The crowds were significant but we still loved seeing the mermaids in the tanks with the fish! Mermaids at the aquarium – we are huge fans of the Weeki Wachee mermaids in Florida, so when they came to the Newport Aquarium we had to visit them.We even have friends who got married there! Here are some of our favorite past and current features at the aquarium. We’ve seen some incredible things at the Newport Aquarium. Why does the drive home always seem quicker than the drive to a place? I don’t know, but it does! We linger at our favorite spots, many of which I’ve detailed below.įor us, this helps us feel like we’re truly getting our money’s worth out of the aquarium – and by the time we’re finished with that second tour through, we are starting to get tired and we’re ready for the drive back home. This time through, we stop at all the tanks to greet the fish. Once our tummies are satisfied, we head back into the aquarium and walk through slowly, at a more leisurely pace. Sometimes we even pick up a little candy at the cute shop just across the way. Then we pause, get our hands stamped for return to the aquarium, and head outside to have some lunch. This usually takes about an hour and gets rid of all the energy that has pent up during our long drive down to KY from Lewis Center.
We avoid the crowds and clusters of people around certain popular sea critters.
What we do is hustle through the entire aquarium once, quite quickly. We started doing this when Xage was a toddler and find that it still works to this day. In fact, the aquarium itself has so much to offer (except food – we’ve never had a good meal there, so I definitely recommend dining outside) that we’ve developed a unique way of “doing” the Newport Aquarium.
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You can grab lunch, shop and visit the aquarium, making for a very full and fun day. It’s situated in Newport on the Levee, a lovely riverfront area with an outdoor mall very similar to our beloved Easton Town Center here in Columbus. We’ve been going to the Newport Aquarium since even before we had Xage.
We love the Newport Aquarium so much that it’s on our annual must-do list – sometimes even more than once each year.Īnd that’s in spite of how dreadfully boring the drive is from Columbus to Cincinnati. We love Ohio utterly and completely, but sometimes you just have to run for the border.ĭriving down to Cincinnati and then crossing that state line into KY can only mean one thing for our family: we’re headed for our favorite nearby aquarium.
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