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Denver Downtown Aquarium

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700 Water St., Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver Downtown Aquarium Reviews

crystavol
10 reviews

Nov 04, 2007

The Downtown Aquarium is pretty artsy and fancy looking, but quite frankly way overpriced for the experience. Adult tickets were $14, children were $8, plus parking for $6. It is clear they tried to make the restaurant a hip and cool place, which I think affects the atmosphere of the aquarium. Music was way too loud (couldn't even hear the other people in your party). Plus I found it odd that they had rattle snakes and tigers (I thought this was an aquarium??).

The good stuff: The sharks and their large tank (plus there were scuba divers cleaning the tank and the manta ray tank. Everyone can pet or touch the manta rays in the shallow pool they swim around in.

My recommendation - go to the Denver Zoo instead. They had plenty of fish and sea life plus tons of land animals for a fraction of the cost.

Part of the Denver, CO (Nov. '07) travel blog

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freak0ut

Jun 18, 2008

We walked on, past the Downtown Aquarium, and got to the Children's Museum. I can sum up the Denver Children's Museum in one word... BORING. Trinity and I go to a LOT of museums, and a lot of those museums are children's museums ... so far this one is the worst… Denver Day 2

crystavol

Nov 04, 2007

Morning - Went to the Downtown Denver Aquarium. I can honestly say it was a waste of money. Also stopped at the REI nearby which was really awesome - a really cool old building and the biggest REI I have ever been in. http://www.rei.com/stores/denverflagship/ Plus they had a playground inside… Denver, CO - Day 3