Depending on your point of view, the trend of “immersive pop-up experiences” can be fun, nostalgic, educational, expensive, or tacky. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, right? Throughout the past five years, my enthusiasm for these limited-time engagements has waned, but curiosity usually pulls me in. The latest exhibit I ventured to is Bubble Planet .
I was surprised to find it located in the Exhibition Hub on Buford Highway in Doraville, rather than Pullman Yards—the site of previous “experiences” like the Balloon Museum , Van Gogh: the Immersive Experience , and the Queen’s Ball: the Bridgerton Experience . For those who haven’t been, the Exhibition Hub is a large white boxy building with plenty of free surface parking—a good start. Tickets to Bubble Planet can be purc