going to geogia aquarium
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velvetchs
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We went to the Georgia Aquarium yesterday. First off, if you can give yourself two - 3 days in Atlanta. Look into the City Pass - costs $59/adults and $45/children. It includes the aquarium, cnn tour, world of coca-cola, high museum of art, then pick one of zoo or history center AND museum of natural history or botanical gardens. This also lets you right into the aquarium rather than waiting for a specific time to get.
Second, all-in-all, I wasn't very impressed with the aquarium. The whale sharks were pretty cool; but, otherwise, there was nothing else there you couldn't see anywhere else. We live in Wilmington, NC. There is an aquarium in Fort Fisher. Everything that was in that aquarium we saw in the Georgia Aquarium plus the whale sharks. Nothing overwise spectacular. They do have an exhibit with some saltwater fish common in the trade. Trust me, someone will complain about the mandarin fish in a tank without live rock (yes, it was - and there were 2). Otters, penguins, sea lions, and belugas were cool.
There were a lot of people. I understand why they time the tickets. Hundreds of people. Hard to spend any time at any single exhibit. Many parents were pushing people right out of the way so their kids could see.
Overall, it's worth going to see probably once, but not again until the whale sharks get bigger (AND they want to breed them-- that'll be very cool)
Second, all-in-all, I wasn't very impressed with the aquarium. The whale sharks were pretty cool; but, otherwise, there was nothing else there you couldn't see anywhere else. We live in Wilmington, NC. There is an aquarium in Fort Fisher. Everything that was in that aquarium we saw in the Georgia Aquarium plus the whale sharks. Nothing overwise spectacular. They do have an exhibit with some saltwater fish common in the trade. Trust me, someone will complain about the mandarin fish in a tank without live rock (yes, it was - and there were 2). Otters, penguins, sea lions, and belugas were cool.
There were a lot of people. I understand why they time the tickets. Hundreds of people. Hard to spend any time at any single exhibit. Many parents were pushing people right out of the way so their kids could see.
Overall, it's worth going to see probably once, but not again until the whale sharks get bigger (AND they want to breed them-- that'll be very cool)
tangfan
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thanks for the info vel, i didn't relize they timed the tickets. I'm sure i'll like it though. I went to the south carolina aquarium in charston about 2 months ago, I was disapointed a little bit, kinda small. Also i went to the ripley's aquarium in mytle beach last year, it was better. thanks
velvetchs
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No problem. We got there at about 145pm, picked up our city passes and were let right in. They sold out their tickets until 4pm - if you bought tickets at 145pm, you weren't getting in until about 350pm. I think that that they do sell timed tickets is a little unknown fact. I am happy to let everyone know about it.
tangfan
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I just got back. It was pretty cool. I bought my tickets online last night and didn't have any problem getting in. Those whale sharks were awesome. They said they were 13 to 16 feet long now and should get 36 feet long, that would be really awesome. Overall a very cool place to go, just a lot of people. We also went to underground atlanta, very rough not going to reconmend that, and we went to the world of coca-cola, really cool place to.