| Title | Description |
| Rank | F1 |
| Location | Brookfield Zoo |
| Website | www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home.aspx |
| Phone | (708) 688-8000 |
| Address | 3300 Golf Road , Brookfield, IL 60513 |
| El stop | metra or parking |
| Xmas Hours | 10-5pm |
| Sat Hours | 10-5pm |
| Sun Hours | 10-5pm |
| Cost | $8 (3-11), $12 adults |
| Directions | |
| Notes | It has a lot of different animal houses that are very naturalistic |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 2 |
| Location | Shedd Aquarium |
| Website | www.sheddaquarium.org |
| Phone | 312-939-2438 |
| Address | 1100 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Sat Hours | 9-6pm |
| Sun Hours | 9-6pm |
| Cost | $17.95 (3-11y), $24.95 adults |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 3 |
| Location | Lincoln Park Zoo |
| Website | www.lpzoo.org |
| Phone | 312-742-1000 |
| Xmas Hours | 10-4:30pm |
| Sat Hours | 10-4:30 5-9pm zoo lights |
| Sun Hours | 10-4:30pm |
| Cost | Free (zoo lights from 5-9pm) |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 4 |
| Location | Willis Tower Skydeck (formerly Sears Tower) |
| Website | www.the-skydeck.com/ |
| Phone | 312-875-9447 |
| Address | 233 S. Wacker Drive , Chicago, IL |
| Xmas Hours | 10-8pm |
| Sat Hours | 10-8pm |
| Sun Hours | 10-8pm |
| Cost | $10.50 3-11/ $14.95 adult |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 5 |
| Location | Maze at Navy Pier |
| Website | http://www.amazingchicago.com/hours/ |
| Phone | 888-893-7300 |
| Address | 600 East Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Sat Hours | 10-10pm |
| Sun Hours | 10-10pm |
| Cost | $9.95 5-12/$10.95 adults |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 6 |
| Location | Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier |
| Website | www.navypier.com |
| Phone | 312) 595-PIER |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 7 |
| Location | Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier |
| Website | www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org |
| Phone | (312) 527-1000 |
| Address | 700 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago IL 60611 |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Sat Hours | 10-5pm |
| Sun Hours | 10-5pm |
| Cost | $10 everyone |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 8 |
| Location | Transporter FX at Navy Pier |
| Website | www.navypier.com |
| Address | 700 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago IL 60611 |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | 9 |
| Location | Safari Land Indoor Amusement Park |
| Website | www.safarilandfun.com |
| Phone | 630) 530-4649 |
| Address | 701 W. North Avenue, Villa Park, IL |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Sat Hours | 11-12:30am |
| Sun Hours | 11-10:30pm |
| Cost | reasonable price per ride |
| Directions | http://goo.gl/maps/KRVZr |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | x |
| Location | The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum |
| Website | www.chias.org |
| Phone | (773) 755-5100 |
| Address | 2430 N Cannon Dr Chicago, IL 60614 |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Sat Hours | 10-5pm |
| Sun Hours | 10-5pm |
| Cost | $6 (3-12)/$9 adults |
| Directions | across from lincoln park |
| Notes | not impressive looking |
| Title | Description |
| Rank | x |
| Location | Dupage Childrens Museum |
| Website | www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org |
| Xmas Hours | closed |
| Cost | 8.50 for everyone |
| Directions | don’t worry about this one |
| Title | Description |
| Location | Leaning Tower of Piza |
| Address | YMCA on Touhy Blvd, Chicago, IL |
| Title | Description |
| Location | Bahai Temple |
| Address | Chicago IL |
| Title | Description |
| Location | Six Flags |
| Address | Six Flags Great America
1 Great America Parkway
Gurnee, IL 60031 |
Navy Pier
Chicago Card Sales Outlets
I suppose you could park in Hinsdale (the next town over) and take the Metra train in to Chicago or drive to the end of the Blue Line El in Forest Park (about 20 minutes away) and park there.
It passes through the west side of chicago but it should be fine. Otherwise I would park in the garage under Millenium Park/Michigan Ave and then jump off from there.
