Jeff Jirak

Review of Virginia Aquarium & Marine Sci...

An ok stop. I would not reccomend to others. Price...

An ok stop. I would not reccomend to others. Price is too high for what is there in our opinion. Many exhibits were closed or empty. Couldn't do the hands on portion due to COVID. There were very few of a species. For example there was 1 big tank that had maybe 4 sharks and they weren't even big. It got near the end and I commented that I was suprised we hadn't seen a starfish. Just then there was a small flat tank covered in PVC pipe and netting. There were 3 starfish inside, hard to see, not a pretty scene at all. 2 small tanks of 2 diff kinds of jellyfish, but the signs were the same for both. Was that an error? We saw everything in 40 minutes. Kids ages 16, 14, 11 thought some parts were good. They had fun, but also noticed the empty areas and lack of exhibits. Not worth $120 for family of 5.