No other city in the world has a shopping mall to rival the gargantuan West Edmonton Mall. Some 9 million visitors a year come out here. What they find is a city within a city, built at a cost of over $1 billion.
In addition to over 800 stores, 100 restaurants, 19 cinemas, and 11 department stores, the complex houses Fantasy Land - the world ‘s largest indoor amusement park; an 18-hole golf course; a chapel; a bingo hall; caged animals and performing dolphins, the world’s largest indoor lake with and underwater aquarium (sharks included)… and 4 working submarines - they say, that’s more than the Canadian Navy owns. West Edmonton Mall has also a full sized replica of Santa Maria, the Columbus’ ship.
Our favorite attraction in the West Edmonton Mall was huge World Waterpark. In 1996 we bought a family pass which gave us unlimited access to the Fantasy Land and Waterpark for 4 months ($165). In the Water Park, you can enjoy a magnificent collection of indoor swimming pools, watereslides and wavepools.