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Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration: Traveler Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 10 attractions in Mystic
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Activities: group tours/walking tour
Attraction type: Aquarium
Address: 55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT 06355
Tel: 860-572-5955
Fax: 860-572-5969

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Reviews of Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

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“Mmmmm nice place”

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3 of 5 stars
Boston,MA
Jul 10, 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

I went with my family to the Aquarium two weeks ago, it was nice but i feel that it could be better. The diversity in the sea creatures is Ok but I was very dissapointed with the shows or "classes" about the sea lions and beluga whales, it was my mistake maybe to believe that it was a show and not a class, the girls speak very fast and the children get distract very easily and they want to go. When the girls in the "classes" stop speaking you think that the sea lion will do something ... but no. I know that it is not a circus but the children have some expectations of entertainment. The shows are not for children under 10. The indoor pavilion were very NICE.

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“Not worth the money in march”

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3 of 5 stars
shohola
Mar 25, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

For $22 a head I expected a little more. Penguin exhibit was not open. Sea lion show was a 'training session' so it was very uneventful. The indoor exhibits were very general. A titanic exhibit with no artifacts. My wife loved it, so it made up for my disappointment.

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“I small but interesting”

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4 of 5 stars
sarajane4
Feb 20, 2008

i have been to Mystic Aquarium two times and I enjoyed both times, I went with my boyfriend, and we really enjoyed it. the tickets are a lil pricey for what your getting because it really isn't that big. But the tickets are good for several days. They have beautiful displays of fish, and water life. I loved the penguins there is even a room that is on the side of there tank so you can stand in there and watch the penguins swimming around so you can look at them above water outside and underwater in the room. The sea lion show is pretty good too it's really intersting to see how smart they are. They also have more museum like exibhts that show the titanic and anient vessles, and the boat JFK was on, which was cool becuase i like history, kids might not care for that part to much but i sure liked it, and it's kind of cool to look at if your coming with out the kids, they have a nice little gift shop too filled with lots of neat things. i would reccomend it.

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“It was ok”

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3 of 5 stars
Long Island
Feb 10, 2008

It was ok! I mean you go to Mystic for the sea life and would expect the aquarium to blow you away, but there was none of that. It was expensive and when you finish you can't help but wonder did you miss something. When I went it was a rainy day which also took away since they do have outside exhibits. We attempted to see the outside exhibits, but there was nothing there. It's rain they live in water why weren't they out? If you're in the area I'd go if oyu have nothing else to do, but don't go out of your way.

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“Worst aquarium ever!!”

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Nov 1, 2007
0/1 found this review helpful

Waaaaaay too expensive. $22 for adults. Many exibits were empty or shut down for the winter (this was in Oct.). Grumpy workers or exibits were run by volunteers. They were nice, but couldn't answer questions and didn't explain the exibits at all. Dirty, Dark and Boring. Waste of a day.

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Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration: Management Resources

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration Address

55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT 06355
Tel: 860-572-5955 Fax: 860-572-5969