBLE! I saw dust bunnies the size of my fist in some spots. I also witnessed urine bubbling from the bouncy area. After telling staff about it they wiped it with a rag and et kids go back in. I am just so disappointed because the playplace is SO FUN for children that it’s a shame they have no cleaning standards at all. I sure hope they clean it up… and if they do I would defiantly give this place 5 stars for children!!!

This review is only for Mindbender, since that is the only ride I rode while in Galaxyland. I would have given it a 5 star but I felt like the side shoulder bars were karate chopping my jaw throughout sharp turns.
This ride definitely made me scream my head off. The drops were straight down from way up high. I would say this was the scariest roller coaster I’ve been on in a long time.
I would like to go back and ride on the orbiter roller coaster.

There’s something about indoor roller coasters and amusements rides that freak me the hell out. I dunno, there’s just something unnatural about the whole idea.
But that doesn’t mean Galaxy Land isn’t a fun time. Like Taj mentioned, it’s a great way to keep your kids entertained after you’ve put them through hell by spending 2 hours shopping at a Cottony Ginny. I’ve taken my little cousins here a few times and they go nuts with excitement.