Hi everyone and happy Friday! I hope all of you had a wonderful week and are looking forward to a fun and relaxing weekend. This past Saturday, I visited the Cleveland Aquarium, and it was mediocre at best for the price of admission. And, we all know that this is no beuno for a gal who balls on a budget! But, I did get some nice pictures of the undersea life that was there so take a look and let’s discuss:
The total cost of admission was twenty dollars as well as a six dollar parking fee and the time spent in the aquarium amounted to barely an hour and a half. This was disappointing to me because, although the displays that were there looked cool, I felt like I wasn’t getting a lot of bang for my buck. The aquarium, in total, was three or four rooms with spaced out displays and, then, two other rooms with full room displays that included a string ray touch tank and the shark tank with a walk in tunnel.
I really enjoyed the shark room and the walk in tunnel was really neat and long in length. However, the other rooms that had spaced out displays featuring aquatic life of different countries left a lot to be desired. There were about three or four tanks per room and that was it. So, it felt more like a large, well decorated pet store than an actual aquarium.
If you are planning a trip to the Cleveland Aquarium, my best advice to you is don’t. You are much better off spending a day at the Cleveland Zoo, which provides you with an excellent value for your money, as it is a whole park rather than just a handful of rooms. It is also cheaper than the Aquarium, too! 😀
What is your favorite activity to do in a big city near you? Who else has a zoo or aquarium close by? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
shame you felt disappointing, I do feel sometimes that attractions don’t set their fees based on amount of time spent. I’m currently making an effort to visit several zoos here in the UK. Recently have been to Marwell and Port Lympne , also have visited Bentley Wildfowl. Most of these involve a fair car journey, the nearest zoo to us is Drusillas park but that is very child based, so if you don’t have young children is simply not worth the entrance fee. Have got at least one more zoo trip planned this year and maybe 4-5 next, so plenty of photos to be taken! Looking forward to seeing more of yours soon.
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Oh awesome!! looking forward to hearing about your adventures too! 🙂
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Aww what a blast!! This makes me miss CLE ❤
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Ahhh you’ve been before?!
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Girl, I lived there until I went to college 🙂 I lived in Richfield OH in between Akron and CLE
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WHAAAAAAT?! Lol come back to me and let’s hang out! 😀
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Yesss- I go home usually once or twice a year. I’d love to meet up with ya! I love seeing you mention Ohio here and there on your blog 🙂
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Yessss girl! for real let me know when you’ll be in the area and we can go shopping or something!
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Sounds amazing! XO
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Thanks for the tip! We just moved to Ohio and were planning a weekend trip to Cleveland
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Oh cool! Where in Ohio are you??
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Just moved to Bowling Green…near Toledo
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Oh awesome! How do you like it so far??
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So far we love it, except I was used to the Memphis heat…but it is beautiful right now in the fall and midwesterners are just so nice
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I love the pictures you took !
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Thank you!! xxxx
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