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An interactive attraction in Oakland open until September is betting, yes indeed. “Bubble Planet,” located in the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts building by Lake Merritt, runs visitors through a gauntlet of nine rooms themed around bubbles. There’s an LED room where people can “stomp” on ocean creatures to create glowing bubbles. Three different rooms are variations of ball pits, some with balloons and one with plastic spheres that make you seem afloat in a hairless giant’s bathtub.
The interactive attraction “Bubble Planet” is open to kids and adults at Oakland’s Lake Merritt until September 28, 2025. (Courtesy Fever/Bubble Planet)
For adults, the more engaging rooms involve a hall-of-mirrors effect kind of like Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s infinity rooms. There’s also an interesting experience toward the end with VR goggles and rotating chairs that takes you on a journey through a bubblegum-colored universe. At one point, you are eaten by a giant clam and reappear in a champagne glass full of bubbles – what other theme park can offer that weirdness?
Details: Open Wednesday-Monday at 10 10th St., Oakland; general admission starts at $20 for adults and $17 for children, plus fees; children 2 and under free of charge and visitors under 17 must be accompanied by an adult; bubble-planet.com/oakland
