Aquarium and Cyclone

On Memorial Day weekend, we paid a visit to the NYC Aquarium at Coney Island. We'd never been and thought we'd cross it off our "Things to do before we move" list. All in all, we were disappointed with the aquarium - I expected more from New York City. The exhibits are in need of a major update and many of the tanks are too small. But hopefully they will get the funding they need from the city and make some changes. There were a few cool things though - Osborn, the sea lion and the jellyfish exhibit.
Osborn put on a show in the aquatheater. He was a well trained, break-dancing sea lion.

Jellyfish - kinda creepy.

Also, I saw my first horseshoe crab ever - these aren't W Coast crabs. I didn't take a picture, but I felt like I was in Jurassic Park. Talk about prehistoric looking- I would be scared if I saw one on the beach. Yikes.

Another item on our "To Do" list - ride the famous Cyclone rollercoaster. It's wooden, fast, and scary. The seats are so padded that I had trouble squeezing into the car. It was a rickety and rough two minute ride and on the tight turns, I felt the car lift off the tracks. But with that said - we had fun and are glad we were brave enough to ride it.

Hanging on for dear life.