Aquarium of the Americas Review

Only 2 floors with minimal fish to view. There were more shops for souvenirs. Costs 2 small children 45.00. Not worth all that money.

Very informative alot to see plus a movie with your purchase

Really enjoyed visiting here. Good way to pass a couple of hours.

Amazing!!! My kids love it everytime we visit. Specifically, there was a young lady at the picture boot by the penguins. Short hair brown skin woman, while the other workers looked at me crazy when I asked for my pic because they were in the midst of closing. The young lady stopped wat she was doing and got my pics and cashed me out without attitude, an extra kindness and patience. With 6 kids the last thing I needed was to have to go looking for something. So 5 stars to the awesome hard workers... I will get her name next time..

Had An Awesome Time,I Will Be Back MOST DEFINITELY !!!!!

This is a very beautiful aqarium with alot to see. Keep in mind the first Wednesday of every month is FREE for Orleans parish residents. The staff is friendly and the animals seem to be well taken care of.

Really large Aquarium with lots of cool fish, sharks, penguins, owls, eels, gators and more!

Wow love the setup.... so many different displays. As a visitor this was definitely one of the highlights of my visit

Pirates and princesses at the aquarium today were great. The little ones really enjoyed the crafts :)

My kids like it...they had fun all day, they have rides for kids , also areas to play little kids, we took the train inside I think we pay 5$ for each person was fun if you can't walk ....that I was surprised was the expensive soft drinks I bought just 2 adults and for a child was 16$

Loved the way the aquarium was laid out. Very clean and lots of knowledge about sea life.

So much fun. My two year old enjoyed herself the whole time. The bathrooms were considerably clean to say there were so many people in attendance. This was very helpful while potty training. No one was rude or pushy. The birds were the highlight! They were so much entertainment.

Simply Amazing. Looking forward to going back to the Aquarium and the other Audubon parks.

Love the interaction with the rays. Penguins are so cute and for a price you can interact with them too.

Loved everything about it great exhibits and learning experience. Only downside was the cafeteria was packed waited 20 minutes for food for 2 people.

Smaller than I expected. Enjoyed what is there. Wish they made it clear that the zoo and the aquarium are like 7 miles apart. We had planned to do both in one day, but the heat got to us. At least the tickets are good for a year. Not sure if we'll make it back or not, but will go to the zoo if we do!

Stylistically, there were elements of this aquarium that are similar to the aquarium in Atlanta and also the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

The signage in the first room you enter with the water falling over the silver scales was similar to the aquarium in Atlanta. The rain forest section was somewhat like the one in Baltimore. In the rainforest section, I spotted an owl and a red-tailed hawk.

The white alligators are definitely unique to New Orleans, and the otter was cute. The penguins were quite playful and tried to get the attention of the visitors standing near their tanks.

Amazing is all I can say the kids enjoyed themselves

Nice experience. Not a great selection of fish, though.

Great place for kids. I try to go to all aquariums, zoo's and museums when I travel. Price was good. Restrooms ware clean. Nice place.

We had a great time! Loved petting the stingrays and seeing the sharks. Beautiful aquarium.

We are Audobon members and travel from Florida every year. The kids love it so much brought my niece this time! When we first arrived they took our picture but it had just rained so we were all soaked by the time we left it was 4:40 and they stopped taking pictures. I asked the photo center if we could get one more set taken and they did. Jered was the guys name. l know he didn't really feel like it but he did and was very polite about it! Then as we left my niece realized she left her jacket upstairs another employee walked with us to get it. I greatly appreciated everyone's kindness.

So many people the Friday I went, but it was still very interesting and worth the drive to New Orleans for. Best advice is to be careful parking! Validate your parking, and find out how much it costs to park in the public parking lot next to the aquarium before you park, unless you want to pay $25-$28 like our whole class did after the kindergarten field trip.

Very good place to come with children's, and the 3D movie was great

Fun experience. Geared mostly towards kids. Can see whole aquarium in 1-2 hours.

Great aquarium! The traveling beach trash art show was cool (and sobering) to see, the food court was pretty good, and the behind-the-scenes otter meet and greet we payed extra for was worth every penny!

Amazing aquarium! Definitely check out the Zoo and Insectarium as well. Sea Otters are the best.

Nice place to bring your kids and make them aware of our depleting natural resources (swamps and ecosystem associated with it.)
Movie screening, shark tanks and much more.

Wonderful aquarium! We took in a 3D movie (included in the price of the ticket and it was awesome!!!

Hasn't changed too much from the last time I went 15 yrs ago but my kid loved it especially feeding the parakeets

A great place for the whole family. We all had so much fun.

Need to clean the tanks ... fish looked sad ... bathroom was nasty also

Aquarium highlights the Misssissippi River, the coral ocean and the rain forest. Definitly check out the sea otter training!

Love this place! They are doing some construction right now but didn t effect our visit.

In New Orleans on vacation, and I heard about this place. Really if you are in New Orleans with kids or without it is a must see. Beautiful set up and a great piece of knowledge of the sea world and the waters of New Orleans. Loved it

It's okay. We had trouble spending now than an hour here. Wouldn't really recommend.

This place needs a child free day to truly enjoy it. Call ahead and make sure schools won't be bringing hoards of screaming ill behaved children. Otherwise don't expect to really get the much out of your $25 entrance fee

It's a nice place 2 floors and a touch pool wish there was more allot of the areas were closed down kinda of a waste for the price

The aquarium was very good and it included a movie at the giant screen theater next door. We choose a movie that was supposed to be about Hurricane Katrina's effect on the bayou but there was very little science or real information so that was disappointing.

Very cool. So much to explore. For large families that are going to go more than once the season pass is a good value.

I am an aquarium buff and been to many, this one is good but not anywhere near as good as Monterey and Atlanta Aquariums as far as numbers of types of fish, etc.

If the weather isn't so great take the red street car down Canal Street and enjoy a half day exploring this delightful aquarium. If you have been to the Audubon Zoo you will appreciate the Mayan motif in the first gallery. From there, some of the highlights include: the African Penguins, Sea Otters, Sea Horses and a White Alligator but there's much more.

Nice aquarium, great variety of fish. Petting tank for stingray

A great place to spend the day. Beautiful exhibits. Definitely a place that you must visit.

The kids really enjoyed themself. I hope they have something new the next time we go. Tired of doing all the same stuff.

Lots of different kinds of fish and sea life . I had a great time and took a lot of pics

It was okay but at $52 for two seniors it's to expensive. Not as nice as other aquariums we've been to.

Price was a bit steep compared to what I'm used to. The exhibits are fun to watch and easy to enjoy.

I brought my 4 year and 6 year old to the aquarium and they had a blast. I had a hard time trying to get them out of the parakeet point. The staff was so nice and informative.

IT was a nice aquarium for sure, but not the best we've attended. For myself, my wife and 3 sons (oldest is 7 and youngest is 11 months), it came out to be $94. The aquarium had a really nice exhibit on local animal life which was awesome. The rest was your standard aquarium.

Very clean, well maintained place with great exhibits. Many interactive features for kids. Good wheelchair access to most sections and places to sit and enjoy the exhibits. Friendly and helpful staff. The only complaint is the food court which is very basic and bland for New Orlean.

Love coming here. Get the membership that includes the zoo if you plan to come at least twice a year. Stop by during feeding time for the sea otters, they put the food I'm things the otters have to work out how to get to it and it's adorable

Very nice aquarium. We spent about an HR and a half here and enjoyed it!

Honestly one of our favorite stops of our trip. The rescued raptors hanging out were a great surprise. The otters and penguins are insanely cute. Definitely go watch the sea otter training if you can! I loved the different regions the aquarium is broken up into. Best part? Petting the rays! There were a couple particularly friendly babies who made our day.

Great for the children. Not real impressed. Staff seemed knowledgeable

Fantastic exhibits. One of the best aquariums we've been to.

Incredible aquarium with a lot of great exhibits. We had a blast. It was definitely worth it to get the Audubon package. Even if you only do 2 of the 3 attractions, it's worth it!

Large aquarium with lots to see. We were traveling without our kids and still enjoyed a few hours there. We were lucky enough to catch feeding time at a few tanks.

Elaborate, informative, and fun! Perfect for field trips and family outings without dealing with the weather.