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Inner Space Cavern
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30 reviews for Inner Space Cavern
30 reviews in English
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Review from ryan c.
Jacksonville, NC
10/20/2011
I hadn't been to this cave in years. I remember going when I was in school. I took my family this summer while I was home on my 2 weeks R/R from deployment. The only other cave my kids had been to was Ruby Falls in Chattanooga. My daughter was a little scared at first because she doesn't like this type of thing much but my son was all about it. We took the trolley down and were offered the picture session (which was not forced on us.) Then we started the tour. My daughter clung to my side almost the entire time. Our tour guide, Jana, was knowledgable (and an old classmate of my wifes) and patient with our kids (the only kids on the tour.) We saw the chicken nugget sized bats and my son loved learning about the animal bones that were uncovered. Jana didn't turn the lights off due to our kids but the tour was great, and an excellent way to get out of the summer heat.
At the half way point our guide took time to talk to our kids and that is when they really got involved. Our guide let my daughter be the guide out of the cave, holding the flashlight, and everything. Our son even got a chance. It was a great experience, and one the my kids loved. And of course at the end of the tour we had to go to the gift shop where my kids got their little souveniers.
One thing I liked was the military discount that my wife and I got (she's not military but they gave it to her.)
This isn't a huge cave like Longhorn Caverns, Carlsbad, or Ruby Falls, but it is a nice way to spend some time and get out of the heat. It's good for kids for their first cave experience also. -
Review from eirian j.
Georgetown, TX
1/16/2012
We had a great time on our "Adventure Tour" today (the shorter of the two) and both the children and adults in our group had a great time. A fun place to go for locals and tourists alike....we've lived 5 minutes away but just went for the first time and the buy-one-get-one free coupon made us finally go for it.
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Review from Shelley M.
Gainesville, FL
12/4/2010 1 Check-in Here
I've been to many caverns in the USA and Puerto Rico. While this was not the best, it was very interesting and our guide, Jana, was knowledgable & friendly. The walk is pretty easy & there are a few lil chicken-nugget sized bats living in there so you can see them here and there. Good for an afternoon trip, takes about 1.5 hours to do the 3/4 mi. tour.
Apparently they call it Inner Space Caverns because it was discovered right around when moon exploration was going on. Thus "outer space" and "inner space". Kids are welcome on the tours, but some shouldn't go... Parents, you know who you are and the rest of us don't think your bratty kid is cute. -
Review from Jennifer P.
San Francisco, CA
12/2/2010 1 Check-in Here
Anyone know why it's called Inner Space? We asked and apparently it was discovered during the space race. So there was "outer space" and "inner space." Semi-neat fact...anyway, moving on...
We went on the Explorers Tour. We got to see pretty much the entire cavern plus we got to rom around on our own in a designated area. It was definitely worth the extra $2. -
Review from Joseph F.
8/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Fun natural history location. It's a great tour and amazing scenery. Plus in the Texas heat, especially this year, a great way to stay cool. The first time I ever came to these caves I was absolutely blown away, they are absolutely gorgeous and true testament to the way our world works. It's a great pit stop while traveling down 35, perfect for stretching those legs and doing something to take your mind off of driving. Inner Space is a great family destination, whenever I'm here you can't help but notice all the kids and their imaginations running wild with excitement and curiosity. I've gone several times and every guide I've had has been knowledgeable about the cavern and it's formation. A few years back I had a real comedian of a tour guide but now I can't recall his name for the life of me.
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Review from Jaya F.
9/7/2010 3 photos
If you have never seen a cavern before, this place would certainly interest you. The formations are amazing. With lights positioned at the right places it does make some areas look so magical.
The gift shop has a lot of interesting things and comparatively cheaper.
This place is losing one star from me becos the tour guide's jokes/comments were so lame and boring. -
Review from Greg D.
College Station, TX
9/27/2009 124 photos
Inner Space Cavern is one of only 7 privately owned and operated caves in Texas that you can visit. It is also the "newest" cave in Texas as it was discovered in 1963 when I-35 was being built. In fact part of I-35 goes right over it, live, to this day.
It's $16 a person for a basic 1 hour tour and very well worth it. You start out by taking a train car down underground. Then you get to walk this ancient masterpiece. Here they have found and have skeletons of some of the oldest known mammals in North America. The caves are just breath taking beautiful and if you have never seen one, it will change how you look at the ground you walk on every day.
We did a lights out where you are basically blind and the human eye can not adapt to that (I was amazed!) and the entire tour is not something that can be covered in a simple Yelp review. Here you have one of the coolest things in Texas, young or old, native or visitor.
This is perhaps one of the only properly preserved (discovered) open to the public "living" caves that still exists in Texas. Aside from the fact that they have found and have on display the bones of a South American mammoth, saber toothed tiger, north American camel, ancient horse, etc. it seems as if the cave has not been fully explored, since it is privately owned and the owner shut down excavations in 1996. You will see layers of coral from when Texas was an ocean. It is also home of the only known Earthquake "designed" cavern in North America.
In everything I have ever reviewed on Yelp and given 5 stars, this thing right here is a total 5 star. It's the best of Texas!
Trivial Note : In 1963 when the US and Russia were in a space race to "outer space", Inner Space chose their name, and it has been called "Inner Space" with the same owners since 1963. -
Review from Liz H.
Austin, TX
12/27/2009
The folks who run the Inner Space Cavern have taken a very interesting and unique natural wonder and turned it into a cheesy tourist trap.
The cave itself is beautiful and interesting but in order to see it you have to go through a gift store filled with cheap garbage, listen to a tour guide whose schtick is geared for 8 year olds, and have your photo taken at the start of the tour. When the tour guide was sharing actual facts I enjoyed the tour but unfortunately about 45 minutes of the hour spent in the cave was spent listening to ridiculous comments/bad jokes and/or waiting around for other tour members to catch up.
Having said all that the cave is home to the 2nd smallest species of bat in the U.S. and you can get very up close and personal with the cute bats if that appeals to you.
Glad I went one time but I wouldn't go again. Not even if someone paid me to. -
Review from James S.
Santa Cruz, CA
6/20/2007
Being from the Georgetown area, I've been on many a field trip to Inner Space Cavern. I have a special place in my heart for this cave, even though there are several others you can do in a daytrip that are a little more exciting.
But, this place does win the award for campy small-town attraction. You can "pan for gold" in the smelly water beside the place and buy all kinds of dumb crap from the gift shop. The tour guides are mostly bored teenagers who split their time loathing themselves for working here or loathing you for showing up. But they do remember most of the interesting facts about the cave.
It is a cool diversion for a summer Saturday, and there's some other goofball things you can do in Georgetown as a change of pace from Austin. If you like caves, definitely check out Longhorn Cavern and Natural Bridge Cavern. If you want another goofy small-town attraction, there's the Wonder Cave at Wonder World in San Marcos.
Oh, by the way. There's a rock in the cave that you can touch. I wouldn't recommend it. It's been... defiled... several times over the years. -
Review from will p.
Austin, TX
7/26/2010
Went with the family (wife and 10 yr old girl and 8 yr old boy). Yes, the tour was a bit cheesy, but our guide Leah was very charming and sweet. We didn't expect a highly technical lecture. We were impressed by the caves and thought it was a fun 45 minutes. We actually bought the $10 photo because it came out so well (and out own digital camera pics did not).
Gift shop had a lots of nick nacs. Just to be expected, IMHO. They kids enjoyed buying bags of dirt and sifting for gems outside. Don't be too critical of the place. -
Review from Christhel D.
Moreno Valley, CA
6/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
If you have children and are looking for an adventure, this is the place to go. I went there with my husband and we even had a great time learning about the caverns and formations. Incredible sitings of natural formations. They even have a tour that takes you into the dark spots of the cave. There are bats, but they don't harm you. Some of the tour guide have comedic personalities too.
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Review from Amber s.
Austin, TX
7/10/2008
I've been to only two caves in Austin, so I'm not an expert. I've been to Inner Space and ...another one that I can't remember (and that I didn't like, so no loss there.) But what I saw at Inner Space helped me understand the fascination with spelunking.
I took my son and daughter there, and they fell immediately in love with the "panning for gold" attraction--yes, completely silly and arguably a waste of money, but the next tour didn't start for another 45 minutes and the kids needed something to keep them entertained. They loved it. And after all, this particular adventure was all about the kids, so it was all good.
Or at least, I thought it was all about the kids. The caves were phenomenal. We were lucky to have a really knowledgeable tour guide who was able to reveal all sorts of fascinating information about the surrounding area as well as the prehistoric animals that used to live in the caves. The enormous pile of petrified bat guano was truly spectacular. (I kid you not. Even if you don't like poop--but who doesn't like poop?--you can't help but be impressed by this.)
Impressed and kind of terrified. The tour of Inner Space really illuminates how vastly different the world used to be, and really gets you wondering about what the world could be like in the future. The tour guide explained about the caves being "alive", and explaining how they grow over time. If you're at all interested in caves, take this tour and then watch the episode on caves on Planet Earth. It'll rock your socks.
If you do have little ones, be prepared to make sure they keep their hands to themselves. Touching the cave walls is a huge no-no as that ruins the cave's ability to grow. My son especially wanted to break the rules, so I had to put the fear of God into him.
If you're looking for something new to do on a weekend, give this a shot. ti's especially nice in the summer, as the caves are considerably cooler than above ground. Happy spelunking!Listed in: Family Time -- Great Stuff To…
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Review from Joshua R.
Redwood City, CA
7/27/2009
I've visited many caves in both the US and abroad, and I've always been on the main tours, craning my head around the corners, looking past the "Do Not Enter" ropes and wondering "What would it be like to go down THAT passageway? Could I deal with going feet first down a black hole lined with sharp rocks?"
I got the answer this past weekend during my Inner Space Cavern Wild Cave Tour. This is NOT, I repeat NOT a review of the regular, take-the-kids-and-follow-the-walkway tour. MY trip was the extra-extra special, helmet, kneepads, pant-tearing and claustrophobia battling tour through the underbelly of the cavern, accompanied by a few friends, a few strangers, and the brother-sister guide team of Brennen and Dani.
The operators of the cave provide a list of what to wear/bring, and they provide helmets, knee and elbow pads, and head lamps. After a brief orientation, we headed into the pit, past not one but TWO "Do Not Enter" signs, and got our "Before" pictures taken. In looking at those pictures I'm reminded of my 1988 HS Senior Pictures, "I look so...clean...".
What followed was 3+ hours of driving ourselves through an incredible Inner Landscape on our hands and knees, knees and elbows, stomachs, backs, and fingertips while the guides explained what we were seeing and experiencing.
Dani and Brennen were fantastic-they were great teachers of technique ("OK, now twist around that rock and PULL!") as well as good story tellers. The family dynamic between them was an added element that we appreciated-at one point Brennen threatened to teach Dani's 2-year old son "adult" words if she kept talking about how hungry she was. We had a fun group, and we asked as many questions about the different experiences the guides have had as we asked about the cave formations we were seeing. Funny stories about the kind of questions people ask when they call the info line ("Have y'all changed location at all?") and what people ask on the tours ("How long did this place take y'all to build?") seemed to top the list.
While navigating the route, there were plenty of tight spots that made me grateful that I'm only mildly claustrophobic. A particular crevice where we had to crawl, twist around and then leverage ourselves up to a higher passage was very challenging, and on the last 40-foot crawl on our bellies, the ceiling and the floor seemed to be no farther apart than the EXACT dimensions of my backside. Those were about my limit, but they were all ultimately navigable. One of my companions mentioned that he never felt any kind of concern at all, so I think 99.99% of visitors would find the experience doable. There are plenty of rest stops, incuding a meditation-inducing Nap Room with all the lights off and comfy, crunchy rock to lie down on for 20 or so minutes.
And it is incredibly worth it to experience the Mud Room, the Dragon's Mouth, The Canyon, and numerous other caverns that would be impossible to sample without braving the tight passages to get to them.
There was only one real concern about the trip-There is NO way to...ahem...use the facilities... while in the caves. If you are on the tour, make sure you take the Guides' advice and hit the restroom a last time before leaving the check-in/gift store area. And make sure you've eaten OK, there's no food allowed on the tour, although the Guides do carry a few water bottles to share. It's a very physically demanding trip, and I was definitely glad I had packed PowerBar to devour as soon as we made it out of the caves and back to our stuff, stored in the office for the duration of our adventure.
A couple of notes-
This may not be a good trip for people of strong religious beliefs about how and when the earth was formed. Frankly, I want my guides focused on telling me where the footholds are versus defending the statement "It takes thousands and thousands of years for this little pillar to form, imagine how long to make that big one over there." While there were no issues within our group, apparently that kind of thing has come up occasionally in the past.
Don't wear ANYTHING that you'll be unhappy having ripped, torn, COVERED in mud and clay, or otherwise damaged. The sharp and pokey rocks are...well...sharp and pokey. I had a cargo-pocket torn half-off, and the olive green T-Shirt I started with was a lovely muddy khaki by the end of the day.
Finally, I think that any reasonably in-shape person should be able to do this tour with very little problem. The guides are experts at showing different ways to get through passages and up/down holes. We even had some discussion about upper vs. lower body strength and which method would be best for men (in general) vs. women (in general). Everybody made it out ok.
The price tag may seem a little steep at the outset, but now, having experienced it, it seems like a great price for an experience that was challenging and fun.
Bottom Line-GO FOR IT!!Listed in: Things that tell you things…
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Review from April S.
Austin, TX
4/25/2011
So, I finally got this place out of my system. It was very interesting and informational. Nothing like I thought or expected, but we are supposed to expect the unexpected, right? They have a gift shop that you can get lost in. They also have a mining area that you can do on your own. The palm reading machines were not working when I was there. I lost a quarter. That broke the bank. Well, there is a car that takes you down to the cave and then you walk through the cave and then ride the car back up. Just make sure to schedule your tour around all the field trips they have. And, there are many. You should try it at least once. Although there are 7 caverns in Texas!
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Review from Pamela R.
3/5/2010
We did the basic tour and printed a coupon off their website, so ended up paying about 16 bucks a person. This tour just walks you through the caves, which are definitely beautiful. Our tour guide was knowledgeable about the history of the cave, how the formations were created, etc and definitely deserved the tip at the end. Their last tour is typically at 3pm and the morning tours tend to be reserved, so call ahead of show up between 12-2 if you want to be a walk in.
They also have spelunking discovery tours where you get all dirty-yay- but they cost an arm and a leg. I have heard that if you want to do the full out spelunking tour that you are better off going to the Natural Bridge in San Antonio.
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Review from Camron R.
5/30/2007
My roommate took his son here for his 12th birthday. We did the standard Adventure Tour and the Explorer's Tour. I'm sure most people will get their fill from just the Adventure Tour. On the Explorer's Tour we were given flashlights and taken to some other rooms where we could squat down and crawl through smaller tunnels. I wouldn't recommend if you have claustrophobia, arachnophobia or chiroptophobia.
Inner Space would be great to visit during the summer because the temperature drops about 20 degrees in the cavern. You're also going to see some really nice formations. The kids giving the tours seem to know quite a bit of information as well.
How good of a time you'll have usually depends on who you get in your group. I had some people who asked a lot of dumb questions, so in a way that made it kind of fun. -
Review from Jonathan H.
Austin, TX
1/4/2010
If I could only review the cavern separately from the tour because the two would get very different ratings. The cavern itself is very pretty and extremely well-kept. I've toured lots of other caves and while others may be more extensive I felt like this one let you get closer to the actual formations than many. Plus, I thought the strategically placed colored lights added to the experience. Four stars for the cave!
The tour gets 1. How about a bit more time talking about the science and less time spent on the cheesy names for the formations? I would give alot to have back the 5 minutes spent hearing the "names" of a dozen formations in a cavern. Yes, I can tell it looks like a whale without anyone pointing that out.
The worst part was that the second you get into the cave you're lined up single-file for the "mandatory" picture. I a stupendous time waiting for 10 minutes while each family unit smiled for the camera. Not really. The pictures will be waiting for you, at an additional cost of course, in the gift shopafter the tour. Unfortunately, that kind of start soured the whole time for me.
Bottom line: great cave and well taken-care of but the tour needs some serious work. -
Review from Jim C.
Austin, TX
7/12/2009
You'd think a cave tour would be a relief considering the 100-degree plus temperatures, but you'd be wrong.... apparently when people say "it's not the heat, it's the humidity" they're not lying. Inner Space Cavern is allegedly 72 year round, but about 98% humidity, so it didn't feel much more comfortable than topside.
The cave itself is interesting - not as big as the big caverns out west or up north, but plenty of interesting looking formations to look at. The tour guides have a cute spiel they go through which are somewhat funny, though most of the entertainment was provided by the little kids in our group.
It's worth visiting once, but the entertainment value is low, they charge $17 for a tour that's a little over an hour. Also they take your picture in front of a nice backdrop claiming it's in case you get lost, but of course it's really so they can have pictures to sell you when you get back up top... I was annoyed more by the pretext than the practice.Listed in: Fun outside Austin
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Review from M B.
Austin, TX
9/1/2008
Great local attraction - definitely worth a visit, especially during the dog days of summer when it is a pleasant 72 degrees underground.
The standard cave tour starts with a very short cable car ride to the entrance. The entire tour takes about 1 hour 15 minutes, and the path is easy to navigate, although it can be slippery when wet. The cave itself is in very good shape - most of the formations are still "live" and look well cared for. Beautiful and eerie, and if you are lucky, you'll see a few resident bats.
Our guide, Sam, was quite funny in a goof-ball sort of way. His food-themed chatter kept my 5 year-old entertained, which is quite a feat considering the length of the tour. Kids younger than 5 will probably be bored and whine.
The small gift shop is nice - lots of rock-themed items (bags of rocks, slices of rocks, magnetized rocks, crystals, geodes, pyrite, etc.) - cool if you are a lover of rock-themed gift shops.
There is a tree shaded area to the side with picnic tables and a small playscape where you can have lunch (bring your own or get something at the very small cafe on site). There is also a place to "pan for gold" - you buy a big bag of sand at the gift shop, pour it in the flowing water channels, and use the screens provided to look for "gold." The margins on that activity runs over 99.9%, but it's fun for the kids nonetheless. I just wish I had come up with the idea of selling $5 bags of sand containing a few colored quartz crystals first - absolutely brilliant.
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Review from Wesley R.
Round Rock, TX
11/18/2009
I've been several times. It's a great local spot to take friends and relatives to kill a couple hours. Most of the tour guides are pretty cool and very family friendly for kids.
It's not the best cave, but worth a visit. Adult tickets are a little pricy, but if you have the current coupon book that is for Austin there is a 2 for 1 admission coupon there.
It's a nice cave and worth checking out if you've never been. -
Review from Marianne G.
Corona, CA
1/13/2010 4 photos
I can't say that I'm a fan of caves. Caves are dark and dank and have lots of creepy things. But, what I didn't know is that caves can also be hot, and humid. Uh, huh. The last time I expelled that much sweat during a tour I was in the Butteryfly House in St. Louis. At least there I still got to see the light of day.
Here, well, it wasn't pleasant for me to be in this cave sweating my arse off in close quarters and in close proximity to strangers who were also sweating their arse off. But, little things in the cave made it fun... It would be even more fun if they reduced the entrance fee.
1. The tour guide. She was either having a bad day or she just graduated from the school of How to Speak Like Ben Stein. To top it off, she was Nasty McNasty. This made it much more fun for me as my cohorts were trying to figure out how to ask her why she was in such a foul mood, when it came time for her to ask us, "Are there any questions?"
2. There were some cool rocks. I mean, they were fraggle rock cool. My favorite one was the one that looked like crystal but felt like flesh. And apparently is a live rock that dies everytime you touch it. They had a specific section marked off just so we could touch it. Thus, only torturing one rock instead of all the rocks.
3. The fake bat. OK, we all know what live animals look like and sure, we know that they live in caves. They claim midget bats live in the cave. I do believe them without actually having to see one. I mean, people make a lot of noise and last I heard, bats don't like light too much. But, these people put a fake midget bat up on the ceiling of the first part of the cave. I honestly couldn't contain myself. Laughter ensued when our tour guide was unsurprisingly "shocked" to show us the bat. Best.Fake.Bat.Ever.
4. The ride back up to the surface. This had to have been the best part for me because the last area of the cave that we visited was the most humid one and I was pretty much DRENCHED in sweat. The ride back up to the surface was refreshing.
All in all...it was an interesting tour. If you like rocks, c'mon down. If you want to be entertained by tour guides who clearly hate their job, c'mon down. If you hate caves, hate dark, hate dank and humid...best stay up in the surface. Perhaps find a place to grab an ice cold Shiner Bock and wait for the nerds to come up to the surface.Comment from Inner Space C. of Inner Space Cavern 3/8/2010
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Review from K K.
Miami, FL
8/9/2010
My kids are great big nerds so when we did Inner Space for Oldest's birthday, it was a hit. I must have lucked out on the tour guide because ours was friendly and happy. The kids were thrilled at how up close and personal you can get to the oh-so-tiny bats.
There were a lot of people there with little bitty kids and a few infants. I would not recommend it for that short of an attention span, if only so the rest of us don't have to listen to a 4 year old whine when they get bored. Part of the tour is in pure darkness and might freak little ones out.
There's more impressive caverns out there, but for this being so close to Austin I thought it was great. I would definitely go again. I can't wait for the kids to be old enough for the climbing tour. -
Review from Emilia D.
Miami, FL
1/24/2010
I loved it and my family did too. Ken our guide was very nice and very informative. . For us it was a very pleasent afternoon and enjoyed touring this ancient masterpiece. The bats are real.
The cavern's resident bats, the Eastern Pipistrelle, are the smallest in Texas and second smallest in the country. They moved into the cave after its opening in the 1960s. -
Review from Jordan P.
Irvine, CA
1/3/2011 1 Check-in Here
Fun tour, friendly & knowledgeable guide. Very interesting back story to this cavern and how they found it. Saw a few bats while we were down here too. I like the part where they turn off all the lights and you literally cannot see your hand 1" in front of your face.
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Review from Duane H.
Round Rock, TX
10/1/2010 1 Check-in Here
A great escape from the Summer heat in TX, and educational for the kiddos as well.
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Review from Darren S.
Henderson, NV
12/31/2010 1 Check-in Here
Kind of a tourist trap. Interesting place but a tad overpriced. Staff was very nice.
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Review from Jaime M.
6/14/2007
If you've never been in cavern, they're big, gorgeous, amazing, beautiful, wonderful, awesome (forgetting any positive adjectives here would be a tragedy) and all-around cool places to be no matter what. I'm a cave fanatic. That said, I don't have a lot of spelunking experience, but this cave tour was too tame for me.
OK, so the only other cavern/cave I've been to is Carlsbad, which has to be the biggest tourist cave attraction ever, but I was totally bowled over by that experience, and I was soooo eager to go to Inner Space. The natural wonders are absolutely wonderful, but the tour was lame!
If you're the sort of person (like me) who abhors guided tours and likes to gaze at one formation for hours if she wants to (I could have stared at the Flowing Rock formation for at least two hours solid, I think), this hour-and-twenty thing might feel like a rip-off, but at least you'll get to experience a cavern for real.
I think this is a pretty low-budget operation, though, so I can understand that they don't have the security to let people pace themselves.
Caves are the most beautiful places I've ever been, so despite all my complaints, I was nearly orgasmic at even the ho-hummiest of the formations.
Not to ruin it for you (believe me, this won't ruin anything), but you start your $16.23 Adventure Tour by loading as a group into this cart thingamajig that lowers you into the mouth at a clumsy 1.3 mph on a very slight slope, and you can see the whole entry area clear as day when you reach the bottom -- I felt it would've been faster to take some stairs in, but I guess they just don't want folks walking in on their own. That sort of sets the mood for the whole thing.
You see all these great sights, but you can't go at your own pace or wander from the group, and you might just get the tour guide I had, who compared every single formation to some type of junk food, to the delight of everyone under 10. The (hungover, in our case) guide has control over the cave lights, so it's important to stay with the group unless you want to be caught in absolute darkness. They do let you experience that level of darkness for a minute or so, which is cool, but beg everyone in your group to actually make sure their cell phones aren't lit up then. It makes it much cooler. -
Review from Dario S.
Wilton, NY
11/18/2009
I went here a few years back... It was the first one I have ever been to. The way down to the bottom is such a TRIP!!!! U have to take this trolly thing at a pretty steep angle down to the bottom. I was like "where the hell are we going" I was not expecting that at all. when you get off at the bottom it was quite cold... I like colder weather myself so the caves felt awesome and had a fresh feeling to them. The formations are so cool I wanna take some home with me. The workers played a joke during the tour and turned the lights off in one of the caves and it was pitch black for a few seconds... It was fun!!
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Review from MustangQT M.
Northport, AL
8/9/2010
I didn't read the previous reviews till I came back from the Inner Space Cavern, but I've seen a lot of the same opinions along the lines of "cheesy tourist trap" and "cranky tour guide."
First off, the cave itself is amazing. My boyfriend and I enjoyed all the stories about the discovery of the cave and the excavations. It's something really awesome to see for yourself.
The tour itself was expensive (nearly $40 for my honey and I but I guess that's because I didn't know about the online coupons) and our tour guide looked worn out (who wouldn't be after dealing with groups of 20+ people and walking all over and telling the same stories over and over and operating the lift...I was tired just being a guest). So many previous reviews have complained about cranky tour guides but some of the people on the tour with us were just plain rude so I don't blame her!
Yes there's a gift shop but no one's forcing you to buy anything so I don't know why people complain about that.
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Review from Philippe M.
Georgetown, TX
3/31/2009
It's definitely worth visiting. I wouldn't call these the best caves that I've ever seen, but it's enjoyable. If you have kids, then it's 100% worth a trip. My 7 year old adores coming here and brings any visitors we have whenever possible. The price isn't bad, the "panning for gold" is fun, and there's a lot to learn. I've been on the tour 3 times now and it is a bit different each time, allowing even adults to learn a thing or two.
