We went to the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA today and here is my review....
Date: 1/20/2009
Parking: There is a parking garage right at the Aquarium. We paid $30.00 to park there for 2.5 hrs.
Gate/Admissions: [$$$$] My ticket was $19.95 (Adult), my son was free (2 and under). No lines today.
Birthday Parties: I would think you could. They have group tickets.
Bathrooms: There are bathrooms when you enter (after they snap your souvenir picture) and there are family bathrooms on the same floor as the Cafe. Note to stroller users - when you go in take a right and follow the sign to the elevator to get up to the Cafe. Once your on that floor there are family style bathrooms with changing tables.
Cleanliness: Very Clean!
Store: There is a souvenir store (on the ground level) and a Cafe (on the second floor). The Cafe has lunch items and drinks of all sorts. You can also bring in your lunch.
Overall: We had fun. It was very quite today so my son could run around and check out all of the different exhibits. I brought a stroller an anticipated on using it, but being so quite there today it wasn't really necessary. I have been there in the past when it is very busy and being so dark in there I was afraid I would loose track of him weaving in and out of people. I brought my large stroller. Note to self: next time bring the umbrella stroller! There is a great touch tank there and the tank with all of the large fish is located in the middle of the Aquarium. The Aquarium itself is not very big. In my opinion it works well with a small child because you can take your time or if you have energy go around and around and around (like we did). I always get a little nervous driving in Boston. Today I got totally lost! The website says that if you heading there from the North take exit 25-24. I never found that exit. I ended up taking 24A and getting all turned around. It took me quite a while to find the Aquarium. Okay it took me about 45 minutes! If you are heading there I would call ahead just to get directions directly from somebody or if you have one of those very fancy navigators I would use that! I will go back. We really had a great day.
UPDATE: I contacted the New England Aquarium. They fixed the directions on their website!
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Great place to take the kids. Could not get my son to leave the penguins, which is the first exhibit. lol It is not huge, but I think it is the right size to make sure you can see you can see everything in one visit, but not so small that you are seeing the same thing over an over again. We are looking forward to making another trip this weekend!
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