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The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world housing more than 100,000 sea creatures. It first opened in downtown Atlanta, next to Olympic Park in November 2005. The Georgia Aquarium is the only institution outside of Asia to house whale sharks which are kept in a gigantic 24 million liter (6.3 million gallon) tank in the Ocean Voyager exhibit. 

We have been hearing great reviews of this attraction.  Visiting the aquarium for the first time today, we took my family with us on their last full day in Georgia.  The aquarium's size alone is impressive and there are many exhibits to visit. Unfortunately a poor ticket window set-up and excessively large crowd made our experience less than enjoyable and overshadowed our initial excitement.  Although they limit the number of tickets sold in a day, the size of the crowd was so large that we felt crammed into the rooms. Unable to see many of the exhibits it was as if we were herded cattle making our way through the building.   We left the aquarium earlier than intended due to our frustration and in the heat of it we proclaimed that we would never return.  We opted for an early dinner at The Hard Rock Cafe. 

Based on the recommendation of friends and their talk about how much they love the aquarium.  And after we have had time to let our disappointment pass, we have decided we might be up to giving the aquarium another try. If we do visit again, it will be during the off season, on a week day, and first thing in the morning.  

On the positive, Baby J (and ourselves) were captivated by the few exhibits we were able to view well.