Trip Overview
When: April (spring season, pleasant weather)
Duration: 1 day
Travelers: Family with young child (5+ years old)
Budget: ~399 RMB (~$55 USD) per person
Transportation: Self-driving or local transport in Shenzhen
Essential Foreigner Info
Getting There: Located in Shenzhen's Pingshan District. Take Metro Line 14 to "Pingshanyi" station or drive with navigation to the attraction parking lot.
Money Matters: Most vendors accept WeChat Pay and Alipay. Bring 200-500 RMB cash for deposits and small purchases.
Language: Staff speak Mandarin. Key phrase: "Da Meng Tansuo Le Yuan" (大梦探索乐园) for taxi or navigation.
Best Time: Arrive at opening (usually 10 AM) to avoid crowds. Weekends are busy - weekdays are ideal.
Why This Place is Special
My 5-year-old daughter Peppa asks "why" about a thousand times a day, with those bright little eyes full of exploration enthusiasm! This curiosity is exactly what drives us to weekend family trips.
Taking kids to museums feels too serious and quiet - they can't sit still. Pure amusement parks feel like just play without learning. But this Shenzhen attraction - Damon Exploration Paradise (大梦探索乐园) - is the PERFECT combo! It's Shenzhen's first FEC Family Entertainment Center, costing 1.5 billion RMB to build, combining museum + science center + amusement park. Kids play while learning - truly educational entertainment!
Not just for kids exploring the world, but also for adults rediscovering their childhood. The whole family can play for an entire day!
• The Brick Kingdom (积木王朝)
Blocks are one of the most beloved toys in many children's growth. These geometric building toys can create endless variations, promoting creative thinking and imagination.
For block-loving kids and adults, visiting Damon Exploration Paradise feels like a pilgrimage! The Middle-earth World sandbox in the Brick Kingdom is recognized by Guinness World Records as the "largest 3D plastic building block landscape" - built by 40+ engineers and designers over 3+ years. Damon is the FIRST amusement park in Shenzhen to hold a Guinness record. Absolutely震撼!
The grand scenes are magnificent, while small details are intricate and viewable - both kids and adults get lost in the world of blocks!
The Brick Kingdom features many world landmarks built from blocks: Beijing's Tiananmen, Russia's Kremlin, the White House, India's Taj Mahal, Lhasa's Potala Palace... Will these realistic block models plant little dreams in children's hearts, growing up to explore the wider world?
Don't miss the cute animal zone - wildlife all made from blocks, super unique!
The Block Street is a must-see打卡spot! Built at 1:1 human scale, the block district includes a blacksmith shop, police station, bank, hairdresser, milk tea shop, bakery, flower shop, fruit shop, ice cream cart and more - each shop unique with various "busy" professional block figurines! For kids who love role-playing games, this is a dream block fairy tale world!
• Science Paradise (科学乐园)
Children are naturally curious, always observing and exploring the world. Regardless of age, they learn about the world through seeing, touching, tasting, hearing, and smelling. These tiny actions stem from children's yearning for science.
Damon's Science Paradise consists of 100+ interactive exhibits, each carefully designed with classic scientific principles hidden within.
Peppa didn't miss a single exhibit - touching and playing with everything, her eyes full of wonder. Slowly, she began understanding this marvelous universe through small bits of knowledge...
• Train Museum (火车博览馆)
Trains represent the romance of travel and beautiful expectations of distant places. I think many people remember the excitement of their first train ride, admiring beautiful scenery along the way, yearning for the unknown vast world...
Entering the Train Museum feels like stepping onto a fascinating railway culture journey. Only by getting close can you feel the magic of railway culture...
The Train Museum collects hundreds of train models from different countries and eras - you can learn about train development history worldwide and gain lots of train knowledge!
Be sure to take photos at the locomotive - the simple, pure scene makes for great photos!
• Racing World (飞车世界馆)
The Racing World can satisfy car enthusiasts' fantasies, letting you experience the fun of automotive culture.
Start an exploration journey experiencing motorsport here! Enter the professional racing area and get close to three full-scale racing cars from real competitions (WRC, F1, Le Mans).
Of course, there's racing simulation experience - highly还原 racing competition details and racing control feel. If you love racing, you must try it!
• Dream Music Hall (大梦音乐厅)
Music is deeply刻在 human genes. In ancient times, our ancestors used music to chase away beasts and pray to gods. Today, human intelligence has developed the laws of physical sound waves to the extreme - using music to overcome fear, express love, and comfort souls. Where language ends, music begins...
The Dream Music Hall is a music classroom, popularizing instrument encyclopedia and showcasing diverse Chinese and Western instruments, letting music enter our souls. Perhaps this is an important flavor in life.
• Mecha Dream Hall (机甲童梦馆)
Actually, Gen Z and Millennials (80s, 90s, even current kids) grew up with mecha anime. Damon Exploration Paradise's mecha collection is a狂欢 for mecha fans - the hall "hides" over 2000 mecha models in this small space. You'll see the growth and changes of mecha over more than half a century!
Using holographic projection technology to display classic mecha movements and weapons!
There's also super exciting VR mecha battles - experience the fun of "piloting mecha" firsthand!
• Pink Dream Hall (粉红梦想馆)
Pink is the most gentle color, the color of dreams, emitting a sweet candy aroma, bringing unlimited beauty. In fairy tales, pink is usually the princess color - sweet, gentle, innocent, quiet. Every girl has a little romantic pink dream!
Peppa's favorite color is too pink. I believe Pink Dream Hall is her向往 pink world - she plays endlessly in the pink ball pit; riding the pink carousel, she turns back with a smile...
• Dinosaur Research Institute (恐龙研究所)
Almost every child loves animals, often role-playing their favorite animals. Dinosaurs have huge attraction for children just discovering the world. You could say almost all kids love dinosaurs.
When Peppa entered Damon Exploration Paradise's Dinosaur Research Institute, she was deeply attracted - like time-traveling into a small dinosaur world, thrilling and full of exploration enthusiasm!
The Dinosaur Research Institute has many interactive games: experiencing pterosaur flight with motion control, large screen simulation letting kids feel the joy of soaring like a pterosaur over mountains and lakes;
PK speed with dinosaurs - see if you can escape a dinosaur's pursuit in real situations, giving kids a direct understanding of dinosaur speed;
There's also dinosaur coloring - coloring dinosaurs in your imagination, colorful and hilariously fun!
The dinosaur world is full of wonderful natural phenomena - traces of history, laws of nature, changes of Earth, richness of vegetation, cycles of food chains...
The complexity of their world is excellent training for children's understanding.
Dinosaurs gave children wings of imagination, fuel for curiosity.
• Live Shows
The park also has many live activities: dinosaur shows, dance performances, cops and robbers and more! Activities have fixed show times - arrange your viewing according to your schedule!
Peppa watched the Damon Cheerleading dance performance - excited kids also danced together on stage, so much joy!
• Park Food
A great place definitely needs good food!
For main meals, go to Damon Block Restaurant (大梦积木餐厅), offering set meals, soups, snacks, cold dishes, fruit drinks and more. The restaurant is clean and tidy, with特色 cuisine - don't miss it when visiting Damon Exploration Paradise.
Adults can go to Jungle Coffee, ordering fruit drinks, coffee, or authentic Taiwanese bubble tea - truly an energy补给 station!
During play, you can visit Retro Taiwan Food Street for Taiwanese flavors: grilled sausage, traditional tofu pudding, vermicelli, and more - plus cotton candy and Chinese sugar painting! Peppa chose pink cotton candy. After playing tired, there are delicious candies and snacks - her little face was filled with happiness!
A park with so much good food, a park fun for ages 5-50 - who wouldn't love it?