World Aquarium
New Aquarium in the Heart of the City
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Museum?? No, just a giant junkyard and playground.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 09 2009
This might've been said before, but I've been born and raised in St. Louis, and I have just recently heard of this World Aquarium, something tells me that it's just a really big pet store, I recommend going to the St. Louis Zoo.
Reviewed by: Rachel from on May 27 2009
Notice how over the years, the place got worse ? I just took my grandson there. Never again. Filthy, dirty, smelly. The whole place looks like a huge junkyard. Cracked glass, rusty rebarb, couldn't believe parents let their children play on this unsafe stuff. My grandson was not allowed. Aquarium was very dissappointing. Sick, dirty animals. I wanted to let them all out to save their little lives. I have turned this in to the Missouri State health department, and i urge those who've been there to do the same. 18.00 apiece to see this waste of money. Never, never, never again. If you have any compassion at all for these animals, you will turn them in. They make enough money with overcharging, to fix this. They just don't want to. We had to park in their dirty, dusty , smelly garage parking. Another waste of money. This place needs to be inspected. I wish i didn't have to choose a star rating at all.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Mar 26 2009
Cloudy water in the tanks limits viewing; you can see a better display at any petstore. The tanks and/or cages were double and triple stacked in some areas, which limits viewing. The whole place was smelly and dirty, I have visited the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago (which is truly an awesome aquatic experience) and this one in St Louis is a HUGE letdown! For the money we paid, we were very disappointed. The aquarium and museum gives one the impression that a bunch of junk has been loaded into a huge building with no thought about layout or theme. The rude girl at the ticket window gave us no explanations, directions, or visitor guide pamphlet. Don't waste your money - go to the St Louis zoo.
Reviewed by: HK fan from on Jan 05 2009
the world aquarium is a waste of your money. the animals are sick and kept in dirty cages. there were dead animals on display in a few cages. many of the animals can be seen at a petco or petsmart(which is free). the shark tank is dirty, like every other tank. the staff are not knowledgeable or kind. all this for $18 a person?
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 02 2008
The aquarium is located inside the City Museum. Neither are your traditional museum or vacation venue. These are highly interactive, modern approaches to art and education with an emphasis exploring. You meander through hallways, tunnels, caves and secret passage ways as you view the aquarium and museum. There's a ton to see and lots ot interact with. I found myself going back and forth making sure I hadn't missed anything. My kids absolutely loved it. It's not cheap and it's best to plan to spend an entire afternoon there viewing, playing and just running around.
Reviewed by: Beer Me from on Jul 20 2008
we studied marine life in our last semester of home schooling and were excited to visit the World Aquarium while on our vacation to St Louis. What HUGE disappointment. You had to pay to get into the City Museum - which in and of itself is NOT for smaller children - and is basically a junk yard of stuff... for $12... then tack on another $6 PER PERSON - Total of $18 EACH. The day we went must have been the day every school in the area also was there because the noise level and amount of children was insanity. We really only wanted to see the aquarium... it was a huge disappointment. Like someone else mentioned - it was just a pet store of sorts... So to have paid that much - we were just sick. We stayed maybe an hour total... and left very upset. We should have had our first clue when they had 4 floors of "stuff" and NO MAPS to cover what was where in the building. Apparently they don't want you to know... it houses a junkyard of goodies. Apparently people just let their children run wild here - but our children - ages 8 and under did NOT enjoy this madhouse. Save your money.
Reviewed by: Blake from on May 24 2008
I loved it is was like heaven it was so cool if you ever went there you would love it too you get to pet sting rays it is soo cool there is fish turtles and a hol buch
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Feb 06 2008
It was okay and interesting but to take a large family it would cost all your vacation money for this one place. We have a lot of neat things to see that are free or don't cost near as much.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Apr 22 2007
This was the perfect place to bring my family. They kids loved all of the hands on experiences and my wife and I loved reading about all of the research being conducted at the aquarium...definitly worth a trip! A+
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Dec 31 2006
New Aquarium in the Heart of the City
Back to World Aquarium
Museum?? No, just a giant junkyard and playground.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 09 2009
This might've been said before, but I've been born and raised in St. Louis, and I have just recently heard of this World Aquarium, something tells me that it's just a really big pet store, I recommend going to the St. Louis Zoo.
Reviewed by: Rachel from on May 27 2009
Notice how over the years, the place got worse ? I just took my grandson there. Never again. Filthy, dirty, smelly. The whole place looks like a huge junkyard. Cracked glass, rusty rebarb, couldn't believe parents let their children play on this unsafe stuff. My grandson was not allowed. Aquarium was very dissappointing. Sick, dirty animals. I wanted to let them all out to save their little lives. I have turned this in to the Missouri State health department, and i urge those who've been there to do the same. 18.00 apiece to see this waste of money. Never, never, never again. If you have any compassion at all for these animals, you will turn them in. They make enough money with overcharging, to fix this. They just don't want to. We had to park in their dirty, dusty , smelly garage parking. Another waste of money. This place needs to be inspected. I wish i didn't have to choose a star rating at all.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Mar 26 2009
Cloudy water in the tanks limits viewing; you can see a better display at any petstore. The tanks and/or cages were double and triple stacked in some areas, which limits viewing. The whole place was smelly and dirty, I have visited the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago (which is truly an awesome aquatic experience) and this one in St Louis is a HUGE letdown! For the money we paid, we were very disappointed. The aquarium and museum gives one the impression that a bunch of junk has been loaded into a huge building with no thought about layout or theme. The rude girl at the ticket window gave us no explanations, directions, or visitor guide pamphlet. Don't waste your money - go to the St Louis zoo.
Reviewed by: HK fan from on Jan 05 2009
the world aquarium is a waste of your money. the animals are sick and kept in dirty cages. there were dead animals on display in a few cages. many of the animals can be seen at a petco or petsmart(which is free). the shark tank is dirty, like every other tank. the staff are not knowledgeable or kind. all this for $18 a person?
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 02 2008
The aquarium is located inside the City Museum. Neither are your traditional museum or vacation venue. These are highly interactive, modern approaches to art and education with an emphasis exploring. You meander through hallways, tunnels, caves and secret passage ways as you view the aquarium and museum. There's a ton to see and lots ot interact with. I found myself going back and forth making sure I hadn't missed anything. My kids absolutely loved it. It's not cheap and it's best to plan to spend an entire afternoon there viewing, playing and just running around.
Reviewed by: Beer Me from on Jul 20 2008
we studied marine life in our last semester of home schooling and were excited to visit the World Aquarium while on our vacation to St Louis. What HUGE disappointment. You had to pay to get into the City Museum - which in and of itself is NOT for smaller children - and is basically a junk yard of stuff... for $12... then tack on another $6 PER PERSON - Total of $18 EACH. The day we went must have been the day every school in the area also was there because the noise level and amount of children was insanity. We really only wanted to see the aquarium... it was a huge disappointment. Like someone else mentioned - it was just a pet store of sorts... So to have paid that much - we were just sick. We stayed maybe an hour total... and left very upset. We should have had our first clue when they had 4 floors of "stuff" and NO MAPS to cover what was where in the building. Apparently they don't want you to know... it houses a junkyard of goodies. Apparently people just let their children run wild here - but our children - ages 8 and under did NOT enjoy this madhouse. Save your money.
Reviewed by: Blake from on May 24 2008
I loved it is was like heaven it was so cool if you ever went there you would love it too you get to pet sting rays it is soo cool there is fish turtles and a hol buch
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Feb 06 2008
It was okay and interesting but to take a large family it would cost all your vacation money for this one place. We have a lot of neat things to see that are free or don't cost near as much.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Apr 22 2007
This was the perfect place to bring my family. They kids loved all of the hands on experiences and my wife and I loved reading about all of the research being conducted at the aquarium...definitly worth a trip! A+
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Dec 31 2006
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