Looking for a way to keep your little ones amused as winter’s cold bears down?
Children can get into Newport Aquarium free during the venue’s annual Winter Family Days Jan. 8-Feb. 28.
Two
children will be permitted in with each full-priced adult ticket over
the next month. During that time, the aquarium will open one hour early
at 9 a.m. every Saturday and holiday weekend.
“Your
kids will have fun inside our 74-degree climate-controlled facility, no
matter the weather outside,” wrote aquarium spokesman Jeff Geiser in a
prepared statement.
One
new exhibit is Snowball and Snowflake, who are 2 of less than 100 white
alligators in the world. The alligators will be at the aquarium through
the end of February.
There’s
also a 385,000-gallon tank filled with four rare and exotic shark rays –
the largest collection of shark rays in the world – as well as tiger
sharks, zebra sharks, stingrays, and a curious 200-pound loggerhead sea
turtle named Denver.
Other exhibits include alligators, jellyfish and penguins.
Newport
Aquarium, located in Newport, across the Ohio River from Downtown
Cincinnati, was named a 2013 top U.S. aquarium by Travel Channel.
Starting Monday, Winter Family Days tickets will be available at the aquarium’s ticket window, through their website, www.NewportAquarium.com, or by calling 1-800-406-FISH (3474).
This post and photo is thanks to / Patrick Reddy / The Enquirer and Written by Jennifer Edwards Baker
