Rain happens at the beach. The Strand's indoor bench is deep — and this guide's anchor film was literally titled for the situation.

10 Cool Things to Do in Myrtle Beach to Beat the Summer Heat (Family-Friendly Fun!)

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's heat-survival guide: ten ways to chill out at the height of a Myrtle Beach summer. It starts indoors with the arcade scene — Boardwalk arcades, Dave & Buster's, the California Pizza Game Zone — and ends with the locals' favorite trick, the cooler evening beach with a blanket and the breeze.

Key takeaways
  • Ten beat-the-heat ideas for peak summer days
  • Arcades named: Boardwalk Arcades, Dave & Buster's, Ultimate California Pizza Game Zone
  • The evening beach is pitched as the free, cooler finale

What's Inside WonderWorks Myrtle Beach at Broadway at the Beach? Family & Kid Friendly Attraction!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian answer their own question — what is inside that giant upside-down building at Broadway at the Beach? They've brought their nephews before; this time they film it: floor after floor of hands-on exhibits, too much to show in one video by their own admission. Prices are shown as filmed, with their own instruction to double-check the website before you come.

Key takeaways
  • The inside tour: multiple floors of hands-on exhibits
  • A repeat-visit family attraction — the pair bring their nephews
  • Prices shown as filmed; verify current prices before going

What’s it like? WonderWorks at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC

8-Bit Vacations

8-Bit Vacations bring their young daughter into the upside-down building for the first time and film the whole visit: the lobby (prices as filmed: $28 adults, $22 children and seniors, with some exhibits closed in the mask era), the inversion tunnel, the hurricane-destruction exhibit, flight simulators, the fourth-floor glow ropes course, and the arcade — where they note some attractions cost extra on top of admission.

Key takeaways
  • A first-timer family's full walkthrough of the Myrtle Beach location
  • Prices and closures are as filmed — check the current lineup before going
  • Ropes course sits on the fourth floor; some attractions cost extra

The rainy-day original

The Boones play Ripley's Crazy Golf framed, in their words, as the thing to do when your beach day pours — with the warning that everyone else has the same idea, so expect a line. Carmen and Brian's opening tour of the 2023 Ripley's campus adds the Illusion Lab and Mirror Maze next door.

The big indoor anchors

WonderWorks gets two full tours — Carmen and Brian's floor-by-floor (they bring their nephews; prices as filmed, check the site) and a first-timer family's walk including the ropes course and the exhibits that cost extra. Ripley's Aquarium's verdict tour works as a buying guide. Molten Mountain's indoor volcano match and the Pinball Museum's tour cover the play-it-yourself tier.

Ripley’s Crazy Golf in Myrtle Beach / New for 2023. What to do when it’s Raining at the beach.

Beachin with the Boones

The Boones play Ripley's Crazy Golf, the indoor glow mini-golf course that opened in 2023 — framed, as they put it, as the thing to do when your beach day pours with rain. The film plays the course hole by hole through its pop-art, gag-prop holes (including the famous toilet hole) on a busy day when everyone else had the same idea.

Key takeaways
  • Crazy Golf is Ripley's indoor, glow-in-the-dark mini golf — a ready-made rainy-day plan
  • Opened in 2023 on Ocean Boulevard
  • Expect a line on wet days: every rained-out beachgoer has the same idea

NEW Myrtle Beach Ocean Boulevard Ripley's Attractions now OPEN! Crazy Golf, Illusion Lab & More!

Carmen and Brian

The opening tour of Ripley's expanded Ocean Boulevard campus in 2023: three new attractions plus an expansion, filmed just as they opened. The old 5D theater had been converted into the Illusion Lab, joined by the indoor Crazy Golf — Carmen and Brian play through its gag-filled holes — and the Mirror Maze, all steps from the SkyWheel and the Boardwalk.

Key takeaways
  • Filmed at the 2023 opening of Ripley's new Ocean Boulevard attractions
  • The Illusion Lab replaced the old 5D theater
  • Crazy Golf and the Mirror Maze round out the campus near the SkyWheel

Epic Mini Golf Match At Molten Mountain!

Brooks Holt

Brooks Holt's 2025 Molten Mountain match: the same family trio plays the indoor course again, this time talking glow balls and trading the lead back and forth in what becomes one of their closest games on the channel. Another full look at the volcano's indoor layout, hole by hole.

Key takeaways
  • A second full indoor-course match, from 2025
  • One of the closest finishes in the Brooks Holt family series
  • Glow balls get a workout on the indoor course

Heat counts too

MyrtleBeach.com's beat-the-heat list leads the page — arcades from the Boardwalk to Dave & Buster's, ending with the locals' free trick, the cooler evening beach. An Art Museum virtual tour closes it for the quiet-rain crowd.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page.

Watch: Myrtle Beach Rainy Day And Indoor Fun, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

MYRTLE BEACH PINBALL MUSEUM TOUR | THINGS TO DO IN MYRTLE BEACH

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian share one of their favorite Myrtle Beach attractions — it made their top-10 things-to-do list. The film plays through the museum's machines from the '70s, '80s and '90s plus newer tables, and rates it a family-friendly stop for anyone who loves retro games.

Key takeaways
  • ["A top-10 Myrtle Beach attraction for the reviewers","Machines from the '70s, '80s, '90s and newer","Rated family-friendly"]

Is Ripley's Aquarium Myrtle Beach Worth It? Full Tour!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's 2025 verdict tour: is Ripley's Aquarium worth it? They walk the whole aquarium at Broadway at the Beach — every exhibit zone — and talk through pricing, the exhibits and the special upcharge experiences on top of admission, so the film works as both a tour and a buying guide.

Key takeaways
  • Full 2025 tour with pricing and upcharge experiences covered
  • Framed as a worth-it verdict, not just a walkthrough
  • The aquarium anchors Broadway at the Beach's attraction row

Reynier Llanes: When There Is No Frontier | Virtual Tour

Myrtle Beach Art Museum

Curator Liz Miller presents When There Is No Frontier, the museum's exhibition of Reinier Llanes, whose mark-making she describes as a jazz-like symphony of pigment. The virtual tour follows the Cuban-born painter's windows and views, arranged to pull the viewer's attention, imagination and heart in step by step.

Key takeaways
  • ["Reinier Llanes exhibition: When There Is No Frontier","Curator-led virtual tour of the paintings","Llanes' style is described as jazz-like swashes of pigment"]

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