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Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies

88 River Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
888-240-1358
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Ranked #4 of 60 attractions in Gatlinburg
Type: Aquariums
Owner description: ALL NEW! LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! DINOSAURS! An Ultimate Animatronic Adventure! Innovative & Interactive Exhibit Explores when Giants walked the Earth!... more » Owner description: ALL NEW! LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! DINOSAURS! An Ultimate Animatronic Adventure! Innovative & Interactive Exhibit Explores when Giants walked the Earth! Marvel at 12-foot sharks, the giant sea turtle, thousands of exotic sea creatures and playful penguins swimming as you enjoy the State-of-the-Art Clear Underwater Tunnels throughout the Aquarium! An Ultimate Underwater Experience without being wet! Explore many unique underwater worlds and the Best Shark Exhibit in the Most Spectacular Underwater Tunnel. Enjoy entertaining dive and feeding shows. Pet horseshoe crabs and stingrays. Enjoy playful penguins swimming, pop up on the penguins’ private beach and get nose-to-beak. Fun-Filled family experience and MUCH MORE! « less
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2013 NEW

This aquarium is one of a kind. The shows are pretty awesome and the atmosphere is beautiful. My family really enjoyed it. If you want to avoid the big crowds, I would recommend going earlier in the day.

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Plano, Texas
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

The aquarium was nice. Shows every 30 min and it was open really late. It is a really big place, large sharks, petting tanks. The kids had a great time. One of the best aquariums I have been to.

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Danville, Indiana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

This was our second trip. I had to go back because the of the new dino area! Great aquarium. Super clean and great location!

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North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

Visited first thing when they opened on a weekend. By the time I was finishing it was getting crowded, but it was a great opportunity to see all types of salt water fish in their natural habitat. The facility was very clean through out and had a few places to sit, and rest as well as a moving walkway.

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St Louis, MO
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW via mobile

Clean facility and bathrooms. Aquariums are crystal clear with great fish. Moving walkway thru aquarium was fantastic with amazing up close encounters. This was next best thing to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Great shows every hour. Take a jacket, it is a bit cool even when it's hot out.

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Warwick, Rhode Island
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

We visited the aquarium on our recent trip and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was just my husband and myself and we really liked it and we are over 50. My husband was actually surprised to find himself enjoying himself because he thought it was just geared for kids. We didnt enjoy climbing up and down all the stairs outside but... More

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Florence, KY
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW via mobile

My kids enjoyed this aquarium. It was pricey compared to most aquariums but this is in a tourist spot so that is to be expected. There is a pretty cool dinosaur area where the kids can even "dig for dinosaur bones".

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Duff, Tennessee
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

We took our son who is 2 to the aquarium and he loved it, would for sure go back again. We all had a great time!

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Norfolk, Virginia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013 NEW

loved it all .... Male seahorses were about to give birth, the sharks were amazing along with all the other attractions inside. Ripley's Aquarium was one of the only places that we went to that asked were we military (active or retired) and provided a nice discount.

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O'Fallon, Illinois
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

The best part was walking under the aquarium, watching the sharks and other large fish swim over us! Simply amazing views! Certainly saw sides of large fish we would never see any other way because I can't swim (am afraid of the water) and my husband has physical limitations. Absolutely worth the price of admission.

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