In your personal opinion the best: Zoo, Aquarium and Theme Park

What zoo? What aquarium? What theme park?

The Stone Zoo in Stoneham, MA has the best docent. I can testify to that.

I would only go to an aquarium.

R3 = Aquaman

I bought a zoo.

I always go to the Aquarium in New Orleans and in Mystic, CT. San Diego and actually Oklahoma City for general zoos. There is a nice aquarium park outside of Tulsa,OK in a suburb called Jenks that is nice when I am stuck in middle America visiting family.

Zoo - San Diego

Aquarium - Monterey, CA

Theme Park - Cedar Point, Ohio

Hate all 3. Does anyone over 12 go to these?

I love the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's entirely devoted to everything that lives in Monterey Bay, and it's expansive, informative, interesting, and does a lot of interesting marine biology research. And they have rescue otters!

And it's done wonders for the local economy. It is all that a tourist attraction should be.

Zoo: Riverbanks Zoo, in Columbia SC. It is surprisingly nice.

Aquarium: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Theme Park: Dollywood, fun rides, great shows, good food, and the mountain setting keeps it shady.

There’s a really good aquarium on St. Thomas.

Zoo: Bronx

Aquarium: Monterey

No opinion on theme park

[quote]I love the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's entirely devoted to everything that lives in Monterey Bay,

No it isn’t.

Best zoos and aquaria:none. They should be abolished.

Best theme park: who cares.

Atlanta Aquarium

[quote]Best zoos and aquaria:none. They should be abolished.

Some animals that are extinct in the wild only survive in zoos, Tumblr-ina. So when we abolish them, what should we do with those animals — push them off a cliff?

Zoo - San Diego Zoo

Aquarium - Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Theme Park - 1970s Disneyland, when it was still affordable and pre-Eisner/Lucas/Star Wars crap 💩.

Worst Zoo - Congress

Aquarium. Don't care for theme parks, and zoos require much stamina to see it all!

R19 here, having totally misunderstood the poorly-worded thread title!

So, considering only places I've been to:

Zoo: San Diego, for the koalas (although next month I'm visiting the Bronx Zoo, so maybe I'll revise.)

Theme Park: Disneyworld, for its Epcot Center.

Aquarium: Mystic, CT. But one of these years I must see the Baltimore aquarium!

I’m torn between saying R7’s list is perfect and replacing Cedar Point with Disneyland.

Zoo - San Diego Safari Park (FKA Wild Animal Park)

Aquarium - Monterey Bay

Theme Park - tie between Disneyland and Universal's Islands of Adventure

Cedar Point is great if you like rides.

Zoo: Brookfield

Aquarium: L'Oceanografic in Spain (Sorry Shedd is too expensive and Georgia is just a mess)

Theme Park: Universal Orlando, where the Wizarding World of Harry Potter puts it over the top.

Zoo: Columbus

Aquarium: Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Theme Park: Cedar Point

I think Chicagoans start all these threads as this is an area where Chicago really shines. It can't really compete with NY and Washington in museums, let alone Europe; but when it comes to planetarium, aquarium, etc. it is always right up there. And a couple of its institutions are unquestionably the best in the world, and not the Museum of Science and Industry, which Chicagoans usually think the best in the world. They are the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glenview, a mere toddler in the world of botanica, but simply amazing (and it has 50,000 sustaining members, so money is not a problem). And for opposite reasons, the Field Museum of Natural HIstory, whose exhibits are not all that great despite one of the world's finest museum buildings architecturally. But what the Field does have are collections. During the earlier years of the 20th C, the museum sponsored more collecting trips than the British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the New York Museum of Natural HIstory combined, and therefore has the world's largest collections of samples available for study, some 40 million items and 150 full-time research employees.

Haven't been interested in theme parks at all since early 20s. I don't trust zoos or aquariums to treat the animals correctly. I think we need a fourth option, Cirque du Soleil or a circus with human performers only.

[quote]a circus with human performers only.

We already have that. It's called the Trump White House.

Everybody likes cats and dogs. Why shouldn’t they love zoos?

The Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna. Has a little bit of everything and lovely setting with beautiful gardens.

[quote]a circus with human performers only.

[quote]We already have that. It's called the Trump White House.

Liar!

Nobody in the Trump White House is human.

I don't want to go to theme park tonight.

Are you taking me to coffee house? Great!

Boston Aquarium with the massive circular fish tank in the middle.