The best beaches, according to kids

San Diego's kid-sized, 70-mile sandbox

Calm Waters for Little Visitors

Enjoy these seven San Diego beaches that will delight small swimmers and their families

Best Kid-Approved Parks in San Diego

Some of the best places to play in San Diego

25 Fun & Free Things to Do

San Diego offers a fun and inexpensive getaway, for kids and adults, any time of year

SeaWorld San Diego

Come Face-to-Face with the Wonders of the Sea with the 8 can't-miss experiences

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Discover wide-open wonder with these 10 wild adventures

LEGOLAND® California Resort

Let your imagination lead the way with these 8 awesome adventures

Sesame Place San Diego

Splash around at the Sesame Street® inspired theme park

These popular 90-minute performances are staged aboard the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s 16th-century Spanish galleon San Salvador. Guests will be fully engaged in pirate theatrics at the dock and underway on San Diego Bay. This hilarious interactive show puts visitors right in the middle of the pirate action. Participants will be sworn in as part of the ship crew, trained how to navigate, sword fight, bail water from a sinking ship, escape from the King’s Jail, swab the deck and other pirate skills. Choose from two 90-minute performances at 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Tickets include general admission! So arrive early and check - in 15 to 30 minutes before your show. Then after you return to the Museum docks, continue the fun as your explore the rest of the Maritime Museum fleet and all of the fascinating below decks exhibits!

Spine-tingling thrills, re-imagined haunts and mind-bending performances which guests can experience from September 26 to November 2 on select dates. San Diego’s largest Halloween nighttime event promises to be more terrifying than ever before. This year, SeaWorld has elevated every single element of Howl-O-Scream creating an unmatched experience of eerie entertainment, hair-raising shows, and a variety of delectably daring food and drink options. Beyond every corner, in every nook and cranny sits an enhanced scare or scene from prior years. 

Prepare for a spooktacular night filled with thrilling activities, exciting contests, delicious treats, bewitching cocktails for the grown-ups, and more. Don’t forget to flaunt your most spine-chilling costume to win a fang-tastic prize!

The Haunted Amusement Park is a HAUNTED Scare Trail set on the desolate grounds of the iconic San Diego Amusement park Marshal Scotty's Playland. The once joyful sounds of fun and laughter are now replaced with screams of terror as visitors make their way through the remnants of the carnival rides from the 1960's. The haunted scare trail takes you under the old Roller Coaster, around the Ferris Wheel and in to the Bumper Cars where you will put on 3D glasses to experience out-of-this-world visuals. You will then have to find your way through the Circus maze before the side show freaks find you. But don't rest yet, you will still have to zig zag your way out of the sleep away camp cabin. See the original haunted ride repair shop, and make your way through the old attraction Graveyard where you will see the broken down cars from the roller coaster, a race car, a ferris wheel gondola still waiting for repair from the undead fix-it crew. The haunted Amusement Park also features a house of curiosities, a truly Haunted House of Horrors, a cemetery, a slaughterhouse, and much more on your nearly 1 mile walk through the spooky grounds of The Haunted Amusement Park.