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Salt Lake City, Utah
Olympic Glory and More
By Kendeyl Johansen
, a jungle-themed Mexican restaurant which features live cliff divers, tree-top dining, talking/singing animal shows and performing waterfalls. If you'd rather dine on seafood, try Joe's Crab Shack with its kid-pleasing indoor playland and inexpensive children's menu.
For quick eats try the food court, which features pizza, deli sandwiches, ice cream cones and Krispy Kr笥 Doughnuts, and afterwards head to one of the complex's 16 luxury movie theatres. Alternately, feed your mind with a visit to the Cricket Super Screen with its six-story screen that showcases adventure/wildlife films. Pre-order a meal/movie passport by phone to avoid lines, which can be staggering for the Myan and Joe's. Finally, sip a latte while the kids enjoy the arcade and Max Flight virtual roller coaster. For more information call 801-304-4500.
Of course you have to ski Utah while your family is visiting. After all, there are 10 mountain resorts less than an hour from Salt Lake International Airport, all offering individual or group ski lessons for all ages and ski abilities. Many resorts also offer cross country and snowboard lessons.
Deer Valley Resort is especially family-friendly, with an innovative baby-sitting service that includes pagers so even nursing moms can shred the slopes without worry. The resort offers family-friendly amenities like slope-side tissues for runny noses, hot chocolate with marshmallows and on-resort ski storage so you don't have to haul everything back and forth.
Apr籭ski (a.k.a. "after-ski") re-energize your famished troops at Deer Valley's Seafood Buffet. The restaurant's name lacks pizzazz but you'll be delighted by the buffet's staggering variety of gourmet fare side-by-side with kid-friendly eats -- and the mountain of dessert choices is guaranteed to produce smiles from even the most exhausted child. The Seafood Buffet is listed among "America's Top Restaurants" in the Zagat Restaurant Guide, and it's popular, so don't forget to make reservations. For more information call 435-649-1000.
