Welleby Park. Sunrise, Fl
Some of you may remember (a few years back) the most fantabulous children’s theme park located inside the Sawgrass Mills Mall named “Wanna Do City”. This was a place where every kid dreamed of going to pretend play inside a city where only kids ran the show!
There were over 120 “professions” to choose from- doctors, lawyers, firemen, nurses…you get the picture. There was pretend money exchanged, driving tickets given, stores to spend their “wongas”, a bank, a hospital…basically an entire city that was 3 football fields long! It was a place where kids got to act like grown-ups. Everyone adored this place. Unfortunately, it closed in 2011.
Although Wanna Do City, in my opinion, can never be replaced, there is a really cute park named Welleby Park in Sunrise, Fl. This park is has nearly 29 acres and includes “Pawgrass”-Sunrises’ first municipal dog park, a splash pad, playground, walking path and of course an area called “Safety Town”.
Safety Town is an area of the park which is a “tiny town”. It features tiny buildings, a paved street, working traffic lights and pretend railroad crossing. The kids walk, run, bike or scoot around the town.
It’s really a fun afternoon and it’s FREE to enter. Although the kids don’t actually enter the buildings, they sure do have fun playing all around them.
The park is really well maintained and is surrounded by a huge lake, picnic areas and beautiful shade trees. Definitely a must go when you are in town! Check our our TikTok video Here.
