Navy Pier Chicago

A landmark since 1916, Navy Pier is Chicago's playground on Lake Michigan with acres of attractions, entertainment, parks, promenades, gardens, shops, restaurants, live music, fireworks, exhibition facilities, and family events. Ride on the 15-story tall Ferris wheel. Catch a movie at the IMAX® Theatre.

Visit three floors of hands-on fun at the Chicago Children's Museum inside the Family Pavilion. Experience cruise boat rides departing from Navy Pier's South Dock. Or kick back and enjoy the entertainment - dancers, acrobats, theater, blues, jazz, and rock 'n roll - at the Pepsi Skyline Stage. Call (312) 791-7000 or visit www.navypier.com.

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Navy Pier – Chicago’s Lakefront Playground! Navy Pier is Chicago's lakefront playground, offering 50 acres of parks, promenades, gardens, shops, restaurants, attractions, and an unparalleled array of family events and entertainment. For outdoor fun, Navy Pier has a 150-foot-high Ferris wheel, a musical carousel, an old-fashioned swing ride, and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Enjoy outdoor performances at the Skyline Stage pavilion and exciting Lake Michigan boat cruises. Towering above Navy Pier, the 150-foot-high Ferris wheel provides unparalleled views of the skyline and lakefront. Built for Chicago's 1893 World Colombian Exposition, the Navy Pier Ferris wheel has 40 gondolas seating six and is illuminated at night by thousands of sparkling lights.

Musical Carousel – Chicago Navy Pier History. The musical carousel was designed exclusively for Navy Pier. It's a whimsical work-of-art that recreates the Pier's golden age of the 1920s. The carousel's 36 hand-painted animals represent styles found throughout the history of carousels. Horses, chariots and a playful frog are just a few of the featured characters waiting to carry children of all ages. The hand-painted rounding boards at the top of the 44-foot carousel depict scenes of Navy Pier's history.

Enjoy A Luxury Boutique Hotel Near Navy Pier. The Whitehall Hotel is Chicago’s most unique, independent boutique hotel just 1.5 miles from Chicago’s Navy Pier. Enjoy elegant rooms and suites, intimate dining, old-world-service and beautiful and historic surroundings. Experience Navy Pier and all of Chicago’s outstanding museums and attractions with these exciting Chicago Packages.

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Navy Pier Boat Ride & Cruises. Board the pleasure boats docked along Navy Pier's Dock Street for an offshore experience you won't forget. A range of vessels – from schooners to sightseeing boats – offer elegant dinner cruises with live entertainment, thrilling speedboat rides along Lake Michigan and water taxis between lakefront attractions. Windy is Navy Pier's resident 148-foot, four-masted American schooner. Several 90-minute cruises, charters and trips are offered to 150 passengers who are encouraged to help raise and trim her 11 sails and take turns at the ship's wheel. Cruises are available daytime and evenings from May to October. The Spirit of Chicago offers the liveliest parties on Lake Michigan with lunch, brunch or dinner sightseeing cruises. Cruises on the Spirit of Chicago include a skyline narration during lunch cruises and live cabaret entertainment on dinner cruises. Step aboard the Odyssey or Mystic Blue for elegant dinner and midnight cruises with fine dining and live entertainment. [Top]

Navy Pier IMAX and the Chicago Children’s Museum. The 440-seat Navy Pier IMAX Theatre features Chicago's largest flat movie screen - a six-story, 60 x 80-foot screen designed to enhance 2D and 3D films. Explore the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier, where a galaxy of creative activities, programs and exhibits for children exists. This interactive and educational oasis is one of the most popular children's museums in the country. Check out the Chicago Children's Museum’s Inventing Lab, Dinosaur Expedition, Water Ways, Play Maze, Face to Face, Bug Backyard, and Climbing Schooner.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier. The Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier is the permanent home for Shakespeare in the heart of Chicago. Inside the beautiful 7-story, courtyard-style theater, the main floor, dress circle and gallery wrap gracefully around the stage. In the intimate 510-seat theater, only nine rows separate the most distant seat from the actors on stage, and the gallery is suspended just 20 feet above the action. The complex also features the 180-seat theater, Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, an English pub, a Shakespeare resource center, and reception areas with views of Lake Michigan. [Top]

The Whitehall Hotel - Chicago, IL
105 E. Delaware Place, Chicago, IL 60611
Reservations: 1-800-948-4255 Phone: 312-944-6300 Fax: 312-944-8552
Email: info@thewhitehallhotel.com