{"id":72773,"date":"2015-11-04T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=72773"},"modified":"2020-03-29T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T01:17:11","slug":"sharks-after-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=72773","title":{"rendered":"Sharks After Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada<\/em> in Toronto has an evening program called Sharks After Dark<\/em> where after 7pm, you pay a discounted fee to wander the facilities after dark. There are few kids after 7pm and the staff play soft classical music in the background to enhance the experience.<\/p>\n

The aquarium focuses on fish; there are no mammals, amphibians, reptiles (beyond one turtle), or birds in the facility (that I could find) and the building is filled with mostly water. <\/p>\n

When you first enter, it looks like a vast ocean. It’s only when you go down a level and walk under the tanks via tunnels (as you can see from the photos) that you are able to see the creatures in their created ecosystem. <\/p>\n

The experience is about you entering their world and not about looking at fish in tanks (though there are some tanks for jellies).<\/p>\n

All the water makes it an incredibly relaxing place to be after dark.<\/p>\n

Sharks and rays are the biggest creatures… the sharks still have their teeth (in all their scary glory). I really enjoyed watching these sharks as they gracefully swam over the tunnels.<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed the experience and would personally love to try the aquarium’s morning yoga classes (Spring).<\/p>\n