Just got back form a week in Disney World, fun as usual, but I did notice quite a few nice places to visit for fish viewing. I never really paid attention to it before.
First and best. Disney just reopened Typhoon lagoon it's second water park, and since we went on a cooler day the park was largely deserted. The attraction I enjoyed the most though was Shark Reef. For once there isn't an extra charge attached to it, and you are provided with a mask and snorkel. You float across a large saltwater pool inhabited by large mixed salt water fish, tangs, larger angels, hogfish and the like and also small sharks. I believe lemon and small hammerhead were the ones they touted. It was awesome. I did it twice in a row becauwe I couldn't get over it, and I will forever be depressed when I see a Cuban hogfish in a fish store again.
Website for it: Disney link
Second One. I've been to Disney a number of times, and every time I hit Epcot's The Living Seas it was closed before I saw it. This time I managed it, It was great. Breeding Clownfish, Cardinal Fish and Seahorses were pretty cool, but they also have the world's largest enclosed ocean tank. If you have young kids go for the Turtle Talk with Crush, it was hilarious. And more fun if you eat seafood, or don't mind ordering a pizza off the kid's menu is the Coral Reef, a restauraunt built next to the ocean tank which has huge windows into the tank so you can watch the fish and the divers while you eat. I can't comment on the food prices because I went for the pizza. The rest of my family opted for seafood and such, everyone says they felt the food was excellent, and the waiter we had was great.
Third one with I also enjoyed was in the Animal Kingdom park. It was a bit of a hike, because you have to go to the walkaround animal exhibits where the gorillas are. They hade a pond in a bird aviary full of African Cichlids. And I mean full. They had all ages of the fish, from just released fry, to full size adults. There was at least one viewing window with lots of Malawi fish, only a few species, but they did have only very disimilar looking species, and even the babies looked great. If you have any interest in sunfish hunt down the otters exhibit in the same park.
Anyway, thought someone else might be interested.
--Mia
First and best. Disney just reopened Typhoon lagoon it's second water park, and since we went on a cooler day the park was largely deserted. The attraction I enjoyed the most though was Shark Reef. For once there isn't an extra charge attached to it, and you are provided with a mask and snorkel. You float across a large saltwater pool inhabited by large mixed salt water fish, tangs, larger angels, hogfish and the like and also small sharks. I believe lemon and small hammerhead were the ones they touted. It was awesome. I did it twice in a row becauwe I couldn't get over it, and I will forever be depressed when I see a Cuban hogfish in a fish store again.
Website for it: Disney link
Second One. I've been to Disney a number of times, and every time I hit Epcot's The Living Seas it was closed before I saw it. This time I managed it, It was great. Breeding Clownfish, Cardinal Fish and Seahorses were pretty cool, but they also have the world's largest enclosed ocean tank. If you have young kids go for the Turtle Talk with Crush, it was hilarious. And more fun if you eat seafood, or don't mind ordering a pizza off the kid's menu is the Coral Reef, a restauraunt built next to the ocean tank which has huge windows into the tank so you can watch the fish and the divers while you eat. I can't comment on the food prices because I went for the pizza. The rest of my family opted for seafood and such, everyone says they felt the food was excellent, and the waiter we had was great.
Third one with I also enjoyed was in the Animal Kingdom park. It was a bit of a hike, because you have to go to the walkaround animal exhibits where the gorillas are. They hade a pond in a bird aviary full of African Cichlids. And I mean full. They had all ages of the fish, from just released fry, to full size adults. There was at least one viewing window with lots of Malawi fish, only a few species, but they did have only very disimilar looking species, and even the babies looked great. If you have any interest in sunfish hunt down the otters exhibit in the same park.
Anyway, thought someone else might be interested.
--Mia
