“Join us in the morning as we open early and turn down the ambient sounds to create a calmer and quieter setting.” One Sunday a month; next is Nov 15.
Our note Any other quiet time: not stated. The aquarium does not publish busy or quiet hours.
Our note Friday evenings have mermaid shows (6:30 in the exhibit; 5:30 and 7:30 in the restaurant) and meet and greets at Stingray Reef (5:15 and 7:15). We'd expect those hours to be fuller.
Parking is $8 in the lot across the street (staffed 10 am to 9 pm, cash or card, price subject to change). Accessible parking and drop-off: not stated.
Sensory kits, loaner headphones, a quiet room: not stated. Bring your own headphones.
Adults $29.99, kids 3 to 11 $23.99, 2 and under free. Timed tickets: not stated.
More: the path, what's sudden, restrooms, food
The aquarium publishes no sensory ratings; these are the spots it describes
Sudden or loud
Rainforest flood effect (turned down on Low Sensory Morning)not stated
4-D Theaternot stated
Stingray Reef touch poolnot stated
Quieter
Quiet roomnot stated
The exhibit path, in the aquarium's own order: North America, In the Desert, Under the Sea, At the Wharf (closed for maintenance from Sept 14), The Rainforest, Coral Lagoon, Sunken Temple, Shipwreck, At the Beach, Stingray Reef, then the train and carousel.
The rainforest exhibits are “periodically inundated by flooding” (the aquarium's words); the flood is one of the two things the sensory morning turns down.
Exhibit discount and free parking after 6 pm with an Aquarium Restaurant receipt.
The carousel is listed as temporarily closed on the homepage but still sold on the ticket page. Ask at the box office.
Stroller rental $6.99 at the box office. Personal strollers: not stated.
Outside food: coolers, bottled water, glass and outside food are “not permitted in Garden area without approval from management.”
Halloween Kids Fest Oct 24, 25 and 31: kids in costume half price with an adult ticket. Breakfast with Santa Dec 5, 12, 13 and 19 to 24, reservations required.
What the aquarium doesn't say
not stated a quiet room or calm space
not stated loaner headphones or sensory kits
not stated family restrooms, a nursing room, first aid
A paid lot across the street, a ticket desk, then a path through the exhibits in a fixed order: North America, the desert, under the sea, the rainforest (where a pretend flood runs), the shipwreck, the beach, then Stingray Reef. The aquarium doesn't publish a quiet room or loaner headphones, so bring your own. Change anything.
One tip from a dad who's been there
The Low Sensory Morning (one Sunday a month, 8:30 am) is the quiet version: sounds and the flood effect are turned down until 10:00 and you can stay after. Any other day, bring headphones and plan to walk past the rainforest flood without stopping. Leaving early still counts as an aquarium day.
Common questions
What if my child won't look at the schedule or story?
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