Review of The National Aquarium of Baltimore

My family, a very LARGE family, ventured to Baltimore to visit their much talked about Aquarium. Ticket prices are around $22 for adults and children ages 3 to 11 are around $13. Children 3 and under are admitted for free. Sometimes, families are not admitted when they purchase tickets during times of big crowds (the time you can enter will be printed on your ticket). We got there fairly early on a weekday, so we were admitted immediately.

The first thing I notices is that strollers are not allowed inside the aquarium. There is a stroller check in near the front entrance. It is free to check your stroller. Our children are a bit older, so strollers aren't used very often, but I pitied the families with smaller children and babies in tow. My sister-in-law had to carry around her 7 month old daughter for 3 hours, and it became tedious at times.

The first exhibit we found inside the Aquarium was the stingray exhibit. The kids were entranced by the 260,000 gallon pool filled with stingrays. We got to see a diver in the tank, feeding the stingrays. In that tank was a green sea turtle that was missing his front flipper. According to the Aquarium, he was rescued in New York, and the flipper was severely infected, so it was amputated to save his life. He now happily swims along with the rays in the large pool.