Today is our last day in Minnesota to explore and use our Big Ticket. We saved what we though of as the best day or fullest day for the last day. Today we got up and rode the shuttle to the Mall of America at 10am. Once we arrived at the mall we entered by the Sea Life Aquarium so we decided to go ahead and use the Big Ticket to go through the aquarium.
The aquarium was so neat! When you first enter you see this little stage like thing that adults and kids can climb up and look over into a tank of water. It is filled with little sharks, stingrays, and plenty of fish. Then we got to pet/touch other sea life animals in the water not to far from the tank. They had starfish and some other animal. We did get to see a worker feed the animals in the tank squid and fish pieces. They smelled really bad. We started our journey into the aquarium and saw many things along the way. The wall was filled with tons of facts as you walked through the aquarium which made you want to stop and read it every step of the way. We got to see what is known as garden eels. They were neat looking! We also got to see octopus, HUGE crabs, HUGE lobsters, and many other seafood type animals. They were awesome! We then walked into the sea horse area. The sea horse were so small it was weird to see them. There were also many other star fish around that couldn't be touched. One of my favorite areas was the Moon Jellyfish area. This area had mirrors with jellyfish tanks in front and it just looked so neat. The kids loved the aquarium. They really loved when we got out of the jellyfish area and got to go to the little fish tank area because they found Nemo and his dad in the tanks. They thought that was cool. They also saw Dori. After that area we went into the area that surrounds you and has sharks. I am not to keen on this area because I hate sharks, but the boys loved it. We saw many sharks, fish, turtles, and other weird looking sea fish in the water. Later on the walk through we got to see many more fish and even some baby turtles. They were very cute! At the end of the aquarium we went through a rainforest where they had turtles, frogs, crocodiles, and a few other different types of fish. The aquarium was really neat and especially to be inside the mall.
The last thing our Big Ticket was used for was for the Nickelodeon Attraction Park in the mall. This is the area where you get to ride the rides that are inside the actual Mall of America and the main reason why many people want to see the mall. We got our bracelets and rode a little bit before lunch. The kids really had fun and even got to ride a roller coaster or two. One of their favorite rides was the water log ride. They thought that was a blast and we rode it a couple times. Other rides included the swings, bumper cars, balloon ride, carousel, etc.
We ended up being at the mall from 10:20am-8:20pm. It was a long day but I think everyone enjoyed it!
Now we are moving on to Iowa!
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