Amazing place. So wonderful to visit. That was a very fast four hours…read more We arrived at opening and there was already quite a crowd. When we left, the parking lot was overflowing and cars circling around trying to find a parking space. Still, with the influx of larger crowds to parking lot capacity, it didn't feel crowded inside. This is a wonderful place to visit. A wonderful place to bring family and friends..There are animals and species that I've never seen anywhere else, and I've been to the Tucson Sonoran Desert Museum, the San Diego Safari Park, Sea World, Scripps Oceanography, and various zoos. This was a treat. And almost all were active and were seen. Such variety. There is no wasted space in this museum. Walls are adorned, such as a long wall with the ascending walkway going to the penguin exhibit made to look like a South Pole research center. Even every access door for employees are adorned. See my photos. Nice vegetation areas in otherwise unused space. They put a nice climbing gym in what would have been an unused corner, great for parents who need a break and kids to dissipate energy. There are thoughtful benches placed here and there for a sit down rest. There is a very nice small cafe and snack bar to get a yummy huge pretzel, or hamburger and other sandwiches and salads. Looking at the prices, they are very reasonable for a museum/theme park. You are getting a great value for the buck. Whether you are buying for just the day or a membership, I think that you are getting your money's worth. We spent four hours there and didn't see everything, read everything, tried everything. The four hours went by fast. This is a very popular place for good reason--a jewel in the valley. 5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money. 4* = Outstanding. Top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business. 3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it. 2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money. 1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs!

Such a cool place to check out! I've been following the Aquarium since it started back in at the…read moreGateway - it's grown so much!! I came here for an event tonight and the area around the claw is so amazing! There are several different animals around the garden area all lit up for Christmas and it so perfect to stroll through. While we didn't get to see any aquatic life on the tank at the Mountain American Event center, it looks like they were still setting things up to add some animals in soon. The facility itself was very spacious with a sound system that covers the whole room. Can't wait to come back once everything is in place!

My 8yo loved loved loved this museum. Plenty of stuff for the kids to interact with, from a house…read morecomplete with kitchen, working piano and library, to a construction site. Grocery store, auto shop, art studio, bank, farm train depot, basketball court, dinosaur exhibit and everything else you could imagine! About $14.50 for adults, $12.50 for kids & seniors. It was loaded with fun! The only disappointing parts is some of the stuff was out of order and the amazing train depot area only is on display during certain hours of the day and unfortunately during our trip we didn't get to experience the fun of that. If was a great afternoon experience watching my child play with everything and fascinated by it all at the same time. Definitely a place worth checking out if you have kids!

Super fun children's museum with tons of activities, including art stations, play kitchen, ice…read morecream store, grocery store, dino dig, basketball court.

There's no doubt that this is a really cool and large dinosaur museum…read more It's littered with activities for the kids and quite a bit to look at. Unfortunately, id probably say it's currently one of my least favorite activities at thanksgiving point. Probably due to the age of my kids. They are 2 and 4 , and don't quite enjoy themselves as much here like they do at the Jurassic jungle or the museum of natural curiosity. Even if you have younger kids though, it's still a decent place to spend part of your day, especially if you have the annual pass and want to change things up.

This place is awesome. Id give it 5 reviews if they'd add hand sanitizer pumps around the play…read moreareas.

Awful experience for our very new beginner and very shy swimmer. We did the trial lesson and it…read morewent fine. Decided to sign up, and the next lesson was a disaster. We had a different teacher this time because it was different time. This teacher was incompetent and not experienced teaching children starting from knowing nothing, and not being comfortable with swimming. I walked in with my son and took him to his lesson and told the teacher it was only his second leson, he is very beginner, and also super quiet, meaning he probably wouldn't talk to her. I proceeded to go to the parent area after leaving my son with her. Five minutes after saying this, she proceeds to put his face underwater without his consent. My son is not ready for this. He can barely blow bubbles. Last lesson the teacher did not do this. She understood his silence meant he wasn't ready. This should have been in his record that he cannot hold his breath under water, what his last lesson was like, where he is at, etc. At this point my son is screaming crying, since he cannot hold his breath, he breathed in water when he went under by someone he was forced to trust to teach him the survival skill that is swimming. I rush in there to find out what happened. I asked if she got his consent for going under. She said he did not say anything, he did not nod his head yes or no. Meaning he gave no consent since he is extremely shy. She thought him not saying anything was consent! She thought that it would be okay to dunk his head after getting no response and seeing how timid he was! SILENCE IS NOT CONSENT! Total lack of awareness. Obviously he was not ready to go under water. The deck supervisor was there and she was very condescending saying the top of his head wasn't wet. Like that excuses the fact he is coughing up water sobbing! The very top of his head wasn't wet, but he went underwater without knowing how to hold his breath, causing him to breathe in water, and choke. And she tried to excuse that and invalidate what my son is going through. I immediately took him out of there and spoke with a manager. The deck supervisor proceeded to follow me and again argue and make excuses while I spoke with the manager. I had to tell her stop arguing with me- her attitude was completely uncalled for and unprofessional. I demanded I refund for what I had paid and told them to cancel the membership for I would never return. My son is still crying while all this is happening, he cannot calm down until we leave the building. The manager handled it well and refunded our money, and said it shouldn't have happened. I am astounded there is no communication on where a child is at in thier skill level? And no consistency between the first and second class? Why is this teacher using her hands to put my son underwater when he is not ready, while the teacher last week went slow and never did that, only poured a little water on his head with a toy to get him used to the idea? Awful awful experience overall and I'm so sad my son had to go through that. I feel immense guilt I left him with someone who made him feel unsafe and in danger. He has this negative experience on his swim lesson journey so this has set us back on his progress and willingness to continue else where with swim lesssons. Other parents with brand new swimmers need to be aware of the inconsistencies and lack of communication, as well as instructors with very little experience working with children who are nervous and shy, and starting brand new. Also, this instructor was not the one we signed up with too- it was a different name when I signed up. So be prepared for inconsistency in instructors as well.

Non transparent pricing led to me being charged 175 after taking a single class that didn't work…read morewell despite canceling the next day. The manager was very rude saying how my wife and I were telling different stories, pressuring us into taking other classes, not being clear on whether we would get refunded the extra 120, and then literally hanging up on me

We are on a road trip, and needed some good drinking water for hiking and camping! I'm so glad we…read morestopped here. Since it was our first time here we got our 5 gallons for free! All the workers were so nice and welcoming. Nick helped us out and he was very good at explaining all the different water. He was so friendly and so were the other people there! They asked everyone if they needed help out to their cars and they fill up the water jugs for you. They have little things to shop around and have many different types of jugs you can buy!

I'm a prediabetic so even the water that I get filtered from my house it was causing me problems…read morealthough this is not distilled water which I was originally looking for I think it's just as good and the price is right thank you

Total scam company being pimped out by Gary Brekka. I ordered a bottle and it took almost 7…read morefreaking weeks to get it. Then it didn't work at all and contacted their support for a refund and they never responded back. Avoid these grifters at all cost.

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