Aquarium of the Americas Reviews

Beautiful place just wish it offered more experiences

A little pricey, mostly because part of the aquarium was under construction and it was a quick walk thru, but worth a visit!!

I enjoyed looking at all the difference in the fish,live seahorses,worth going again,had my twins,great grandsons,running after them wore me out,have fun!!!

The animals look healthy. The exhibits are beautiful, especially the parakeets.

We enjoy our Audubon Society's Zoo, Aquarium and Insectireum so much.... I have 2 young special needs grandchildren we buy yearly passes... We can go as often as we like plus all the special events are included as well plus addition discounts on other things... Its a great deal if you have a family because one trip to any of the 3 can almost pay for the yearly pass...

Lots to see and do. Kept the little ones entertained

This aquarium actually was a little disappointing. Seemed old and neglected in my opinion. There didn't seem to be as much to see as I expected from other big city aquariums I've visited. I did get a few good pictures but unless there are some extreme changes once is enough.

Very nice. Lots of different types of fish and water animals from fresh water to salt water. We really enjoyed it. Great for kids as well.

Always a great place to go
Learn something new everytime.

The 3D Dinosaur movie was excellent! A little too small for the price, friendly staff

It was fantastic!! The only problem i can even think of is its kinda short but when I went it was late in the evening

The staff were very helpful and courteous. I would definitely come back here again and I will be Suggest names to any of my friends and family.

The aquarium is absolutely stunning on its own and well worth the admission price. As an early Valentine's gift I paid for the Penguin Experience and had an absolutely amazing time. We were able to interact and feed our penguin as well as take home a painting of his feet. Any trip to New Orleans warrants a trip here.

Great, going back again this year for vacation. Should be fun

Little pricey but it was nice really enjoyed the movie the most

Went to this place as a kid and loved it. It is still good to this day

This is an extremely nice aquarium. Great for the whole family. Plenty of interactive things for everyone. It has a nice flow. Everything is well maintained. Very helpful staff. Great location.

One of the best aquarium I have seen so far. I love it. Take your time.

Lower your expectations of what a trip to the aquarium should be. With a $30 adult ticket price and a $25 childrens priced ticket, my family was expecting a nice day at the aquarium. When we first arrived, we were surprised at the crowd size during CoVid but we figured that was because this was a good attraction. We were sadly mistaken. We saw 2 sharks. Other than the cool tunnel at the beginning of the tour, we were left feeling like we were charged a full price admission for a half open aquarium. I would skip this attraction on any of our future visits. After paying for 3 hours of parking ($25) and $60 for admission, we had made it through the whole attraction in under an hour. Just not worth the money!

Very good place to share family moments and good memories and to learn from biodiversity

We drive from Florida regularly to visit and we love it every time!!!!!!! The only thing we wish was different would be to have the encounters cheaper.

Great for a quick day trip. I enjoyed feeding the birds and petting the stingrays.

I grew up coming here . My favorite part is the sharks but I love all the animals that we're rescued and put here . If this place would've never existed what would I do to have fun at this place .

Nice and interesting with plenty to learn about the wildlife around Louisiana

Need to update this place. Fish were alive and swimming. Didn't see any staff anywhere except the gift shop and ticket booth.

Went with my husband while visiting New Orleans. It was fun, clean, and there weren't too many people. Plenty of hand sanitizer stations and arrows to direct "traffic".

The Aquarium is nice but too short and not worth the price of admission

It was OK. Ive been to several aquariums and love looking at to marine life. Its not a bad experience, wait till 2019 for the shark and stingrays exibit to open, it will kinda keep you and frinds busy for about an hour maybe 2. Make sure to get the $45 All Audubon exp. With the Aquarium, insecterium and Zoo, it made the Aquarium price reasonable for what you experience and the insecterium is kinda neat but really small. The outdoor parakeete pointe exhibit is a bit lame, unless you buy the $1.50 feed stick with 2 peices of bird seed glued to the end so you can get a bird or 2 to come near you. The more I think about that small portion of birdseed the angrier I get about it. All in all, it's easily an Exp you can skip, its not bad if you need a rainy day project

A wonderful collection of marine life as well some interesting facts . A must see

Get ready to becomea kid again! I could stare at the displays for hours. The staff at the aquarium is very helpful and friendly.

It was ok alot of the displays were under construction and just looked like they didnt care how the public saw those displays.

Great little aquarium. Parakeet point is a must do!

My kids loved it. Kind of a smaller aquarium.
We took our time and were out of there in 90 minutes, not much for the price.

I love aquariums and visited her alone while my partner was in business meetings. Favorites were the seahorses they had so many and easy to observe. Also the otters were a lot of fun. Easy to do the whole aquarium in a couple of hours. Food at the cafeteria was a little pricey, as can be expected, but the chicken fingers were surprisingly good. Enjoy!

We drove into New Orleans to take our daughter to the aquarium. It was fantastic. You should definitely try to make the scheduled events like the otter training and the penguin feeding. Also, if you live in the area, consider a membership. If you go more than 2-3 times a year to either the aquarium or the Zoo, it pays for itself.

Have been to better aquariums in the past, would not return to this one for the money.

My lil kid have fun good place to spend time with the family, no good place to eat my cheeseburger was cold and the chickend strips were cold too

A really good aquarium, very nice and well laid out

The kids liked it but, it's not worth $30 to enter.

I loved visiting New Orleans the Aquarium was awesome

Its a small aquarium compared to others I've been to. Its very clean. There is an aviary of parakeets thats really cool and different. There is also a pool where you can touch the sting rays like they let you do in other aquariums. There is also a theater next to the aquarium where you can catch a short film on a giant screen. Good experience overall.

It was nice enjoyed spending the day with my daughter, but I found it was way to expensive not only do you have to pay to get in but you have to pay to feed the stingrays, feed the parakeets & pay to see a virtual reality movie I thought that was quite ridiculous so I won t be back for that.

Meh. This is only the second aquarium I've ever visited and the first one was in Toronto. The Toronto aquarium is 10 times the size with so much more to experience....for the same price. Audubon left a lot to be desired.

People at gate would not let us park with truck of 6 kids and didn't care where we had to park worst day ever very rude gate staff and then the nerve to tell my family and I go find somewhere else to park we not parking trucks at our facility and I drove my family two hrs for a fuss and no fun poor kids cry back home on two hrs drive back home

For the size and duration of time we had. It was a perfect day. Majority of exhibits were open and the atmosphere for families was perfect. Hopefully, they will expand. It seems that they are avoiding putting any large marine/ land mammals on exhibit in this post Sea World age we are living in. So do not expect to see dolphins, whales or polar bears. All in all you get a great bang for your buck and it is centrally located for convenience to hotels, shopping, dining and sightseeing.

Had fun, but make sure you get the combo pass for the zoo too as the zoo is completely worth it and the aquarium is over priced

Well presented layout, wonderful exhibits that are open, but some are under construction. It felt a little worn out, but the people are lovely and the parts that are open are worth the visit.

The perfect spot to enjoy the day alone or with family. Plenty of entertainment options and interesting exhibitions. Plus, it is conveniently located downtown at walking distance from all major attractions in the area.

The parakeets are some of the best parts, but they are adorable little theives. The otters where nice but it was hard to see with everyone crowding the tank. Also look up and see birds.

Little confusing on which way to go at first. There was a very nice staff member who helped us out. My 2 stars were removed because at the parakeet exhibit we bought feed sticks and after we went in we found out the parakeet didn't want anything to do with us.

Great place for a family activity, I personally can't wait till they finish their escape room

This place are a lot of fun. The otters are the best

Great exhibit. Redone with birds and some other things. We drive almost 5 hours to go here.