A modern mother's experience at Mississauga's Dr. Seuss Exhibit

We’ve all heard it by now: Dr. Seuss’ first-ever exhibit opened up by Square One Mall in Mississauga back in October.

I won’t bore you with all the details that everyone else has written about and instead, tell you about my personal experience and address a question on accessibility that has come up on online forums.
In order to sleuth out the answers for you, our wonderful readers, my super-cute son and I (whatever, he is cute!) experienced the Dr.Seuss exhibit and here are our takeaways.

First, it’s always a mom’s duty to check if snacks, strollers and sippy cups are allowed or can be purchased.

Snacks: available for purchase at a cafe (muffins, macaroons and other tasty pastries ranging in the higher-end price range) and can be enjoyed in the main foyer where there are kiddie tables and chairs (always being sanitized by staff, to my surprise and glee).

Strollers: allowed in the main foyer and there is stroller parking but they can’t be within the exhibit.

Sippy cups: can be enjoyed in the main foyer and beverages are available for purchase at the cafe. Food and drinks are not allowed in the exhibit area.

I highly suggest bringing your own snacks and even bring little rockets or hard candy to bribe your kids so they will take tons of pictures in the exhibit for you.
For any guests who need accessibility options, wheelchairs are allowed but they need to be the narrower ones and be easy to control around tight corners. You also might not be able to go into all of the rooms. The staff are super friendly, though! If you need help reaching for a toy or taking a picture, they’re quick to assist.

We had a great time walking through all the rooms and loved the aesthetically pleasing installations that each themed room had to offer.
Our favourite room was with the furry clovers and the Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are room, where he got to play with Herbie Hart’s Throm-dim-bu-lator.

Even though we intentionally went during the “Gram Hours”, the place was packed and it was difficult to actually hear anything (other people mentioned there are audible clues in some rooms) or get a picture without someone stepping into your frame or even cutting in front of you to get their “instagrammable” shot.
Thankfully, we were there for the in-the-moment experience and cute-photos-if-we-had-the-chance so we weren’t too bothered by it. But if you came for the “gram”, definitely book a daytime slot on a weekday (that’s a tip from one of the staff!).

I do feel like we missed out on the interactive element of the experience due to the crowd and the amount of people talking, so my only feedback is to let a smaller number of people into each room (they did this for The Grinch room but no other rooms).
The awesome thing was that my little guy was able to jump into a room and (sometimes with the staff’s help) had the opportunity to touch and get right in with the characters and props- no hesitation!

So, parents and Instagram-lovers, is this everything I had hoped and dreamed it would be?
I say, “... our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of fun, sir!”

If you’re interested in going, click here.