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Roswell Uncovered: Must-Do Activities for a Memorable Visit

We couldn’t go to New Mexico without visiting Roswell. Roswell is Earth’s most famous UFO crash site. The International UFO Museum is also located there. The town is full of UFO-themed restaurants and shops.

There are plenty of opportunities to take photos in front of out of this world murals and fun props. Some of the scenes were so beautiful that I decided to turn them into backgrounds for our travel scrapbook. See the before and after images below.

BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER

International UFO Museum and Research Center

The International UFO Museum and Research Center was the highlight of our day in Roswell. This museum has wonderful exhibits dedicated to the 1947 Roswell Incident, and it also has information on other unexplained UFO-related phenomena around the world.

Display made for TV Show Making Monsters on Travel Channel

We spent about two hours at the museum before shopping for gifts. We were delighted to learn that the museum had a pressed penny machine. My daughter had fun choosing her design and cranking the machine to get another beautiful pressed penny to add to her collection.

Pressed Penny Machine
International UFO Museum and Research Center Pressed Penny

The gift shop is stocked full of UFO-related items. Some of our favorite finds were alien-shaped coffee mugs, astronaut shaped-coffee mugs, alien stuffed animals and alien-themed socks.

Roswell UFO Spacewalk

The Roswell UFO Spacewalk was a quick, but fun stop. It took about five to ten minutes to complete this UFO-themed black light adventure. We were given space guns (i.e., toy guns that lit up and made sounds) to take out aliens as we made our way through the attraction. Although it was dark, the photos turned out surprisingly well. You can revisit the adventure multiple times as long as you keep your wrist band. They also have a good selection of alien-themed souvenirs.

Peppers Grill & Bar

We had dinner at Peppers Grill & Bar. This Southwestern menu had something to accommodate everyone in our party. The best part of our meal was the margaritas. I had the Mango Margarita, which is Peppers Frozen Margarita (Sauza Gold Tequila, triple sec, splash of lime juice and sweet and sour) blended with puree mango.

Mango Margarita

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Cirque du Soleil – OVO Show

Cirque du Soleil OVO Circus Show

We watched the Cirque du Soleil OVO show, and it was an amazing experience! OVO is a circus show about insect life. Performers wear beautiful costumes representing a diverse array of insects as they play, find love and interact with each other.

This was our daughter’s first Cirque du Soleil show and I was curious how much she would enjoy it as a preteen. She absolutely loved it! She was captivated by the amazing acrobatics, the gorgeous costumes and the comedic element. Although she enjoyed the whole show, she was most impressed with the spider that was able to do a chin stand!

Circus performer doing a chin stand

The show lasted about two hours (including a 20-minute intermission), which was the perfect amount of time for us to fit this show on a weekday. We had an early dinner at home, attended the show, and was back before bed time.

Cirque du Soleil OVO Tickets

Cirque du Soleil OVO will perform at Rio Rancho Events Center (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) from March 3, 2022 to March 6, 2022. Then they will perform at Microsoft Theater (Los Angeles, California) from March 17, 2022 to May 1, 2022.

You can book your Cirque du Soleil OVO tickets here.

Tip: Remember to review the event center’s policies (e.g., mask policy, bag size policy, etc.) prior to attending the event to avoid any surprises. Check to see if there will be any additional fees for parking and bring money for concession stands and souvenirs. You can also take photos as long as you do not use a flash so feel free to bring a camera too!

Cirque du Soleil OVO crickets performing acrobatics on trampoline and airmat

OVO Souvenirs

OVO also sells merchandise at the show and online. My daughter chose the OVO wood water bottle. If you want to preview the merchandise selection before the show, check out their online store.