Greater Cleveland Aquarium review & [Ticket Giveaway ENDED 2 winners /4 tickets]
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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 (blogger’s & 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.
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When we visited the aquarium my girls loved it and I would love to take them back one more time before their baby sister arrives in August!
I am so excited to have an aquarium close to home. My kids love the fish and creatures!
We would love to take our two youngest children. It has been a very challenging year and this would be such a treat!
This was an interesting and great post, living in Ohio I wasnt sure if this was a worthwhile trip or not, you managed to make me want to go even more now. Thank you!
Excited to go here, thanks for the opportunity!
We took our kids over Memorial Day weekend, and they LOOOOVED it! My son has been asking when we’re going back….
Would love to go there! I grew up going to Sea World every summer, but now that its gone, this would be a great place to take my family
Our 3 & 5 year old kids love animals, especially sea animals, they would have a blast there! We went to sea world while visiting my sister last summer and they loved it!
Would love to go! Think the kids would love this
We have been waiting for the ban on strollers to be lifted in order to go, we are on vacation next week so it would be a fun day trip!
We haven’t had a chance to go, yet! Thank you for a chance to go free!!
I’ve never been to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, and we love aquariums. This would be a great opportunity to draw me up to the Cleveland area to visit!
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I would love to take my daughter here. She has a very big interest in sharks.
I’d love to win so I can take my kids! They’ve been wanting to go!
Would LOVE to take my kids for their 1st visit to the Aquarium! They both love fish!
I love love love aquariums… whenever we are on a trip I make it point that we hit the local aquarium. We haven’t gotten up to Cleveland yet though! Free tix would definitely remedy that.
My daughters would LOVE this place! I have an 8 year old budding marine biologist!
We visit Cleveland quite often and this would be a fun adventure for our family!
I didn’t know Cleveland had an aquarium !!
I would love to take my family! Make it a day in Cleveland.
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!
Because I’d love to be able to take my family to the aquarium!!
I would love to win because this would make a great staycation!
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!
We LOVE aquariums and would like the opportunity to see this one in our own backyard!
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.
Looks like a great way to spend the day! Always looking for fun things that are close to home!
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.
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
I’d love to go – Never had a chance to visit before.
I’ve been wanting to check it out for so long now!
I would love to take my kids there!
I would LOVE to win these tickets. The aquarium looks amazing!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Looks like great fun! Cleveland is a fab destination with lots of attractions, always nice to see one more!
We have been wanting to visit. I have a 3 and a 5 year old who love all animals. We are on a budget so I was SO excited about this giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.
My husband and I have been wanting to take our girls ages 7, almost 6 and 9 months somewhere fun this summer for a mini-vacation. They would absolutely LOVE a trip to the aquarium!!
My kids would LOVE to visit a real aquarium this summer!
I would LOVE to win tickets to go to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium! My two boys would be in heaven watching the fish swim around. My five-year-old and 19-month old would have an experience they wouldn’t forget!!!
Would love to take my girls, we have not been yet. Hear it’s great!
would love to win these tickets to be able to take the kids up there this year. good luck to everyone!!
I have been wanting to take my kids here! They are at the perfect ages!
My 3 little boys would LOVE it!!
Would love to take my 2 kids. The price is not in our current budget, it would be great to surprise them!
I would love to take the family to the acquarium.