It was good but nothing to write home about, which is standard for food in a facility like that.
We went to the cafeteria afterwards & had lunch. I really wanted to like the aquarium and it was a cool building (outside) but just the mass number of people made it truly a bad experience, specifically with young kids. We barely saw anything and I really don't remember much of what we saw because I was CONSTANTLY losing my kids in the crowd (even with my husband taking one kid & me taking the other) because they were small enough to walk between legs in the crowds.
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With twin toddlers, who don't want to stand still for too long, waiting for people to clear away from the small sections of windows or fenced off viewing areas wasn't something we could do very often. It's like when the built the place, they didn't anticipate people wanting to actually attend in droves so it was built standard-aquarium size. One of our kids was having a meltdown in that moment and if we hadn't been able to find our stroller so quickly, I would have been scathing mad.īecause of the mass amount of people, the place was always crowded.
Thankfully, there was an attendant nearby who took us to a room where they had stored all the strollers. At the end of our time there, when we wanted to leave, our stroller was gone. There were about 4 other strollers parked right inside so we put ours with the rest. We went to the aquarium and realized taking the double jogging stroller inside with our twins would be difficult. You have to walk across a large walkway to get to the actual aquarium. Still, despite the long lines, everything moved steadily and I think it only took us about 40 minutes to get in. Exhibitions Oceanrio de Lisboa Home Exhibitions Voltar Exhibitions permanent exhibition one planet, one ocean 8000 SEA CREATURES 7 MILLION LITRES OF SALTWATER know more temporary exhibition A unique and poweful experience where art masterfully blends with the nature. So we had to get in another line to buy the tickets. You didn't know that until you got to the front and an 8.5x11 sheet of paper tapped up said so. Turns out, that line was if you already had tickets. The line to get in the aquarium was crazy long.
Don't forget to pay if you do find street parking - we saw two cars with boots and tape. We just happened to find a parking spot on a street (the meter to pay was around the corner and that was confusing) but it was dumb luck. We got there around 11am and the couple parking lots we found were all full. We didn't buy tickets ahead of time, in case there were issues getting there. Still, it was highly rated and the weather was going to be spotty that day so we decided to go last minute to have some indoor time. I had read that this was the largest aquarium in Europe but it seems that is not true and it's the 3rd (after one in Valencia and one in France).
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