Cincinnati Museum Center's new and improved exhibits
The Museum of Natural History & Science’s Dinosaur Hall includes new displays of six gigantic prehistoric creatures. Explore the late Jurassic period with the help of state-of-the-art interactive elements! Take a look at a vast collection of fossils to study the life and evolution of dinosaur biology. Also new to the Museum of Natural History & Science is the Science Interactives Gallery. In this hands-on STEM-inspired exhibit visitors can engage with pulley systems, watch clouds form, knock down targets with concentrate walls of air and even games of tug-of-war!
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission. The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service selected Cincinnati Museum Center as the final stop on the national tour of this exhibit that features the Apollo 11 command module Columbia and more than 20 original Apollo 11-flown objects, models and videos, that tell about the historic journey of the Apollo 11 crew – Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The exhibit runs September 28, 2019-February 17, 2020 and complements the center's Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery, a new permanent exhibit celebrating the legacy of the historic Apollo 11 mission. The gallery features interactive elements, original equipment and artifacts from the mission and an immersive theater component.
Make sure to also stop by The Duke Energy Children’s Museum and the remastered Robert D. Lindner Family OMINMAX Theater, now featuring brand new, next-generation laser technology.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Hops craft beer garden
In between visits with Fiona at Hippo Cove and swinging through Jungle Trails, stop by Hops, the zoo's new beer garden with a multi-tiered deck. Sip on a local brew from Fifty West, HighGrain, MadTree, Braxton and 3 Points; or enjoy something from the rotating national tap. Come spring 2020, the beer garden will have a great view of Roo Valley featuring a kangaroo walk-about (the zoo's first kangaroos!), a new penguin habitat and an adventure ropes course.
Coney Island's Cannonball Cove
Coney Island's new dive pool is open for splashes all summer long.Located in Sunlite Water Adventure, Cannonball Cove features two 3-foot diving boards and one high dive with at over 9-feet tall with a dive depth of 12.9 feet.
Kings Island's new rides and events
Joining the newest roller coaster, Mystic Timbers, Kings Island welcomes back a beloved favorite, the antique car rides. In the new Kings Mills Antique Autos family ride, guests board replica classic touring cars and take a leisurely drive around a scenic track equipped with a small rail to keep the car on the path. The ride is comparable to the original Les Taxis antique car ride, combining nostalgia with new enhancements.
Kings Mills Antique Autos is located in Coney Mall, across from the Juke Box Café and alongside The Racer roller coaster. The cars are 2/3 scale replicas of the 1911 Ford Model T; though all-new, they will retain the vintage feel of the original Les Taxis. The ride's name, as well as theming throughout the attraction, enhances the nostalgic experience for riders.
Start planning your 2020 visit to ride, Orion, the new giga coaster that will be the park's tallest, fastest and longest steel coaster!
And new this fall, HalloTween rounds out the Halloween experiences offered by the amusement park with activities geared toward teen ages and family-friendly versions of the Halloween Haunt attractions. (Halloween Haunt is intended for adults and The Great Pumpkin Fest is for little ones.)
Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center
Located within the walls of historic Union Terminal, the exact station where many Holocaust survivors passed through Cincinnati to begin their new lives, The Holocaust and Humanity Center teaches lessons from the past to inspire action for the future in today’s society. Learn through storytelling, interactive experiences, and genuine artifacts the struggle and hardships individuals faced during one of the darkest times of human history, and see how individuals now are taking action to ensure equality and create positive change in our community.
Newport Aquarium's Shipwreck: Realm of the Eels
SkyStar Observation Wheel
Ark Encounter expansions
New Culinary Experiences
The B-Line
Brewing Heritage Trail
Eat & Drink at these New Hot Spots
The Cincinnati region continues to be a popular destination for foodies. Here are just some of the new restaurants, breweries, and bars that have opened in the past year: Wodka Bar OTR, Pendleton Parlor, Social OTR, Branch, Night Drop Bar, Libby's Southern Comfort, The Lonely Pine Steakhouse, Mikey's Late Night Slice with Oddfellows Liquour Bar, Sugarfire Smokehouse, Humble Monk Brewing Co., Holiday Spirits Bar with Forty Thieves, Hoppin' Vines and Fishbowl at the Banks.
New Breweries
The Cincinnati region — known as the beer capital of the world before Prohibition shut down all the breweries — is well on its way to regaining that title with more than 60 breweries today. Here are a few of the newest venues that have joined the ranks: Dead Low Brewing, Cincy Brewing Co., Braxton Barrell House, Big Ash Brewing and Highgrain Brewing. Cheers!
