The American Girl Place is geared for girls from 8-14, highlighting stories of American girls from the past that includes perspectives from immigrant, hispanic, african-american, victorian, and depression-era view points. This destination celebrates the spirit of American girls with a product line that includes historical and contemporary clothing, dolls, books, and accessories.
The American Girl Place includes a cafe and a live musical theater, along with a photo studio where girls and their dolls can be photographed for magazine covers bearing their likeness. Girls may also bring their dolls to the hair salon for styling and tips on maintaining their doll's hair-do.
The best way to spend a day at the American Girl Place is to prepurchase the package for a price of $250 that includes sales tax, postage, handling, and gratuities. The "Day at American Girl Place" in Chicago arrives in a beautifully wrapped box containing planning information, vouchers, travel suggestions, and instructions on how to make her dream come true.
The package price includes lunch for two in the Cafe, two tickets to Circle of Friends: An American Girls Musical, Musical souvenir pack with program, CD, and lapel pin, $120 to spend in the boutiques, and studio time for your American girl to get her photo on a souvenir copy of American Girl magazine. The Theater and Cafe require advance reservations. Note that children must be 6 years and older to attend the Circle of Friends musical show.
My 8 year-old daughter declares that her day at American Girl Place was absolutely the best day of her life - she is already planning on coming back for her next year's birthday. The fact that I was able to share in making her memories, was indeed the most "priceless" part of the package.