During our vacation in St. Pete, we visited the Florida Aquarium in Downtown Tampa. Cristiana had a great time looking at all the fish and animals on exhibit as well as touching a cow-nose ray in their touch tank. She LOVED the ducks that were in the Wetlands exhibits. As Cristiana watched the ducks up close, one duck decided to shake right in front of her and splashed both Cristiana and Jaime. Cristiana thought it was the funniest thing.
It was a nice aquarium, but unfortunately they don't have any big mammals on exhibit which was disappointing since the last time I took Cristiana to an aquarium (in Chicago), their large mammal exhibits were closed due to remodeling, so she has not had the chance to see a big whale yet, and I can't wait to see her face when she does. The best part of the Florida Aquarium is the HUGE splash park they have outside for the kids. Cristiana had a blast. They have a little toddler area sectioned off, but Cristiana didn't want to stay there very long and headed to the area with the big ship and slides. Wish this aquarium were closer to us, I would definitely opt for a yearly pass.




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