Friday, August 8, 2008
The Florida Aquarium
The Florida Aquarium is located at 701 Channelside Drive in Tampa. This Aquarium is 200,000 square feet! Here you can reach out and touch sting rays. When you walk through the Wetlands Gallery there are all different kinds of birds flying over you as well as walking beside you. The alligators are behind the glass for viewing also at the Wetlands Gallery. At Dragons Down Under there are nine exhibits. Here you will see the leafy and weedy dragons which is a must see. The sea horses are also beautiful to see. Explore A Shore is located outside. Here is where kids get to play in a pirate ship and get wet by the giant squirting eels. The gift shop here is a great place to pick up some unique gifts. The water front cafe is a nice place to grab a bite to eat and just relax.
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Hello,
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I have only been to Florida a couple of times. My husband is from there. So far I have been to Ding Darling Nature preserve, and Sanibel Island a couple of times, and a manatee park in Ft. Myers I think it was. All beautiful places! Oh and Corkscrew nature park too.
Sounds cool. We are about 2 hrs from Tampa, and Orlando. How does this place compare as say to Sea World. We are deciding where we want to take the kids in the spring.
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Aquarium I found to be very relaxing and educational. It is more of a go at your own pace kinda place. It is not commercialized as SeaWorld is. There is lots more to do at SeaWorld of course but if your just looking for a place to visit where you don't feel like you have to rush around to see it all. Then I would recommend the Florida Aquarium. I also would recommend going during the week when it is quieter. Sometimes they do have school trips that go there but by early afternoon the students leave for their buses.
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