Tong Jin

Review of Long Island Aquarium and Exhib...

Planned to spend three hours here at Long Island A...

Planned to spend three hours here at Long Island Aquarium. Left after an hour.
Pros: friendly environment, well managed, lots of events and programs (with additional fees)
Cons:
1. Tickets ($35 per guest) are overpriced. The aquarium is relatively small with two indoor exhibits and several outdoor pools. I've been to several aquariums in NJ&NY and they are much more larger than this.
2. Exhibits are limited in terms of quantity and quality. This might be due to the extreme heat weather. Yes, shark tank is cool. However, I didn't expect to see carps in an aquarium. How about crawfish and more bass?
3. The sense of business and bargaining is just too strong here. I can see the management team is trying, desperately, to increase income and influences but tagging everything with an additional charge is just not a good way to keep guests happy.
4. The educational information is either lacking or outdated. Introductions are general and vague, pretty much like copied and pasted from wikipedia. Learning something new is one of the reasons why I go to aquariums and I was pretty disappointed to see that even the fundraising programs write richer and more informative texts.