点评:I went in with high hopes but I was not impressed at all. We went on Mom Monday and I expected it to be busy but it was insane. That in itself wouldn't have bothered me but it was so crowded inside, that it felt like a safety hazard.
I expected the animals to be the main attraction, but with how it is set up, the kid activities kind of clash with the fish displays. We couldn't even enjoy the fish because people were crowding everywhere, but there honestly wasn't much to see to begin with.
Due to crowding, we didn't get to experience much of the touch pools, but it seemed like only one of them was full of fish, and the others I glanced at seemed bare, aside from a few starfish. The small aquariums by the entrance had touch screens but they weren't that informative and some didn't even work. I'm not even sure that they all had fish in them. The only display that really got our attention was the "River Giants" section.
I wish that we could've enjoyed the sting ray pool more, but I was so put off by the crowding. A mini fridge (with what I assumed was the sting ray food) was in the main walkway, and so people with food tokens would be blocking the whole hall so you couldn't go one way or another and you were effectively stuck until someone was nice enough to let you through.
There were lots of kid activities in the first main area, but there were so many children, my daughter barely got to play with anything. By the time she would finally get a turn, other children would take over. Also, for whatever reason, they had a class of children that were weaving through the aquarium - adding to the chaos.
Once you finally got past the sting ray pool, there was also a small pirate bounce house, but that was completely unsupervised and big kids would be up there with little kids, and that just seemed like a recipe for disaster.
There didn't seem to be a lot of employees in general and so we didn't even get to see the bird room that day, since you needed an associate to take you inside.
The one employee I did interact with in the reptile area seemed irritated and overwhelmed as well. She informed me that a child whacked one of the tortoises in the neck.
The water tables would've been cool, but it seemed like some of the levers didn't work. I didn't understand the giant projection of the mermaid swimming. It would've been nice if they had an actual mermaid present. Activity-wise, the only thing my daughter got to do was play with the blocks and the interactive projection.
In the end, my daughter had a better time at Yum Yo's getting frozen yogurt than the entire hour we spent at Blue Zoo. Maybe if Blue Zoo wouldn't have been so insanely busy for their special, we would've had a better time, but I really don't think it is worth the $16-$20 per person they're asking for. I feel like they've been open long enough that they should be able to anticipate how busy and crowded it can get, and that they should have more employees supervising everything - for the kids' safety, and for the animals sake.
翻译:我满怀希望地进去了,但我根本没有留下深刻的印象。我们在妈妈星期一去的,我原以为会很忙,但结果太疯狂了。这本身不会打扰我,但里面太拥挤了,感觉像是一个安全隐患。
我原以为动物是主要的吸引力,但由于它的设置方式,儿童活动与鱼类展示有点冲突。我们甚至无法享受鱼,因为到处都是人,但说实话,一开始就没什么可看的。
由于人太多,我们没能体验到太多的触摸池,但似乎只有其中一个充满了鱼,我看了一眼其他的似乎光秃秃的,除了几只海星。入口处的小水族馆有触摸屏,但信息不多,有些甚至无法使用。我什至不确定他们里面都有鱼。唯一真正引起我们注意的是“河流巨人”部分。
我希望我们能更多地享受黄貂鱼池,但我被拥挤的人群吓到了。主走道上有一个迷你冰箱(我猜里面装的是黄貂鱼食物),所以拿着食物代币的人会挡住整个大厅,这样你就不能走任何一条路,你就会被困住,直到有人进来。很高兴让你通过。
第一个主要区域有很多儿童活动,但是孩子太多了,我女儿几乎没有玩什么东西。当她终于轮到她时,其他孩子就会接手。此外,无论出于何种原因,他们有一班孩子在水族馆里穿梭 - 加剧了混乱。
一旦你最终经过黄貂鱼池,那里还有一个小型海盗弹跳屋,但完全无人看管,大孩子会和小孩子一起在那里,这似乎会引发灾难。
总的来说,员工似乎并不多,所以那天我们甚至没有看到鸟房,因为你需要一个同事带你进去。
我在爬行动物区域与我互动的一位员工似乎也很恼怒和不知所措。她告诉我,一个孩子打了一只乌龟的脖子。
地下水位本来会很酷,但似乎有些杠杆不起作用。我看不懂人鱼游泳的巨型投影。如果他们有一条真正的美人鱼礼物就好了。在活动方面,我女儿唯一要做的就是玩积木和互动投影。
最后,我女儿在 Yum Yo's 吃冷冻酸奶的时光比我们在 Blue Zoo 度过的整个小时还要愉快。也许如果蓝色动物园的特别活动不那么忙的话,我们会度过一段更好的时光,但我真的不认为他们要求的每人 16 至 20 美元是值得的。我觉得他们已经营业了足够长的时间,他们应该能够预见到会变得多么繁忙和拥挤,并且他们应该有更多的员工来监督一切 - 为了孩子们的安全,也为了动物。