It's nothing more than an oversizeed shopping mall sticking out into Lake Michigan. I don't like shopping malls.

It's fun in the summer just to people-watch on a bench and eat a chicago style hot dog after shopping and sight seeing all morning. If you bring the kids, all the better.

This place is lots of fun, and you can always find something to do there. The AFL-CIO just had its split-up conference there!

Little shops, restaurants and some rides for kids. The best thing about it is that the cruises board there. You have an option of one that goes around the city or an architectural cruise that takes you on the small river that runs through the middle of the city. Go on the first one I mentioned - it's half the price ($10), then just take a water taxi for $6 that goes the same route as the architectural cruise.

It's the most popular tourist attraction in Chicago, but it really shouldn't be. The walk along the street near Navy Pier is nice, and the fireworks in summer are pleasant, but the place is designed to take money away from you. It's a tourist trap. Keep walking south and go to the nice museums, or the parks, or an architectural tour of the Loop - it's far more interesting and a heck of a lot cheaper.

Check out the new haunted house-type-thing, it's a bit lame after the first few times you go through it but it's something unusual, anyway.

I went here about 4 years ago with the Woman I loved, I felt like I Was in some 1950's movie walking outside by the shore.

For God's sake, this place is more of a tourist trap than Disney World. Oh-so-expensive prices and lack of stuff to do make this a place to go only after you've been everywhere else in Chicago, or you have an out of town visitor who, to your dismay, announces that she would really like to see Navy Pier. (Hi, Sara!) The one thing in the vicinity of NP that's really neat is the Architecture Boat Tours that leave from Ogden Pier. They are a fascinating ride past some of Chicago's most recognized buildings, and also offer a great way to get close-up photos of said buildings. (Hi, Sara!) The merchants at Navy Pier's mall sell mostly crappy, kitschy stuff for 400 times cost. Parking is impossible at NP, but that's not the fault of the pier itself. Parking is impossible anywhere in downtown Chicago, but who cares, because we have a clean, efficient, easily understood rapid transit system that will get you there lickety-split. Did I mention parking is now 25 cents for five minutes in downtown Chicago? Yepper, $3 will get you a spot for one hour, then you better look out for Lovely Rita, cause Chicago, like every other city, is having a budget crisis right now, and we would sure appreciate you donating to the city's cause with a parking fine.

It was a pretty cool place. A lot of independent merchants there, so that was interesting, but yet, there was a bit of a tourist trap feel to it. But, oh well, it was worth it anyways. Plus, the Water Taxi ride was absolutely awesome, so I am not complaining from that aspect.

Very tourist-oriented, but there's plenty of stuff to see and do. This is actually the only place in Chicago I've been to so far.

A place for all seasons. I have since moved from Chicago to Atlanta and have grown to appreciate more what Chicago had to offer. Our family would go down to the children's museum at least once a month, which was a good motivator to get us out into the city. It's located in a beautiful area on the lake. They have the best children's museum in the country. There are good kid's restaurants and if you prefer sports bars in the mall. In the summer, they have music playing in and around the perimeter. Across the street is one of the most fun to watch fountains which is not your typical pool design. Instead the water comes out of the flat surface that people walk across. Bring the kids bathing suites they'll get into it. Bring your bikes because this is a good starting point for a ride up the shoreline, passing Oak street beach, Chicago's premier beach and then in and around Lincoln park where the last free zoo in the country is located. In the winter, the music moves inside along with the other entertainers. With the cold season so long, this is a great way to break out of the blues. Parking is reasonable and plentiful. From there you can get out to other Chicago attractions. Take advantage of it while the kids are young or they will grow up not being very friendly to the city and all of the great culture that it offers. In the fall you can watch all of the trees in the parks change their color and in the spring see them flowering. Site seeing boats on the pier run all year round and offer a great view of the skyline and its famous architecture.

Seems like a tourist trap--not that great