Fish! So interesting, those fish. Right? RIGHT? Meh… not really.
I received free tickets to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Score! I love fish, sharks, the whole lot! That’s why I SCUBA dive occasionally. Well, that, and my parents eventually forced me to do a physical activity.
I took a day off work, grabbed Grandma (the friend I know is always available and up for anything), and we hit the Aquarium! When we first arrived I scheduled our day around the shows. The shows are usually the best part of animal-related amusement parks. The shows are when the animals have to actually do stuff, well, if they want to eat.
First up: Whales, A Journey With Giants. This is to be a show made up of 8 projections on the walls. 8 SCREENS?!! AWESOME! The location of the show is called the Great Hall and is huge. I’m thinking this place is going to transform into an underwater paradise: whales swimming all around… Nope. 8 identical 4ftX5ft fuzzy videos play in various nooks of the hall.
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| Diver in a big ol' fish tank. |
Sharks! Yes! We’re going to see huge scary sharks ferociously rip apart their food. No we’re not. We’re going to see incredibly bored sharks ignore their dinners.
Otters? Uneventful.
Another diver? Same dude, same spiel, different tank.
Lorakeets? Closed.
The most exciting attractions were the embossing stations around the park. Find the page of your Visitor’s Guide that discusses this area, and emboss it! Yay! Grandma and I collected them all.
Now what? Let’s look at fish.
Turns out, watching fish swim around and be fish-like: not very interesting.
My friend, Matthew, however, tells me that on Fridays one can enter the outdoor portion of the Aquarium for free. He says they often have a band playing and it can be a way cool nerd date-night.
In conclusion, if you’re not on a nerd date and/or you’re not a 2nd grader getting out of school to learn about fish and recycling… meh.
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| Hello. I am at the Aquarium. |
EMBOSSING
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