Atlantic City with kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s futsal team has to go every year to a tournament there at the convention center and I hate it. There is no where in the US I’d rather be less than Atlantic City. The crime, the drugs, the prostitutes, the trash, the sex stores, etc. it’s awful.

I highly recommend staying at one of other beach towns 5 miles away. I would beg your family members. It is pathetic what NJ has allowed AC to become. There is zero for your kids to do there. Every hotel, every restaurant, every street is disgusting.

I’m just warning you. Do a search here for AC. Godspeed.

This is not true. The pool at Harrahs is really nice. Borgata is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s futsal team has to go every year to a tournament there at the convention center and I hate it. There is no where in the US I’d rather be less than Atlantic City. The crime, the drugs, the prostitutes, the trash, the sex stores, etc. it’s awful.

I highly recommend staying at one of other beach towns 5 miles away. I would beg your family members. It is pathetic what NJ has allowed AC to become. There is zero for your kids to do there. Every hotel, every restaurant, every street is disgusting.

I’m just warning you. Do a search here for AC. Godspeed.

This is not true. The pool at Harrahs is really nice. Borgata is great.

100000000 x infinity true. Atlantic City is a dump.

[Anonymous]

We have stayed at Ceasars with points and it is absolutely fine. The older ones go shopping at the outlets across the street. The beaches are better then OCMD. I like going to the beach bar to get drinks. Ceasars has umbrellas and chairs. Plenty of kids to play with, lifegards, and more room than other beaches.

Steel Pier is ok. I much prefer OCMD boardwalk. Drive across the Longport bridge and eat dinner at Somer's Point (Smitty's is a personal fav) and then go to the OC boardwalk at night. Lots of rides, carnival games, and no trouble because OCNJ is a dry town. Manco and Manco pizza is the best. Shriver's Fudge. Johnson's Popcorn. Kohr's ice cream. There is $5 mini golf courses right on the boardwalk that are a lot of fun.

Kid friendly restaurants in AC.

Serendipity 3
Carmine's
Rain Forest Cafe
Sugar Factory
Gilchrist
Kelsey's
PF Changs

[Anonymous]

Op, where are you staying in AC? If you are on the boardwalk somewhere you will be fine. I like staying somewhere between Caesars and Ocean (so the north side). You have a huge arcade for kids in the Showboat (they removed the casino and turned it into an arcade). Sugar Factory in the Hard Rock. Steel Pier is right there as well. Margaritaville has a beach restaurant/bar at Resorts.

I've never had an issue with the beach there. Pick a spot near the lifeguards and you should be fine. That said, the water is cold until mid-July or so.

You can also take the kids to see Lucy the Elephant

[Anonymous]

AC can be scary. I would avoid the beach as people said. But Steel Pier can be fun for kids. Try to get a sub from White House Sub Shop. There is also an aquarium and a historic and large wooden elephant called Lucy that is fun for kids to visit a few miles away.

Beaches like Margate, Longport are nearby but kid-friendly beaches include Ocean City NJ (really fun boardwalk with rides and arcade) and Cape May is a bit farther but very historic with Victorian architecture.

On the mainland, they might enjoy Storybook Land.

[Anonymous]

Go to Ocean City, about 25 minutes south of Atlantic City. Great boardwalk for riding bikes and surreys until 11 am, rides, mini golf etc. Beaches are clean (do need beach tags) and guarded. It is a dry town, so it is almost exclusively families with children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have stayed at Ceasars with points and it is absolutely fine. The older ones go shopping at the outlets across the street. The beaches are better then OCMD. I like going to the beach bar to get drinks. Ceasars has umbrellas and chairs. Plenty of kids to play with, lifegards, and more room than other beaches.

Steel Pier is ok. I much prefer OCMD boardwalk. Drive across the Longport bridge and eat dinner at Somer's Point (Smitty's is a personal fav) and then go to the OC boardwalk at night. Lots of rides, carnival games, and no trouble because OCNJ is a dry town. Manco and Manco pizza is the best. Shriver's Fudge. Johnson's Popcorn. Kohr's ice cream. There is $5 mini golf courses right on the boardwalk that are a lot of fun.

Kid friendly restaurants in AC.

Serendipity 3
Carmine's
Rain Forest Cafe
Sugar Factory
Gilchrist
Kelsey's
PF Changs

I am this poster above and I meant to say I much prefer the OCNJ boardwalk.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you all! I love the suggestions, the warnings, and the reassurances. It’s not the beach week I would choose, but thanks to you all, I think it’ll turn out just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to Ocean City, about 25 minutes south of Atlantic City. Great boardwalk for riding bikes and surreys until 11 am, rides, mini golf etc. Beaches are clean (do need beach tags) and guarded. It is a dry town, so it is almost exclusively families with children.

Agreed! Totally different world!