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Things to do in Irvine with kids

Escape rooms, museums and family fun — 20 places to go with kids in Irvine, California. 1 free to enter · most admission $20 to $39. 5 have a verified saving right now.
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What’s on in Irvine

Within 25 miles of Irvine. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.

Free in Irvine

One attraction in Irvine gets you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Places with deals in Irvine

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Irvine's attractions are dominated by entertainment centers and escape rooms, with Boomers Irvine offering go-karts, mini golf, arcade games, batting cages, and select rides, while K1 Speed Irvine features indoor go-kart racing on two challenging tracks using electric karts for adult and junior drivers. For younger children, Pretend City Children's Museum provides an interactive play space with role-playing activities across themed environments, and Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena offers public ice skating sessions. The town also has water attractions at Wild Rivers, a water park where visitors cool off on water slides, ride attractions, and swim in the wavepool. Beyond these, escape room facilities like EscapeX Rooms, Hidden Donkey Escape Rooms, The Escape Game Irvine, and Wild Goose Escape Rooms each offer puzzle adventures where teams work together to solve mysteries within themed rooms racing against the clock. Dave & Buster's combines arcade and video games with food and drink, while Irvine Lanes provides a 40-lane bowling center with automatic scoring and bumpers for younger bowlers.

What this list covers

Irvine has 20 places to go, mostly escape rooms (5), museums (4), family fun (3).

14 of them publish an admission price, 17 publish opening hours, 3 have something dated on now, 5 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 14, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Pretend City Children's Museum provides reduced admission of $5.00 per person for up to four visitors presenting their EBT/WIC card.”

Quoted from pretendcity.org · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in Irvine are running a deal?
5 of the 20 attractions in Irvine currently have a verified saving, covering 9 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website. Examples include Boomers Irvine, Great Park Ice & Fivepoint Arena, K1 Speed Irvine. Check each venue’s offer wording and eligibility conditions.
How much do things to do in Irvine cost?
Most admission in Irvine runs $20 to $39 per person, and 1 place is free to enter. Published prices run from $17 to $41.99 — $17 at Cooper's eSports Gaming Center, $41.99 at Boomers Irvine, across 4 attractions in Irvine that publish their own. Each figure is that venue’s own price line for what it names, which is not always plain admission, and each attraction’s page carries the rest of its rates.
What’s on in Irvine right now?
3 attractions in Irvine have something dated running, 7 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in Irvine?
1 attraction in Irvine says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.
What kinds of attractions are included?
escape rooms (5), museums (4), family fun (3), tours & cruises (2), adventure (1), water parks (1), ice & roller skating (1), bowling (1), farms & pumpkin patches (1), parks & beaches (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What can we do with a toddler on an afternoon?
Pretend City Children's Museum offers role-playing activities in themed environments designed for interactive play. Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena provides public ice skating sessions. Irvine Spectrum Center Carousel features antique-designed horses and other animals on a rotating ride. Irvine Park Railroad operates train rides within Irvine Regional Park.
What's good for teenagers who like competition and puzzles?
K1 Speed Irvine has two challenging indoor go-kart racing tracks with electric karts for junior and adult drivers. Multiple escape room facilities—EscapeX Rooms, Hidden Donkey Escape Rooms, The Escape Game Irvine, and Wild Goose Escape Rooms—offer themed puzzle adventures where teams race the clock. Irvine Lanes is a 40-lane bowling center with automatic scoring.
What if we want a whole day of activities in one place?
Wild Rivers water park offers water slides, ride attractions, and a wavepool. Boomers Irvine provides go-karts, mini golf, arcade games, batting cages, and select rides. Dave & Buster's combines arcade and video games with food and drink service.