Kansas City Weekend with Kids

This is a charming and fun city with lot's of mid-western friendliness. With kids, I'm going to stay at a fun hotel, eat local delicacies, find some entertaining education, and take in a ballgame. There's actually too much fun stuff for a weekend, you'll have to come back and do it again.

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Drury Inn & Suites Kansas CityStadium
For this trip, I'm staying here. Upgrade to a suite, it'll still be in the budget and you'll have plenty of room for the family. Free breakfast and light dinner, cocktails, and all the popcorn and soda the kids can handle. Around $100.
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Gates Barbecue
Kansas City is a barbecue mecca. Low and slow, meats are smoked for hours until they are tender and delicious. Gates is it for us due to the friendly staff, and the moist, succulent, smoky burnt ends sandwiches. Kids love BBQ too! Around $10 per person.
Brown sued to allow his daughter to attend a regular school.
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Arabia Steamboat Museum
Located at another fun place to go, the City Market, this museum dedicated to a Missouri River steamboat that had sunk features many exhibits of items recovered from the boat. Look for the large paddlewheel and head on in. Adults $14.50, kids $5.50.
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Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
A very important site for the history of racial segregation in our country, this is the school that Oliver Brown's daughter attended. It was an all Black school and, with the NAACP's backing, Mr. Brown sued to allow his daughter to attend a regular school. The resulting Supreme Court decision ended school segregation in the U.S. An ... More >
A very important site for the history of racial segregation in our country, this is the school that Oliver Brown's daughter attended. It was an all Black school and, with the NAACP's backing, Mr. Brown sued to allow his daughter to attend a regular school. The resulting Supreme Court decision ended school segregation in the U.S. An hour's drive away in Topeka, Kansas. Free.
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Kansas Museum of History
As long as I'm in Topeka, I'm going to this "Smithsonian of the Plains." Varied exhibits on the history of the state include race cars, Native American artifacts, homesteading history, and even a faux diner that relates to Kansas' role in developing the fast-food industry. Admission is $6.
Gates is it for us due to the friendly staff, and the moist, succulent, smoky burnt ends sandwiches.
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Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium
We're going to finish up by going to our third favorite stadium (behind Pittsburgh and San Francisco) in baseball. The team's not so hot, but you'll have a blast at this newly renovated, retro stadium Be sure to have some Topsy's popcorn while you here, prepared to your specifications right in front of you. Some of the best popcorn you'll ever have. Ticket prices start at around $10. More
We're going to finish up by going to our third favorite stadium (behind Pittsburgh and San Francisco) in baseball. The team's not so hot, but you'll have a blast at this newly renovated, retro stadium Be sure to have some Topsy's popcorn while you here, prepared to your specifications right in front of you. Some of the best popcorn you'll ever have. Ticket prices start at around $10.
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Darryl Musick
Darryl Musick
I produce a travel blog with my son, Tim, who uses a wheelchair. You can see our adventures at http://wheelstraveler.blogspot.com and you can send us a message at dmusick61-at-gmail.com
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