Navy Pier

Pros: View, Experience
Cons: Same all the Time!

OK. I admit, if this is your first visit to Chicago, you need to go to Navy Pier. It has one of the best views in the city. The Ferris Wheel is a lot of fun, at least the first time around... The shops are cute, when you have never shopped there...

Pros: Great view of the city. A couple nice restaurants. Good trade/business facilities.
Cons: Dull smaller shops. Crowded at times. Little repeat value.

As an amateur photographer, there are few better views of the Chicago skyline than at the end of Nav ...

Pros: Fun to visit once...
Cons: Time Escape 3-D Ride was a joke! Stay away!

I just returned from a wonderful trip to Chicago. I love the city and all it has to offer. The only disappointment I had on this trip was Navy Pier. If you have young children, the Children's Museum is a great place; however, for a group of adults, ...

Pros: chiago shakespere, view
Cons: prices, crowds, shopping

My first job upon moving to Chicago was working at Navy Pier in the haunted house. After several lunch hours of perusing the pier, I came to this conclusion: It really is the largest tourist trap in existence, or at least that I've come across. Its not...

Pros: Fun for the whole family, fairly cheap.
Cons: parking is a problem

Located on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Navy Pier offers a great selection of food, entertainment, shopping, and sights that you can see from the pier.

One of the best things about navy Pier is the sights that you can see around it. From the...

Pros: Atmosphere, lots of shops/restaurants and things to do
Cons: Gets very crowded on weekend (though this isn't much of a con)

The best way to get to Navy Pier is to begin at Lake Shore Drive near the Chicago Yacht Club and walk along the beach, over the Chicago River and Ogden Slip, then past Lake Point Tower. This gives a fantastic view of a great city, and as you approach...

Pros: Party town and tranquility
Cons: Can be dangerous

My first time in Chicago was a blast. Even with my father I have a wonderful time. He took me with him on business. My father works for AMC, they insure things. He had to meet with some underwriters with Firemans Fund another company which insures...

Pros: Plenty to do, or to do nothing at all
Cons: Mall is crowded during peak weekend hours

Whenever I'm done running around Chi-town all day, enjoying its many fine museums, parks and sporting events, there's no place I'd rather unwind before heading back to my hotel than Navy Pier. It's become somewhat of a tradition during my annual trip to...

Pros: alot more actual entertainment and hands on for families
Cons: gets a bit crowded in nicer weather

OK, I admit it, Navy Pier is the epitome of the typical urban tourist attraction--something every major city US city boasts to help increase tourism. But Navy Pier also has something that makes it a bit more special and easy to swallow as a typical...

Pros: food, fun, entertainment, atmosphere, and spectacular view
Cons: price of parking

Navy pier is a wonderful and invigorating place to visit for anyone who travels or lives in the Chicago area. It offers a wide variety of shopping in a mall setting, plenty of places to enjoy food and beverage, and a children's museum to boot. This is...

Pros: Great Day Trip for anyone visiting Chicago
Cons: Outdoors

It may sound a little odd, but this area is definitely worth a visit when you are in Chicago. As you approach the Pier and see the Ferris wheel which is in the middle of the Pier, you will be as sure as I was that this is a great place to spend some...

Pros: Good Place in Chaigo for all ages
Cons: None unless you dont like a more pary atmisfer

Navy Pier is one of the most fun things to do at Chicago. In the front when you pull up you’ll see a big artistic fountain along with a huge shoe made out of shoes, a huge wagon, and the gate in. Once you inside there are many things to do. There is...

Pros: Lots to do and the lake view !
Cons: Little more expensive than average

For anybody who has lived in Chicago or the surrounding suburbs their whole life they should know the history of Navy Pier, for those who might have visited Chi-town some years ago (like 40 or 50) it is not a crime ridden filth bucket as many I've met...

Pros: lots of shops, some free stuff as well as paid shows
Cons: very cold in the winter

This place in Chicago is one of the best places year round. Even in winter this place rocks with life. There are ferry rides and shops up and down the length of the entire peir. This place is full of street performers and such and has a ferris wheel if...

Pros: A beautiful break from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Cons: Not very nautical at all and well, kinda boring.

Navy Pier was a beautiful place to get away from the hustle and bustle of Chicago's streets, but it's not exactly what I would call a must see attraction.

Then again, I didn't care much for Chicago in the first place. However, I am not a big...