it's a mall built around aquarium. the aquarim is okay. wildlife world zoo has one that is, in my opinion, better. the restaurant in the zoo is defiantly better than the one at odysea. honestly I feel conned by odysea. this is clearly a marketing ploy. they bring people in to see the aquarium, which is on the over priced side for what it is. and then they have a mall basically built around it that they're currently looking to lease out to businesses. you have to pay a different entrance fee to see a dolphin because they're not part of the aquarium. I wouldn't recommend it. maybe for a date, maybe....but defiantly not a place to take the kids.. wildlife world zoo is a much better place for families and has more family friendly exhibits. you can just walk through the zoos exhibits where as here they basically put you in a moving movie theater to see the turtles, sharks and sealions, basically everything the kids want to see and they're Supposed to remain seated while looking at them. total buzz kill for kids. would NOT recommend for families.