This was the first time visiting the aquarium. Hon...

This was the first time visiting the aquarium. Honestly it will be my last. The tickets were outrageously expensive. There wasn t a lot of different things to see. Seemed like same thing over and over. I have visited the Vancouver Aquarium several times and the Vancouver Aquarium is so much better. So much to see and tickets are cheaper. The Monterey aquarium has more gift shops than exhibits. If you do go, I recommend on a weekday. It was so busy you can t enjoy the exhibits. I was told this aquarium was fantastic but to me it wasn t. I was greatly disappointed and especially what we paid for it. We had left the aquarium to get lunch and came back afterwards. One of the employees let us in the door so we did not have to wait in that long line. She unlocked the door and we went in. No sooner did we walk in 2 employees stopped us and would not let us go anywhere. We kept explaining that their employee let us in and we have stamps. After s bit of telling them they finally let us go. Treated ya like we snuck in and they did not apologize afterwards. That really put a damper on our visit. Combining the ticket line and returning guest line is a ridiculous thing to do. Have separate lines for that because it is uncalled for to wait in that long line when you already paid.