A great aquarium to visit. My family went shortly ...

A great aquarium to visit. My family went shortly after opening time and the area was not crowded at all. Some of the employees in the beginning were not the greatest information or first impressions, they didn't even tell even try to hand us the little brochure or explain that there are 'imprint' stations throughout the aquarium where you could get the corner pages imprinted with that local animal symbol, and the guy at the podium with the brochures looked like he got bothered when I took one them from his nicely filled stacks. There were several areas setup around the aquarium where the employees were doing exhibits and stuff but no one offered to show or explain any of it unless we walked up to them to ask them what they were standing there for... But after that first impressions area the overall experience was great, the manta ray and shark touch pools were very fun to experience. The lorikeet aviary was a fun area to walk through, the birds love to land on anyone that is there, especially is you buy one of the expensive tiny little cups of the drink mix for the birds, but the entrance fee for the aquarium was very reasonable to compensate. The different trainers and staff in the tanks and exhibits were great at their jobs and very informative and interactive with the audience. Once the school/camp groups showed up those little hallways were extremely crowded, the supervisors for the kids were greatly outnumbered and in no way in control of the kids and my family felt like it was time to leave by then.