Dallas Aquarium

Today, we decided to take a trip to the dark side…ok, just to Dallas (which neither of us like driving to or in). It was well worth it. The destination was the Dallas World Aquarium and we found it no thanks to Magellan. Who knew that such a place could be found in the middle of downtown Dallas?

The kids had opposite reactions to the place but both were positive, if that makes sense. Sydney was slowly pacing herself and wanted to linger at each tank/spot. Whereas, Alex would stop to see what each one was and then excitedly ran to the next one. He seemed to just want to take it all in as fast as possible.

Sydney really enjoyed the turtle and stingray tank because she got to “put the turtle to sleep” by pretending to pet it. She also didn’t want to leave the penguins' area. Alex just said that his favorite parts were “the flamingos, the penguins, the fish tank and the tunnel with the sharks swimming around us.” The fish tank he was talking about really was a hit because they could sit on the edge and a dome that let them get right next to the fish and see all the way to the other side where the other kid was.

Mom and dad were equally impressed with the set up because is similar to the “natural” layout of the Fort Worth Zoo. While we didn’t get to see the jaguar, which wasn’t out, it doesn’t quite make sense that it would be at an aquarium either. Actually, it was more of a rain forest themed part of the place.

We will definitely be returning and Sunday was a great choice because of the lack of traffic and Dallasites driving too crazy.