. "2017-10-06T00:00:00"^^ . "I previously lived in Atlanta. It is mind-boggling to me that the Georgia Aquarium ticket price is $39.95 and Odysea is only $5 less. We are not overly budget sensitive; the issue is the diversity of the sea life and something just missing from the overall customer experience. There were a ton of kids there, and we had our 2 year old, but most viewing tanks were waist high on an adult, so our son kept asking \"up! Up!\" and we had to lift him each time to be able to see anything. Even where there were steps for kids they were not elevated enough for kids shorter than 3' to see. The aquarium at Arizona Mills does this better (and they have little bubbles you can crawl in/pop your head up to be \"inside\" a tank). If your child is younger than 5 or 6 I would strongly recommend the latter. Odysea just doesn't seem purpose-built for smaller kids.\n\nThere was a nice older woman, Rose, who showed my son a turtle shell by the turtle tank but other than her and a diver who waved to us, staff was not very outgoing or engaging. Friendly enough when we asked for directions but no one stood out like they loved their job or proactively asked if people had questions.\n\nI was disappointed and somewhat disturbed by them having a sloth and huge macaw in depressing, unnatural enclosures.\n\nVery odd place, like they don't know what audience they're catering to and in trying to do a little of all, they don't do anything particularly well. They're pricing out SAHM's with kids and local families with their price points (good luck if you have 2+ kids over the age of 3) but they don't give enough in-depth info or docent-led presentations on the sea life to attract multiple visits from older, aquarium-junky couples without kids. Then they throw in some birds and a sloth and let you cuddle a penguin for $50 and it seems like they're trying to be a roadside attraction. \n\nMaybe somewhere we'd try again in 3-5 years."^^ . "0"^^ . "2"^^ . . "0"^^ . . "0"^^ .