Our flight to Korea was an evening flight, giving us a day in London before our departure. We wanted to do something fun with the boys, and something that would help them to burn off some energy before a long flight.

The weather was against us, which ruled out an outdoor activity. And we didn’t want to park up and get the train into central London, because our passports and worldly possessions were in the back of the car!

So we did a little research, and we decided to visit Bubble Planet in Wembley. It was a really fun experience that the kids loved (tick and double tick) and I think would be a great addition to a family London day out. Here’s why:

Interactive Art and Play

Bubble Planet reminded us alot of Teamlabs Planets in Japan because of the way in which it fused interactive mixed media art with play elements, but on a smaller scale. You pass through 11 different themed environments, and they’re all related to bubbles in some way or another.

The first room you walk into is the LED room where beautiful underwater scenes are projected onto the floor creating the illusion that you’re walking through water. There is a near identical room at Teamlabs Planets, but in this you can actually wade through water.

The absolute highlight for the boys was the enormous ball pool. This is called the ‘bubble bath‘ room. None of us had ever seen a ball pall this big! It was themed around the bath tub with the balls as clear bubbles, and there were sculptures of a head and two feet poking out too.

This was the room we spend by far the longest amount of time in with the boys staying in long after Mike and I had given up exhausted! They were constantly bobbing up and down and throwing themselves around. This definitely fulfilled our mission of running off their energy!

I really loved the selfie room (because of course I did!). This had four different bubble themed photo shoot areas where we could all pose.

One was a bath tub full of ducks, one was an illusion staircase, one was a swing through the sky, and the final photo shop was a trick shot where you could put your head in a box!

11 Themed Environments

The 11 different themed environments are:

• The LED room. A room where sealife scenes are projected on the floor.
• Bubble Ocean. A mix of smaller balls and giant balloons fill a room and you can bounce them, hit them, and throw them around. This was the boys second-favourite room after the bubble bath.
• Bubble bath. The epic ball pool!
• Giant bubble. A huge dome like bubble where imagery is projected onto the walls as you lie inside.
• Infinity room. Another room that is very similar to Teamlabs Planets. Lights change colours as you walk through this mirrored room.

• Selfie room. With four different selfie spots.
• Sketch and post. You can sketch your own pictures then scan them so that they appear on the wall in front of you.
• VR. If you don’t have the VIP package you can pay extra for the VR experience. You saw all of the world wonders, animals, and even went into a wine glass from inside your own bubble.
• Soap bubbles. All sorts of different soap bubbles are available here: machines shoot them out and there is an area where you can stand in a giant bubble as you pull it around you.
• Interactive shop. We were about to fly off on holiday so we didn’t spend any time in the gift shop!

Practical Information

Bubble Planet is located at: 22 Fulton Road, Wembley, London, HA9 0TF. If you’re driving then you should turn as if you’re going to Ikea (if you know, you know) and head towards Olympic Way then turn left onto Engineers Way.

If you’re taking public transport then the venue is just a short walk from Wembley Park station and close to Wembley Stadium. We actually parked the car at Wembley Stadium (which was easy because it wasn’t a match day) in the Pink Parking car park and then it was an easy 5 minute walk from there.

There isn’t an onsite parking at Bubble Planet, so this was the closest public carpark.

The opening hours are different depending on what day you visit. But Bubble Planet is CLOSED on Tuesday, so if you’re planning to visit on that day you’ll be disappointed.

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM (last entrance at 7:00 PM)
Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM (last entrance at 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM (last entrance at 8:00 PM)
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM (last entrance at 7:00 PM)

Admission Costs For Bubble Planet London

Admission to Bubble Planet in London cost us £19.90 per adult and £14.90 for each of the boys. This is the price for children aged 4-12, with kids under 4 entering for free.

There is an option to choose a VIP admission package. We didn’t do this, but it includes entry, VR experience, free cloakroom, and a poster that you can choose from the gift shop. This costs £29.90 per adult and £24.90 per child.

You can buy your tickets directly from the Bubble Planet Website here.

We ended up being in Bubble Planet for around 2 hours. I think you could have spent longer, but not much longer: it definitely isn’t a whole day out. For that reason the price was a little pricey to me, but that’s probably because London prices for just about everything are much more than we pay out here in the sticks!

What do you think? Have you ever been to Bubble Planet in London? Is this the kind of family activity you would enjoy? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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