Why do I feel so down after a trip to the Downtown Denver Aquarium? Many reason my friends. The first – I’m an adult who is really a kid on the inside, but none the less an adult to the ticket person waiting to collect my adult admission of $13.95 at the window. My second reason is ultimately the biggest reason for feeling so low. Trips to aquariums are usually very special for me. Since I can’t really scuba dive this is the closest way for me to see the various animals that patrol the waters and the plant life that thrives hundreds of feet off the land and under the sea. Aside from a tank full of piranha, puffers, suckers and empty tigers cages I was really trying to grasp where they were going with this aquarium. It felt more as though they were trying to create a zoo and didn’t focus enough on marine life, but maybe I’m being more of a big baby than a kid or an adult.
In my own honest opinion, after a 45 minute walk through the Denver aquarium I felt as though my money had been washed away on a very boring Denver attraction just to spew me out at the Aquarium Restaurant. I wasn’t in the mood to sample the fare after seeing such a disappointing show of the life aquatic. Decide for yourself though.
Downtown Aquarium – Denver is located at 700 Water Street, Denver, CO. 80211. Ph. 303.561.4450.