Update: The giveaway below is over, but enjoy the information!
The new Greater Cleveland Aquarium is the only free-standing aquarium in Ohio and last weekend we got a chance to check it out at a blogger-event.
The aquarium is located in The Flats of Cleveland along the water and boardwalk where the Nautica Queen cruise is located and inside the historic First Energy Powerhouse building. The Nautica Cafe served us (bloggers & families) a breakfast buffet as well. The Nautica Cafe is located inside the First Energy building. If you’re not familiar with this building I want to tell you its a very cool location for this aquarium. Brick walls and halls added a special historic touch to the visit.
The visit takes about an hour and a half and includes a very large touch pool with a variety of water creatures you’re allowed to touch using two fingers: rays, a small shark (I think), and a variety of small critters you’ll see in my video. It is very cool! This was probably my favorite part of the aquarium.
Don’t miss my video below!
You’ll hear and see my 8 yr old announce, in the video, when we are headed into the Weird and Wonderful section. This part of the First Energy Powerhouse building use to be a coal mine tunnel- you can read about it here.
The boys were very excited at various points of the tour- they can be so funny. You’ll hear it…”MOM, DAD!” And, I can’t help but think some of the alien-type sci-fi movies got their ideas from critters like the horseshoe crab. You’ll see what I mean when you watch the video.
General Admission is $21.95 for adults, $15.95 for kids 2-12, under 2 FREE. You can also buy a Family Annual Pass for $130 (see other available passes here and events offered like their monthly Toddler Time here). BUT, before you visit those links, enter for a chance to win a 4 pack of tickets from my blog now!
*Disclosure: My family and I received a free visit to the aquarium as part of the blogger event. Thundertech gave us the tickets to giveaway to our readers. One of the other bloggers who lived too far gave me her tickets to giveaway as well. That’s why I can have 2 winners. Opinions are my own.
NOTE: Be sure you READ and FOLLOW my directions! Failure to follow the rules will make your entries disqualified. And we don’t want that to happen!
I’d love to go – Never had a chance to visit before.
WE WOULD LOVE TO WIN TICKES. I have a ten yr old and a 5 yr old and we are trying to find cheap fun things to do in ohio while Dad is on a guy only vacation for his 40th birthday to sturgis. So far we are thinging the zoo but cant wait to hear about kelly island and put in bay thank you
We want to win the tickets because my boys love sea animals. My youngest has a love for turtles. I know the boys would love to attend.
Looks like a great way to spend the day! Always looking for fun things that are close to home!
I would love to win! We haven’t been able to visit the aquarium yet and this would give us the perfect excuse to finally take a trip up there.
We LOVE aquariums and would like the opportunity to see this one in our own backyard!
We got to go, for a treat, after he was very patient with me, while I finished a topic paper for a class I was taking, for a few days. My 6 year old picked the Aquarium over a few other options, and we had such a lovely day, but it’s very pricey. I would LOVE to be able to take him again, later in the summer, after we’ve had a chance to read some library books about the creatures we saw!
I would love to win because this would make a great staycation!
Because I’d love to be able to take my family to the aquarium!!
We would love to visit the aquarium but the price of admission is what is preventing our family from going right now. I have heard that it is worth the money though!