5200 Doniphan Drive
El Paso, TX 79932
El Paso County
Phone: (915) 581-3260
Fax: unknownWebsite: no website on fileEmail: no email on fileHours: unknown
by Mark J. on Not a big fan of this place. Nice place, chic and upscale. The only time I would attempt to go here on the weekends is before 10pm. Before 10pm gaining entrance is not too much of a hassle. After 10pm for guys. Good luck. Its like Al Qaeda trying to gain access to CIA headquarters. It's like crackheads trying to make reservations at Westin St Francis. Once your in, its an ok spot.
by Delicia Armocida on Our tickets were for 9am but we got there around 9:30. I am not exaggerating when I say that even at that hour of the morning, the Aquarium is a madhouse. School groups, tourists, you name it, the place was absolutely packed. If you don't buy your tickets online (like we did), you will definitely have to wait in line to get in! The Georgia Aquarium has a variety of really lovely animals and fish, but it's lacking something: enough windows to see them. The place was jammed with people, which meant that every window was packed with people trying to see inside. The aquarium's design was nice enough, laid out in several Disney-esque tours of different ocean regions, which made it easy to navigate. I would have also liked to have seen more information available at each display tank, although having the guides giving live talks was a really nice touch. For the cost it took to build this place, the newness of it, and just the heart-stopping ticket cost ($25), I was expecting more. A lot more. I'm a big fan of aquariums, and I've visited them all around the country. I was surprised they charged extra for things like the movie. The "behind the scenes tours" cost $50! The coolest things included the walk/people mover under one of the tanks, and the giant tank that allowed views of the beluga whales at play. Still, it's a very pretty building and you do get to see plenty of fish and marine mammals, which is not something you'd expect in Atlanta, so I guess the price balances out the novelty factor.
