Slideshow: tour the new Ripley’s Aquarium with 18 exclusive photos
Slideshow: tour the new Ripley’s Aquarium with 18 exclusive photos
Two years of construction and $130 million later, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, the 135,000-square-foot monument to marine life at the base of the CN Tower, finally opened its door yesterday. The attraction is designed to convert visitors into ocean enthusiasts (overnight aquarium camps for kids teach about biodiversity and conservation) and collect tourist dollars (adult admission costs $30). To achieve both those aims, it’s crammed with slick features: visitors can pet a shark, be hypnotized by jellyfish and get a behind-the scenes look at the equipment keeping the 15,000-plus marine residents alive. The showpiece, however, is a 100-metre-long underwater tunnel that allows you to gaze up at the sawfish and sea turtles floating by. Check out the slideshow below for a sneak peek of the magic.
$30 for adults, $10–$20 for children. 288 Bremner Blvd., ripleyaquariums.com/canada
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- Visitors enter and exit off Bremner Boulevard, which has been clogged with aquarium-related construction for two years
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- The entrance and ticket hall. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $10–$20 for children
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- The $130-million attraction has slick tank design, dramatic lighting and eye-catching features like this mural
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- One of only a few open-topped tanks, near the entrance and gift shop
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- Visitors can see the actual equipment that aquarium staff use to maintain water quality and temperature
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- Interactive activities help explain how the tanks and filtration equipment work
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- An entire wing in exhibit space is devoted to jellyfish
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- Backlit displays and coloured lights emphasize the jellies’ mesmerizing movements
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- Jellyfish in the Planet Jellies area
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- The aquarium’s main showpiece is a long network of saltwater tanks with a 100-metre acrylic tunnel running underneath
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- Visitors stand on a slow-moving conveyor belt and are carried past sand tiger sharks, eels, sawfish, giant rays and sea turtles
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- The tunnel in the Dangerous Lagoon, which, at 2.5 million litres, is the aquarium's largest exhibit
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- The aquarium’s dozens of habitats also feature venomous fish, electric eels, seah horses, piranhas, living corals and creatures from Canadian waters
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- A lionfish. Roar!
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- The Ray Bay features dozens of stingrays that are fed throughout the day by divers conducting shows
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- The Rainbow Reef, which is home to over 100 species of fish, also has an educational dive show every other hour
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- A learning centre in the main atrium gives visitors the chance to touch horseshoe crabs, small rays and bamboo sharks
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- Dioramas, informational signs and other educational tools offer insight on the creatures in the tanks
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- Visitors enter and exit off Bremner Boulevard, which has been clogged with aquarium-related construction for two years
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- The entrance and ticket hall. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $10–$20 for children
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- The $130-million attraction has slick tank design, dramatic lighting and eye-catching features like this mural
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- One of only a few open-topped tanks, near the entrance and gift shop
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- Visitors can see the actual equipment that aquarium staff use to maintain water quality and temperature
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- Interactive activities help explain how the tanks and filtration equipment work
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- An entire wing in exhibit space is devoted to jellyfish
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- Backlit displays and coloured lights emphasize the jellies’ mesmerizing movements
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- Jellyfish in the Planet Jellies area
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- The aquarium’s main showpiece is a long network of saltwater tanks with a 100-metre acrylic tunnel running underneath
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- Visitors stand on a slow-moving conveyor belt and are carried past sand tiger sharks, eels, sawfish, giant rays and sea turtles
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- The tunnel in the Dangerous Lagoon, which, at 2.5 million litres, is the aquarium's largest exhibit
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- The aquarium’s dozens of habitats also feature venomous fish, electric eels, seah horses, piranhas, living corals and creatures from Canadian waters
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- A lionfish. Roar!
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- The Ray Bay features dozens of stingrays that are fed throughout the day by divers conducting shows
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- The Rainbow Reef, which is home to over 100 species of fish, also has an educational dive show every other hour
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- Ripley’s Aquarium
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- A learning centre in the main atrium gives visitors the chance to touch horseshoe crabs, small rays and bamboo sharks
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- Ripley’s Aquarium
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- Dioramas, informational signs and other educational tools offer insight on the creatures in the tanks
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 and collect tourist dollars (adult admission costs $30). To achieve both those aims, it’s crammed with slick features: visitors can pet a shark, be hypnotized by jellyfish and get a behind-the scenes look at the equipment keeping the 15,000-plus marine residents alive. The showpiece, however, is a 100-metre-long underwater tunnel that allows you to gaze up at the sawfish and sea turtles floating by. Check out the slideshow below for a sneak peek of the magic.
$30 for adults, $10–$20 for children. 288 Bremner Blvd., ripleyaquariums.com/canada
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Watch video of the Aquarium:
https://vimeo.com/115888215