John G. Shedd Aquarium

i love the musem it is great. familys will love it

I LOVED THIS AQUARIUM! I have read such horrible reviews about this place and we almost did not go because of them. Boy, am I glad we did not take the advice of all these "Debbie Downers". This place was amazing. Never in my life have I seen a ridiculously huge snake with a head as big as my fist. And yep, I saw it at Shedd. There were so many different rooms to go into...so many that we ran out of time. I am 23 and my boyfriend is 31...and yes, we both felt like kids in that place. Just the frogs amazed me alone. And the dolphins! Those dolphins were amazing. The otters were adorable and put on a show for us. I would definitely recommend going to this place. You don't want to miss it...especially if you have kids with you. They can see and learn so much here--see things they will never see in your back yard. Don't miss it. And don't believe the bad reviews. It is definitely a must see!

I know a lot of people may think i'm crazy, But this is me and my families opinion. We've already been to sea world so that may be why we think thi place is a WASTE for the $25. I kid you not this is the dolphin show they tout as "SHOW" is about 10 minutes with 3 dolphins doing a few flips. If you want to see aquatic creatures go to sea world, dont go to shed. SERIOUSLY. But i have to say that the view you get of the chocago sky line from the shed doorstep and surounding area is simply SUPERB. I would recomened NOT going inside shed but go there for the VIEW. simply the best view ever.

My son had been looking forward to going. We were dissapointed. Not worth the hassle of going the place was too crowded and there was not much to see during renovations. Not toddler friendly.

The collection is vast and some of the animals seem straight out of bizzare dreams (or nightmares). The dolphin show is impressive too. But once you've seen the collection, you've seen it.

Price too high for what is available during rennovations. Rennovations not publicized for those of us out of the Chicago area, or we would have gone elsewhere. No dophins, no whales. Restaurant closed because of rennovations. Salads or sandwiches were only foods available except for hot dogs which was the only HOT food available. One senior, three adults, and three children were very bummed out by the entire experience. Never again will I recommend this trip! Not even worthy of ANY rating.

The biggest advise I can give anyone is to buy your tickets online. If you know you are going to go, buy and print your tickets at home. You will not have to wait in the extremely long line. Also, spring for the valet parking. It's only $10 more and again, you walk right in. We did both and did not have to wait in line for hours with a 3 & 1 year-old. Pictures...the company that they have taking pictures, which you can view online later...they stink. SharpShooters is the name of the company. We visited at the end of November and it's now the middle of December and they still don't have the photos posted. It has been more than two weeks post visit. I have been to other events and venues and the photo company has photos posted within 24-48 hours. The dolphins and whales where gone because of renovation...which we did not know before we went. Make sure to log onto their website and see what exhibits may be out of commission before visiting, you could be disappointed. My husband had talked so much about the aquarium and how awesome it was supposed to be. Frankly, I was a bit disappointed and expected a little more. I think if we would have see the dolphins and whales it would have been better. But overall I was let down by the "world class aquarium."

It's good but we were expecting more for a world class Aquarium. We've been to the aquarium in Beijing, China a year ago. It's way better than the Chicago one on everything - the layout, the atmosphere, the shows, the price etc. My 2.5 years son then could follow the the dophin show from beginning to the end and got very excited. At 3.5 years old he was lost early on in the dophin show at Chicago. 80% of the show is the talking they only leave 20% to the dophine and it's not exciting at all. They need to do a better job to claim it the world's No. 1 Aquarium. A mother of 2

The aquarium was a good way to spend time in the city, but wasn't worth the ticket price.

Very well maintained museum--lots to see. Our 2.5 year old daughter loved it but she did not love the SpongeBob 4D show--not for little ones. We were a bit disappointed in the dolphin show and the high cost of admission.