Illuminarium Las Vegas

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."Space, at the Illuminarium is an out-of-this-world 360 immersive experience, where you travel on a journey across the galaxy. After hearing President Kennedy's 1962 speech, you experience liftoff to the moon, travel past the planets, and marvel at the discoveries of the James Webb telescope.It's timed with music like "Fly Me to the Moon," and other lyrical offerings, which can be a bit ponderous and slow. You can leave footprints on the moon, crush asteroids and other interactions on the floor. There are moon-type cushions throughout and the projections are 360 degrees.There's information projected on the walls, though the type is small and doesn't stay long enough onscreen to read all of the details, particularly about the James Webb telescope. Young children can still enjoy the experience even if they can't read, although as I said, there are times when they could have edited some of this to move it along. The pictures of the nebulas are incredible. The ticket is teamed with a showing of "Lite Brite." There's a small cafe and gift shop as well.

No Love for After Dark: Love on Top (V-day 2025): Not worth it! It's very deceiving and incredibly underwhelming. This event was located in a smaller building across from Area 51. It was basically a single room with projections on the walls. There was no kind of Valentine's decoration whatsoever and a total of like 10 people just hanging out awkwardly. Lol. We are here visiting some local friends and thought this would be a cute way to experience some visual art. Our friends got in before us and FaceTimed us like, "what is this??" I was like, I had no clue what to expect. I had tried researching online as many reviews and photos to see if it was worth it but couldn't find much. Now I know why. But I still wanted to give it a chance. Our friends have been to Area 51 and said that is a way better experience. Anyhow, we didn't stay long.**Shout to the DJ, though

I'm not sure what it is about these kinds of places, but I feel like they've sprung up everywhere. Granted, this location is in a special entertainment zone (Area15) and they make good use of the space. Plus the cleanest bathrooms I have seen!! Skip the ones at Area15 and go here lmao.If you have the big activity pass, then this is worth a trip. If you don't, I'm not sure it's worth paying separately just to go here. It's a room with things projected onto it. It's basically a movie that you're watching. We caught the space one and it was enjoyable. Some of the screens were a little blurry but we just moved to the other side. The restaurant on-site was closed but the gift shop was open if you wanted an expensive souvenir.

Such a. Cool experience !!! On the other side of area 15, we did the light bright show and that was magical. Had a great time. Will definitely go back.

OVERVIEW: Took my 11 year old daughter here on a whim to try something different in town. The building for the Illuminarium shares a parking lot with Area 15, but is its own building across a small street - they are not physically connected. Parking was kind of tight because it shares the lot, but we found a decent amount of parking further from the Area 15 entrance and closer to the Illuminarium entrance.SERVICE: Because we are local, we took advantage of the local discount by purchasing tickets at their main box office (front counter). How it works is that you get both features - for us it was "Lite Bright" and "Space." They are about an hour each, and alternating times so you can catch both, one after the other. For us we did Lite Brite at 6pm and Space at 7pm. You wait in line and someone scans your tickets, they give a small safety/rules briefing, and then walk you to the room.THE EXPERIENCE: When you walk in, there are already "waiting" projections. There was decent seating within the large "projection room," though there were definitely still people standing, unsure if by choice. When it started, it was pretty cool - you are surrounded by images on every side, including the floor. For example, there was an underwater portion, and if you got up and walked around, there would be a bubble trail behind you - very cool. I really enjoyed that in the Space one, it felt like you were on the surface of the moon, and you'd see astronaut boot prints trailing behind you as you walked around.My daughter really enjoyed the Lite Brite show, which made the room look like a giant lite brite (with colored dots making the images), so it wasn't the high resolution imagery I was expecting, but that came into play with Space. There were little mini games during Lite Brite, but scoring was temperamental and the rules weren't clear for some games. We enjoyed Lite Brite, and thought we had to leave the room to line up for Space, but it turned out we just ended up walking back to the same room - unsure if that's the same for every show. Space started out pretty cool, with a moon landing scene. I loved that they had actual moon landing footage in a 'picture-in-picture' type of scene, with facts on the screens as well. However, by this point, we'd just done an hour show, and we were getting a bit bored/tired/hungry to finish sitting through Space, so we left early to eat. RECOMMENDATION:If you can get this at a discount and you have young children, I'd definitely recommend it. The young ones there really enjoyed this, or Lite Brite at least. Though we didn't finish Space, the graphics were visually stunning and it did make you feel like you were walking around on the surface of the moon, looking at the moon's mountains/skylines on the horizon. High quality projections and audio throughout for sure. It will take about 2 hours, I did find myself getting bored/tired towards the tail end of our 75 minutes there, but again, I was very thankful there were seats available to just relax and immerse yourself in the show.

Discovered Illuminarium as one of the many LV attractions included the Go City pass. Conveniently located beside Area 15 with free parking.This year, patrons are able to see both cinematic immersive shows: Space and Lite Brite. Both were well produced, Lite Brite was very colorful and interactive. Since we came on New Year's Eve, there was a bonus attraction in a separate room that showed New Year's celebrations from other countries at the top of the hour (we saw Abu Dhabi and Kenya). There were other activities such as bracelet making, face painting, 360 video with New Year props. The staff are very friendly. Overall, It's a nice attraction to see for the first time, after that, unless it's a brand new show, younger kids would most likely enjoy it more for an encore visit.

This experience was pretty interesting but honestly if it wasn't included in the Area 15 pass, I probably wouldn't have paid for it. We wound up doing the animal experience which was a showing of a bunch of different animals across the walls. It's was pretty immersive, the screens were huge and there were some smells associated with the movies. It was cute and pretty cool for the first few screens but we didn't stay for the full experience. It dragged on a little bit. I think it could be shorter for sure.

Illuminarium definitely looked appealing and sounds really cool but honestly, if I didn't have free tickets, I would not want to pay for this. The staff is really nice and there's your usual gift shop. When it was showtime, you get in line and enter this room. I did the Space show and the intro was pretty neat. Wall to wall projections and the couch was comfy. Then you go into this other big room where you can free roam. There are parts of the show that's interactive, like the asteroid belt. The entire show was about 30mins. I understand the huge production value behind it and the value of the show but it just felt kind of bland. I'm not sure how it could improve but it doesn't draw me back for another visit.

I decided to write this review so others have proper expectation for the sports at the Illuminarium experience.I will say that the idea of this concept is cool, but the execution was greatly lacking. There are literally hundreds of places in this town to watch a game so you'd think they'd consider that in setting up this. The whole thing is a just mess. Check-in was smooth and friendly and the manager offered us a sneak peek at the venue. It looked really awesome, but way smaller than we expected. Several pouf chairs and several bar height tables with about 60 seats total. The mgr told us the cafe was open and we could wait there for the doors to open. The cafe staff told us they weren't opening for another 30 mins but we could sit there and wait. Previous reviews had mentioned the food options in the venue, including a buffet style setup. Not only was that not the case on this day, but they were also telling people at check in that no food is allowed in the venue. We and many others had not eaten and we expected there to be food available since we were there and possibly drinking for 3 hours. Another lady was told by the cafe that they may not even open due to the chef not calling out, so we were basically they with no access to food. At that point several of us asked for a refund. The manager, Jazz, who was amazing did some maneuvering and told us that food would be offered and delivered over from the kitchen. We all decided to stay at this point. We found seating to be really terrible for watching a game. The pouf chairs were too close to the screens and the tall tops were uncomfortable with plastic barstools. We decided not to order food, but what we saw appeared to be one of the biggest rip offs we've seen. The price of $14-$19 for less than a full handful of fries and 3 chicken fingers, teeny tiny wings, etc. were not in line with other places on and off the strip. Upon check-in we were told the drink that came with our ticket was any drink alcoholic or non-alcoholic. It wound up being only wellLiquor with no Red Bull allowed as the mixer. No big deal, but there was no real clarity on what the drink ticket covered. The bar was setup much like one you'd see at a bad wedding venue but was very limited. We stayed until half time and decided to go elsewhere because it was just not that enjoyable. I hope if you choose to go, your experience is better than ours. Maybe the issues they dealt with will help them improve.

Out of all the exhibitions in Area 15, I think this was the best one to go to. I assumed that it would be just like any other planeterium I've been to. You sit down, watch something on the ceiling for 30 minutes then you're out. But boy, I was entirely wrong about the experience. You sit down and a staff explains to you what will happen then you go another room to fully immerse yourself in everything about space. It was interactive and also got so many cool looking pictures. Definitely would love to come back when the zoo exhibition is on!