Myrtle Beach Spring Break
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Myrtle Beach Spring Break
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Things to do in Myrtle Beach during Spring Break 2008
Whether area residents are planning to welcome visiting children or grandchildren over Easter spring break or families from the north are visiting for some relief from snow and ice storms, a Grand Strand spring warms up in many ways for entertaining youngsters. Many miniature-golf courses have reopened for the season.
Melanie D. McMurrain, program educator at the Children's Museum of South Carolina in Myrtle Beach, said her crew enjoys stepping up the amount of special activities for spring vacation.
"We always have special events and programs during spring break to serve local residents as well as visitors," she said. "It serves to provide an opportunity to do something new and to generate repeat visits."
Starting this week and continuing past spring break through May, almost every day through month's end, the museum has an extra program, such as making a message or plant in a bottle.
Whether you long to see alligators in the wild in the freshwater lake at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet or in captivity at Alligator Adventure in North Myrtle Beach, choices abound for a Grand Strand outing with youngsters. Here is a sampling of activities:
Animals and Science
Children's Museum of South Carolina | 2501 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays (until 6 p.m. Thursdays). Admission $7 for ages 2 and older. 946-9469; www.cmsckids.org
Alligator Adventure | Barefoot Landing, U.S. 17, North Myrtle Beach. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with reptile shows at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. $16.95 ages 13 and older, $14.95 seniors, $10.95 ages 4-12, free 3 and younger. 361-0789; www.alligatoradventure.com.
Ripley's Aquarium | Broadway at the Beach, U.S. 17 Bypass, 29th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach. 9 a m.-8 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. A moving walkway runs through a 330-foot tube in the main tank, and visitors can touch rays and horseshoe crabs; also "Pirates: Predators of the Sea" exhibit. 916-0888; www.ripleys aquarium.com.
History
Horry County Museum | 438 Main St., Conway. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 2-5 p.m. Sundays. Free. 915-5320 or www.horrycountymuseum.org. Ghosts and Legends Theatre | Barefoot Landing, U.S. 17, North Myrtle Beach. Lowcountry-tales ghost show every half-hour, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; $8.95 ages 13 and older, otherwise $5.95. Ghost walk at 7:30 p.m. daily through May 31; $17.95 for ages 13 and older, $12.95 for ages 12 and younger; reservations are required. 361-2700; www.ghost shows.com or www.mb ghostwalk.com.
Art
Brookgreen Gardens | U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Tickets good for seven days: $12 for ages 13-64, $10 ages 65 and older, $5 ages 6-12, free ages 5 and younger. 235-6000 or 800-849-1931; www.brook green.org.
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum | 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Free. 238-2510; www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.
Other amusements
Pavilion Nostalgia Park | Broadway at the Beach, U.S. 17 Bypass, 29th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, behind Broadway Cinema 16. Noon-9 p.m. daily through March 28, noon-10 p.m. March 29-May 22. Includes The Pavilion's carousel, spinning teacups, Wave Swinger, Caterpillar rides and more. $3 per individual ride ticket. 913-9400.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Odditorium | Ocean Boulevard and Ninth Avenue North, Myrtle Beach. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. $12.99 for ages 12 and older, $7.99 ages 6-11, and free 5 and younger. Two other attractions on Ocean Boulevard: Ripley's Motion Master Moving Theater, and for ages 6 and older, Ripley's Haunted Adventure. 448-2331; www.ripleys.com.
Cruises
Great American Riverboat Company | Sails on the Jungle Princess from the Waccatee Zoo, 8500 Enterprise Road, off S.C. 707, Socastee, along the Intracoastal Waterway. Schedules and prices vary. 650-6600 or 800-685-6601; www.mbriver boat.com.
Theatrics/special effects
Magiquest | U.S. 17 Bypass, between 21st and 29th avenues north, Myrtle Beach. Open 1 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m. Saturday and Sundays. A live-action game with more than 150 wand-activated effects where players interact with videos in a 3-D fantasy world. $25, which includes a 90-minute experience, a wand and three duels; $13, which includes a 90-minute experience and three duels; or $12 for a wand, $9 for an hour of play and $1 per duel. 913-9460 or 866-353-6244; www.magi quest.com.
Car racing/sports
NASCAR Speedpark | U.S. 17 Bypass at 21st Avenue North, Myrtle Beach. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays. Unlimited wristband $30, which includes all tracks and attractions, except Thunder Road, the NASCAR Silicon Speedway, the rock climbing wall, mini-golf and kiddie rides. Individual tickets $3 each, nine tickets for $20, or 25 for $50; free for ages 3 and younger. 918-8725; www.nascarspeedpark.com/myrtlebeach.html.
View complete list of Myrtle Beach Spring Break activities at the Myrtle Beach Sun News.
