Baltimore Aquarium w/a 4 yrold & 11 month old. My tidbits...

Reviewed July 7, 2015

OK- do you have an active preschooler? well-- this may be disappointing.

1) you need to do this. It's an amazing aquarium.

2) my minion was done in 3 hours. So I felt I paid $100 for all of us for only a little bit of time. We were on his schedule, honestly he would have been miserable if we made him stay.

3) go on a day where you can come back after nap/lunch. We went on a Sunday and they closed at 4 (or was it 5pm)? We are from the Monterey CA area and this is so different from the Monterey Aquarium.

4) No strollers allowed, you need to "check it" so bring the baby carrier. Lots of escalators which my minion loved the most.

5) Is your little afraid of the dark places... well this place is pretty dim.
6) bring refillable water bottles- they have amazing stations to fill up your bottles. way cool!
7) Jellyfish station was my fav. You can touch the jellies!

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