It's smaller than I thought it would be, but my daughter loves it. With that being said, my daughter is 3, and its perfect size for her right now. It says for ages 3-10, but I cannot imagine her being able to physically fit in it past the age of 6. Lastly, be prepared to spend a lot of time on this. The directions say it takes 10 hours to build, in all reality it took us just over 20 hours.