This past weekend we went camping in the Smokies.
We had lots of time for tubing down the Little Pigeon River, games of Uno, eating hotdogs over a campfire, and listening to the birds chirp in the morning. I love camping and think it’s a great family activity/vacation. You’re forced to be together and great memories come from that. We had a great week!
One of our favorite parts of our trip was our outing to Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies. I had heard that it was a fantastic aquarium, but we had just visited the Tennessee Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium recently, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
WOW! We were blown away! We walked in and thought we’d be out in less than an hour {because it didn’t look that big as we entered the building}, and two and a half hours later, we were exiting the building.
You know how lots of museums and aquariums are more educational than fun? Not Ripleys Aquarium! This definitely is a fun place to take your family! There were lots of exhibits and tanks showing life in salt water {which we love more than fresh water exhibits} so that made it extra special to us.
There is a moving walkway that is really long! Most of the aquariums that have a moving walkway aren’t as long as the one at Ripleys. It was fun to just stand as the walkway moved you through a winding tunnel – fish are all around you, sharks, sting rays. It was amazing.
There is a reason it’s voted #1 aquarium by TripAdvisor.
I have a fun giveaway for you from Ripleys Aquarium! Who would like to win a Family Four Pack of passes to Ripleys? Let me tell you, you’ll have a blast!
I love to see the turtles! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would love to win, we live an hour from there! Thanks for the chance!
Oh and I love to see a huge tank of multi-colored fish…so pretty!
My family and I have been to Ripley’s Aquarium once and it got us addicted to loving aquariums! We love the sharks and sea turtles the most. we name one sea turtle “Franklin”. We would love to go back!
My kids enjoy touching stingrays
My kids enjoy touching stingrays
We love just about everything at aquarium’s, but I think my children would love the penguins the most.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Tara
This looks great, Meghan! Thanks for the opportunity!
My kids always like the touchpools the best!
Love Pigeon Forge and the Smokies. Would love to win this for a future trip.
I think those Jellyfish look like the absolute coolest thing to see!!
I like looking at the fish you can touch (crabs, etc). I don’t touch them but it’s cool that other people do! LOL
I love the JELLYFISH!! So peaceful. My son loves the sea turtles. Thanks for the chance to win!
For sure the touchpools. So much fun for the kiddos. Thank you.
I love the sharks!
I like the salt water aquariums – Especially the Yellow Tangs.