We went to the Newport Aquarium on Saturday. It was a fun place for Rick and I, but Howie was not entirely impressed. Granted, he is scared of just about all foriegn sounds and objects outside of the house, but the aquarium really was a scary place. It was dark and there was scary shark-like music playing in most of the exhibits. There were tunnels of fish so they were swimming above your head (very scary) and goodness help us, the two inch seahorses were the most frightening of all.
He did enjoy the frog bog where he could climb on the fake frogs and press the button to make the noise. He also tolerated/enjoyed petting the crab and starfish. Oh, and the gift shop was also a highlight. So many interesting (non-moving) things to touch there.
In general, I wouldn't recommend the Newport Aquarium for children under the age of 6 or 7 unless they are super brave.
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