World of Wings

The land and building World of Wings occupies was a chemical-​saturated wasteland from the 70s through the 90s. The international conglomerate Roure Dupont ran a perfume factory there, with a hidden, underground pipe that dumped perfume waste into the stream that runs alongside. The adjacent forest’s shrubs, bushes, reeds and wildlife that used to thrive in it are long gone, with only gaunt trees remaining. The NJ DEP was called in but due to the randomness of Roure Dupont’s dumping schedule (the underground pipe was noted), a sufficient concentration of chemical waste was never drawn from the sickly-​smelling stream.
The irony that an indoor butterfly habitat now resides there was not lost on this visitor.

This place is not worth the money. Dirty and not kept up well. You have to pay additional money to get into the bouncy area and if there are parties you aren’t able to access the area during those times. They should charge less money for this. Your kid will be bored in an hrs time.

My daughter really enjoyed this place. Not only do they have great exhibits but they also have various activities for the kids. From the climbing walls, to dressing up, bubbles and the bounce room.

The butterfly atrium is quite nice with various species and a few birds around. However, we found the rest of the facility to be really in sad shape, dirty, things broken. Just general disrepair. Some of the carpets are really stained and look like they haven’t been vacuumed in weeks. They had purell dispensers all around. thankfully so. You’ll need it.

For admission, I used a Groupon deal for 2 adult tickets for $ 20 while my daughter who is just under 2 was free. Though we only spent an hour here, a family with older children might enjoy it longer.
The venue has some nice features on the ground level: Outside, a large metal/​mosaic butterfly could be a photo opportunity. Then inside, a sort of «lite» section of the American Museum of Natural History could impress young children with a whole load of mounted butterflies and other bugs and live, small reptiles. A humid butterfly atrium features a koi pond and a few friendly butterflies that get real close.
It got a little bizarro in the mounted bug section with bedazzled butterflies and bug scenes like a moon landing and outdoor gym along a corridor. Then, further along the first floor and for the second floor, a couple ball pits for younger and older children, a small additional ticket-​based arcade with air hockey, Dance Dance Revolution, other games, a rock climb, and some themed party rooms seemed fun. However, dirty carpeting and rundown aspects pervaded these spaces.

I feel like they had no concept when opening this place. I guess they had butterflies and added whatever they thought of. The place is run down and dirty. Many of the activity areas are closed or broken. The butterfly release was blah. There weren’t that many different types of butterflies. You’re better off going to the butterfly exhibit in Bronx zoo. Plus the lady in charge of the butterfly exhibit didn’t capture the children’s attention and was a bit rude with my son. Even though we got the tickets on discount, I must say this place is so not worth it. Total snooze fest.

I wanted this to be a fun place where I could spend an afternoon with my 8 year old Godson but it was quite run down and shabby. The snack bar was dirty and I just felt bad for the animals in the cages. We were outta there in less than 2 hours after doing everything that was open.

Not so good. Not much here and what is here is broken and dirty. I wouldn’t recommend this place. Even with a Groupon discount where we each paid $ 5, it was a waste of money. Better off going to a zoo or Natural History Museum. We spent less than 30 minutes and that was struggling to stay interested. Hardly any butterflies in the atrium, but lots of dead bugs everywhere. Skip it.

My brother and his family practically live in this place. World Of Wings is not about birds, the only thing flying you’ll see are the butterflies. They do have a beautiful and humid room that houses the many butterflies with a pond that has Koi fish and turtles. They fly around and at a moments notice could land on you and just chill so if you get freaked out by this be wary.
W.O.W. has a lot more to offer, a bounce room with slides that the kids can have fun and blow out some steam. A huge room with small race track for their pedal cars, sofas, reading area and blocks to build whatever your imagination can think up. A corridor of reptiles, a 3D movie room, party rooms, dressed up room (with dressed, hats & assesories) and a café. 2 floors of fun for everyone to enjoy.

With the currently available Groupon this place is a good deal to entertain young kids.
I paid $ 17 for 2 adults and $ 9 for my son’s admission to enjoy a good 3+ hours at wow.
The highlight of course was the butterfly garden area where kids can get up close with beautiful live butterflies as they munch on fruits and fly around. It was an enclosed greenhouse with nice scenery enhanced by plants and flowers, both real and fake, and fish swimming around.
An indoor animal exhibit area included a lot of iguana looking reptiles, a huge tortoise, and several snakes. Oh yeah, frogs too! They have a separate area for tadpoles, baby frogs and adult frogs that was my son found pretty neat.
A kids play area upstairs included one of those McDonald’s style play pens filled with balls. I made sure to wash my son’s hands when he was done as if we actually were at the one in McDonald’s! They also have the usual array of stuff for a kids attraction — slides, a small playhouse, a princess dress up room for little girls.
Pay 4 bucks and your small child can play in a bounce area for an unlimited time ie) until the parents get tired of playing on their phones. Anyway, it’s a real bargain compared to those jersey street fairs where you bounce for 5 minutes and have to pay more.

Nice place to go and have a good times and lead more about mother nature specially if you go with your kids

I have to say that this place is amazing. My family and I decided to go here because groupon sent us a email. I checked out the website and it looked cool to take my 2 yr old son to. We went and parking was no problem. They have there own lot. Plus for the price of $ 11 dollars wasn’t bad for what they offer.
Once we were inside, they had a closing area were they release butterflies and see them fly around which was cool. They also had reptiles as well. Plus there tanks were open on the top. My son wanted to touch one but I didn’t let that happen. It was such a cool experience e to be close to a bunch of reptiles. Then on the 2^nd flr there was stuff for kids to do like the bouncy house, stuff toys, movies to watch and many more. My wife and I would recommend this place to anybody. My son enjoyed it so much, he fell asleep on the way home.
Pics are posted but it’s worth your money

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from WoW. There was so much on the website of what they offer, it sounded like a mishmash of craziness. Turns out, I love mishmashes of craziness! World of Wings was awesome. Came here with our family, including our almost 3-​year-​old daughter. There was so much for her to do here, which was great for us, because my kid tends to get scared of certain things a little easier than others. We got to explore the butterfly atrium (which was a little underwhelming) and get up close and personal with a couple butterflies and then visited reptiles of all sorts. And all over the walls, there are butterflies in little glass cases. There were a ton of cool rooms to explore which had 3D movies, bubble making, building blocks, video games and the like. We visited an entire half floor that was dedicated to fun play; foam board, bright lights, no shoes and a ton to experience like bumper cars, ball pit, music station, slides, climbing activities and random super fun stuff like tilted houses to stand in and rock climbing. They also have an entire area where you can go in bounce houses, bounce slides and ball pits. The max is $ 5 to play here, but it’s so worth the small price. You could kill almost an hour here alone. There’s a small food court, offering hot dogs, snacks and beverages, as well as seating. Even though it’s for kids, this was a place even my husband and I enjoyed. There was some cool stuff to do and our kid had a blast! It was clean (cleaner than I thought), imaginative, and a place we didn’t get bored in after 30 minutes. Prices are reasonable; adults are $ 16 and kids are $ 11. You can buy for cheaper online, but you need to do it at least a day in advance of your visit. We happened to go when there was a special and it was $ 11 for everyone, which they seem to run frequently throughout the year. Definitely worth a trip!

I went here for my niece’s 1^st bday party. Of course, it’s not really something that she would remember, but the other kid’s that attended seemed to have a good time. I was kinda sad that the bounce house was only for kids. There should’ve just been a height requirement so I could go on it! The «World of Wings» part with the butterfly exhibit was kinda disappointing. I’ve been to better butterfly exhibits with more butterflies. The reptile display was okay, but lots of the exhibits were empty with nothing to see.

May I say, Susie and David were phenomenal staff members! Actually, everyone was super friendly and kind to myself and my family. The beginning, parking is free, used groupon to pay for admission. There is a $ 3 coat fee if you wish to take advantage of. There are butterflies in glass frames and all over the wall when you enter. Lizards, bugs, and snakes are in placed nicely in the area. You can view the live lizards, huge snakes, frogs, and other critter crawlers. The butterfly atrium was beautiful. Please note, ask the attendant if there is a butterfly release part of the exhibit– that fun to attend. There is a dress up room on the second floor for girls to dress up as princesses with accessories and a make believe royal princess room. They have an arcade area and other arts and crafts area for children. There is a food area that serves hot food, for example $ 6.50 for 12 chicken nuggets, fries and choice of soda or juice box. Soda $ 2, water $ 1.50. The lounge area had movies playing as you ate. They serve pizza and hamburger or grilled cheese. They also had a bubble area to play with and other interactive rooms.
The best $ 5 invested was to the three large bouncy houses and two small miniature bouncy houses that were in the back area with the ball pit (ball pit is free). You will need socks but they sell socks if needed. They stamp your hand and we stayed there for four hours!
Overall, it was a good day. I have a 5 year old and 2 year old and they had a blast with the bouncy houses along with the butterfly atrium.

World Of Wings… not what you think it might be. If you have a toddler this place is a find. It has indoor bounce houses, climbing walls, a bubble room, a pretend kitchen room, a Ball bit room, toddler play area, hoops, ride on cars, game room, pretend dress up shop with matching rooms, indoor slide and playground oh yeah… Things with Wings too, like a butterfly exhibit and reptile area. There is more than enough to keep your little ones busy. Weather your little one is barely able to walk or running fast there are things to keep them amused. This is a great rainy day place. AND they are open on Sundays! Coupons are generally available online. They recently updated areas with padding to protect little ones from colliding into walls and such. Did I mention Train Tables. They have those too but trains can be hard to find, we bring our own, just make sure you have them labeled with your name so someone else doesn’t claim them as theirs. The best part of all is for older kids aka adults, the butterfly atrium, it never disappoints, they have tons of butterflies flying around and some amazing topical birds as well. We really love this place. Hope they find a place to relocate if the town project goes through.

I went to WOW (World of Wings) with two children on lat Friday and Saturday.
My son is three years old and my daughter is five years old.
We had so many different experiences here.
The bounce place and the bubble place were very good.
We took so many nice pictures with the big animals like tiger, bear, etc.
Also there were the dance time and the painting time for kids that day! The kids were so excited!
In addition we saw the alive butterflies, iguana, chameleon, huge turtles, huge snakes and etc…
Also, there were several programs as «Mom and I», «art and crafts» and more.
They were all excellent programs.
my daughter said «please, I want to come back next time and have my birthday party here.»
my son said «I want to stay longer I don’t wnat to go home»
I promised them to come back again.

Was here for an art exhibit and was given a pass for the museum. They have many different species from snakes, frogs, geckos, turtles and of course butterflies. You have to look carefully though as some animals are hiding or camouflaged in their displays. The best part is the butterfly atrium and you get a close up look at the butterflies and many fly right by you. The pond has many turtles and fish and adds a nice touch. Its a little small inside though so with large crowds it can get congested. The gift shop has many selections and good finds.
They have some additional fee attractions like a scooter ride and bounce house. It was $ 3.21 for the scooters, not sure why they don’t include the tax and make it even. They do have large rooms for a b-​day party, or small get togethers. Come here while you can as rumors have it it will be bought out soon. Good rainy day activity.

The only reason I came here was for a family friend’s art exhibit at the Nabi Museum of The Arts (which is inside World of Wings). Little did I knew that by attending the exhibit, I was
entitled to one free pass to the museum section. I thought, hey why not check it out.
From the moment I entered the animal space, I felt some weird vibe about it. Some of the reptile displays were empty. Some of the insects and butterfly displays were «glitzed and glammed» with glitters and sparkles (ew!). The outdoor butterfly atrium space was too small to be an enjoyable and relaxing experience. The gift shop sells a whole lot of hello kitty and bear stuffs.
I heard this place is closing down and there’s going to be an apartment development coming soon on its site.

So let’s start with the
reptiles display — decent but there were a couple of empty tanks so not much to see. A lot of fake butterfly displays all over the place.
Gift shop — full of hello kitty things what does this have to do with a butterfly museum? i don’t know. So at this gift shop is a mini playground where there’s the scudder scooters where you have to pay $ 3 per child to ride around in this lil track where the kids will crash into each other bc it’s so small. You pay but no one is actually checking if you paid because the staff is too busy on their phones. Also basketball hoops for preschooler and toddlers. Nets are broken up. Dart board with no darts.
1^st floor– like 4 – 5 rooms for parties completely a waste bc theirs never a party. Bubbles room, black and white room and train track room (with no train) a spiral staircase where u look up and has a beautiful display of glass/​plastic butterflies. Bouncy house is on this floor and its $ 5.00 per child which to me is expensive if you have a lot of kids for them to only play in 2 parts of it. What looked like some type of number cars corner was closed down for whatever reason. The girls operating the bouncy were super helpful though they brought my youngest nieces and nephew through the bouncy house and slides bc they were too small and grown ups weren’t allowed on them. Kudos to them.
Ball Pitt room is also on this floor next to the bouncy room which was way too cold.
2^nd floor — more rooms for larger events and event sign up office. A cubicle with stuffed animals not entertaining and a rock climbing wall with broken pieces so kids can’t really use it properly. The café is also up here and a a small arcade and another rock climbing wall that so has broken rocks .
Butterfly atrium — this Time around for me there were fewer butterflies than my pray visit so it was disappointing. They need to make the tour guide come up with something more interesting for the kids than looking at 1 butterfly and a large amount of trees. The water was nice with the fish and turtle but again the whole point is to see the butterflies.
Overall it’s great for toddlers bc they don’t know any better they don’t get bored easily but for my daughter who’s 6 and nephew who is 7 this is over and done with for them
Request — please hire someone to clean the carpets and go through the exhibits making some fixes cosmetically. Lower the prices on the bouncy house to $ 3 and scudder scooters to $ 2 at least. Make sure the staff are actually getting the museum goers for a better customer expire once. Soft play area on the 2^nd floor shouldn’t have to be paid for since there is no soft play area for little babies. Ball pit next to the bouncy house needs heat it was way to cold, new balloons on the walls in the ball bit room and please fix ALL 3 – 4 rock climbing walls that you have.