Riu Plaza Fisherman's Wharf

Wharf hotel with indoor and outdoor play areas, fire pits, and shuffleboard for all ages.

Painted rooms built for photographs where you look like you are falling or shrinking. Silly, quick, and made for a phone camera.

Wharf hotel with connecting rooms, bikes to borrow, and a courtyard with games.

An observation wheel by the wharf with enclosed gondolas. Twelve minutes up top with the bay laid out, and no scary bits.

Sourdough landmark at the Wharf with a kids' menu and bread animals to look at while you wait.

Oddities and optical tricks along the wharf. Pricey for what it is, but it holds a school-age kid for an hour on a wet afternoon.