WonderWorks Panama City Beach

Reviews

• JH

  Jessica H

  4 days ago
  5.0
  My kiddo wanted to go for her birthday 🎂 so we went. And we had so much fun. We cannot wait to go back soon.
• KG

  Kelsi Gonzalez

  Aug 16, 2026
  5.0
  This was a fun place to visit on our vacation as a family of 5! Plenty of fun things for our kids ages 4-10. There was no wait to get in at opening but it did start to get busy when we left two hours later.
• LL

  Lillian

  Aug 5, 2026
  1.0
  Not worth the money. We came here with my 5 year old cousin on a rainy day to give her something fun to do. Unfortunately, it was not a great experience for her age group. The admission alone is around $30 to $40 per person, and on top of that, many of the attractions inside require an additional fee. The arcade, photo booth, ropes course, 360 bumper cars, and several other activities all cost extra, which made the experience feel very overpriced. I would not recommend this attraction for children under about 9 or 10 years old. Many of the rides and activities have height requirements, so my cousin was too small to participate in most of them. We completely understand why the restrictions exist, but it was still disappointing. On top of all of that, about 30% of the activities weren’t working or were broken entirely, seemingly to never be up and running again. Also, be sure to wear closed toed shoes if you plan to visit. It felt a little strange for a beach area attraction, but they are required for several activities. Overall, I would rather spend my time and money at one of the many other attractions in town.
• HM

  Hannah Mendoza

  Aug 4, 2026
  5.0
  I took my two kids (10 and 7) and we had a great afternoon here! SO much to do that it makes the admission cost worthwhile. A few of the rides do a lot of upside down movement which was nauseating for me as a mid-30s mom lol. One request for the venue is to please eliminate the public weighing of each person in front of everyone nearby prior to each ride. This is unnecessary since the weight limit is 350lb and I imagine 98% of guests are under this figure. If you absolutely must continue this embarrassing practice (that would certainly be triggering for people with eating disorders), change the scale to kilograms instead of pounds.
• AA

  Alicia Anderson

  Jul 26, 2026
  1.0
  This is a review about issues regarding this Wonderworks location as a whole, but the main reason I’m writing a review is that a specific Wonderworks employee was so incredibly rude to me and my family that we plan never to return. His name is Robert, and he criticized us for spending time enjoying the attractions and, within seconds of first speaking to us, threatened to call the police. I had not been to this WonderWorks location since 2012 and remembered it as one of my favorite parts of that trip. I was excited to bring my seven-year-old for his first visit and let him experience it the way I remembered. Unfortunately, it had declined significantly. Many exhibits were broken or glitchy. For the price of admission, guests should be able to expect properly maintained interactive exhibits. The bigger issue, however, was the lack of communication from employees. We arrived around 6:00pm, four hours before closing, but poor communication caused us to waste significant time waiting for attractions we ultimately couldn’t meaningfully experience. Around 9:25pm, we reached the front of the ropes course line. Our group of four was first, followed by a family of six and one young boy by himself. An employee announced he could only take seven more people, but then took our group and the family behind us, exceeding that number while leaving the boy out. My brother gave up his own spot so the boy could go, but another guest should not have had to solve the problem. No one informed guests the ropes course effectively stops operating about 30 minutes before closing. After waiting about 30 minutes, we got on around 9:30pm but were told to come down about 5-10 minutes later because it was closing. Had we known that, we would have spent that time elsewhere. We then headed to laser tag around 9:40pm. A laser tag employee told everyone waiting they would work through the entire line. Once our group of eight became the last group waiting, he specifically told us all eight of us would fit into the final game. Based on that, we stayed. After waiting about 30 minutes, Robert came over at approximately 10:02pm and told us we needed to leave because the building was closed. We explained that another employee had specifically told our group we would be accommodated. Rather than communicating with his coworker, apologizing for the confusion, or involving a manager, Robert continued telling us to leave. Robert then asked what time we had entered WonderWorks. When we showed him our receipt showing we arrived at 6:00pm, he criticized us for the amount of time we had spent there and claimed we had been there for five hours. However, 6:00pm to 10:00pm is four hours, not five. He then criticized us for taking our time enjoying the exhibits, even though that is the entire purpose of visiting WonderWorks. When I began recording the interaction, Robert immediately escalated the situation. At approximately 10:03pm- only moments after first speaking with us- he threatened to call the police on our entire group of eight for “trespassing.” Robert’s handling of the situation was disrespectful and escalated what should have been a simple employee communication issue into an unnecessarily hostile interaction. This was never about expecting attractions to stay open after closing. We understand closing time is closing time. The issue was being given conflicting information and then left dealing with the consequences. If employees tell guests they will be accommodated, that information should either be honored or handled professionally when a mistake occurs. We left because we had no desire to create a legal issue over a game of laser tag, but going from being told we could participate to being threatened with police involvement within a minute was completely unnecessary and unprofessional. We won’t be returning. The inconsistent communication from employees turned what should have been a fun family outing into a very disappointing end to our experience.