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>> In article <1993Jan2.225818.19202@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>,  
>johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>> > Next month we will have the pleasant company of twin twelve-year old
>> > nieces for five days.  Not having been 12 for a while, and never, to the
>> > best of my recollection, having been a 12 year old girl, I'm a little
>> > short of ideas for things to do.  There are some obvious things: Freedom
>> > Trail, clothes shopping, movies, etc.
>> 
>> I'd take them for some decent Chinese food or maybe to Chinatown for
>> dim sum.  I'd take them for a cruise on Boston Harbor, and maybe over to
>> the Science Museum (they are probably a little old for the Children's
>> Museum, but if they like computers, the Computer Museum isn't a bad idea).
>> 
>> If you want to go out to the "sticks" for a day, you could take them
>> out to Old Sturbridge Village or down to Plymouth Plantation (note, though
>> I have a 12 year old myself, I still haven't done either of these things).
>
I'd take them to the Omnimax theatre at the Museum of Science
If you're familiar with it skip the next paragraph

The Omnimax costs 6.50 per person (less for kids; call & reserve tix) It is
possibly the largest movie screen in the state, including the Wang Cntr. It
is approximately the size of a 3-story building, from top to bottom, 

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though it doesn't appear that big because it's set at a 45 degree angle.
The idea is that if you look at the center of the screen, it covers your
entire field of vision. Because the seats are at a 45 agle, it doesn't
matter where you sit; the person in front of you's head is about level with
your ankles. 

I've seen both the shows currently playing; the Mountain Gorrilla film
isn't at all scary, it would easily be a "G" film or a PBS special if it
wasn't made in the Imax format. The Antarctica film is much more engaging
to kids I would think
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