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SPACE NEEDLE Two Visits Visit the Space Needle for spectacular views twice within 24 hours – once during the day, once at night. From 520’ the Observation Deck provides a 360° view of Seattle and beyond that commands your attention. See the snow-capped Cascade Mountains to the east and the majestic Olympic mountain range to the west with breathtaking indoor and outdoor viewing. For Pacific Northwest cuisine that is matched only by the views served with it, visit SkyCity, the Space Needle’s revolving restaurant. Highlights Unparelelled views of Mt. Rainer to the south, the Cascade range to the East, and the majestic Olympics to the West. Perched atop a hill in Seattle Center, its 605-foot height appears even taller. Zoom in on the action below with a Swarovski telescope, for free. Colorful, imaginative graphics around the outer edge of the observation level and the informative displays along the interior tell you what you are looking at so you don't have to guess. SEATTLE AQUARIUM Discover playful sea otters, graceful octopuses, luminous moon jellies and more. Be amazed by Window on Washington Waters, a 120,000-gallon exhibit with daily dive shows. Touch live sea creatures in our tide pools. Immerse yourself in our Underwater Dome’s 360° view. Take a virtual trip to the tropics in our Pacific Coral Reef exhibit. Highlights Visitors are entertained by a fabulous assortment of charming marine mammals, including sea otters, harbors seals and fur seals. Frequent interpretive shows highlight marine life from the Puget Sound region. Two large tidepools allow visitors to reach in and feel live seastars, urchins, sea anemones and kelp. The Underwater Dome provides 360-degree views of Puget Sound life within a 400,000-gallon tank ARGOSY CRUISES HARBOR TOUR Learn about Seattle on this entertaining, one-hour, live-narrated cruise of Elliott Bay and the Seattle Harbor. View the spectacular panoramic background of the majestic Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. See the city’s historic waterfront, sparkling Emerald City skyline, busy shipyards, colorful Alki Beach and breathtaking natural beauty. Highlights Take in amazing views of the Seattle skyline, Elliott Bay waterfront, the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, shipping terminals, and historic neighborhoods. Expert narration offers interesting facts about waterfront piers, Seattle’s maritime history and Space Needle. You’ll have terrific views of the Space Needle. Catch a glimpse of container ships and The Washington State ferry fleet — the largest in the U.S. Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Experience the power of pop culture in MoPOP's colorful Frank Gehry-designed building! Explore some of the most significant moments in rock music, science fiction, and popular culture with hands-on experiences, iconic artifacts, and award-winning exhibitions featuring luminaries in the fields of music, literature, television, video games. CityPASS includes general admission to MoPOP at Seattle Center, located just steps from the Space Needle. Highlights
Watch music performances and light shows in Sky Church, featuring a mammoth 60’ HD LED screen.
Explore the tools of rock'n'roll in Sound Lab, where you can play instruments, jam out with friends in soundproof rooms, and record your own song.
Travel to a pixelated world of wonder and play in Indie Game Revolution, and get the whole family in on the fun by playing one of the twenty featured single and multiplayer games.
Trace the historical development of the signature instrument of rock ‘n’ roll in Guitar Gallery: The Quest for Volume, presenting 55 vintage, world-changing guitars from the 1770s to the present.
View an original manuscript page from Game of Thrones, in Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic, the Vince Lombardi Trophy in We Are 12™: The Seattle Seahawks and the Road to Victory, a Gizmo puppet from Gremlins in Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film, the Staff of Ra headpiece from Raiders of the Lost Ark in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame exhibition, and Klingon robes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction.
Travel alongside the legendary Jimi Hendrix at the height of his fame in Wild Blue Angel: Hendrix Abroad, 1966-1970.
OR WOODLAND PARK ZOO Discover the world of gorillas, elephants, lions, birds and more at a top award-winning zoo. See Humboldt penguins "fly" underwater in a state-of-the-art exhibit. Go eye-to-eye with orangutans in an open forest canopy. Explore Zoomazium’s nature play space. Smell the roses in a glorious Rose Garden. And enjoy squealing Asian small-clawed otters coming in 2013! Minutes from downtown. PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER Pacific Science Center is Washington’s leading institution for fun and engaging learning for children, families and guests of all ages. Explore hundreds of interactive exhibits, wander among fluttering tropical butterflies, touch live marine animals, explore distant galaxies and immerse yourself in a giant-screen IMAX® movie. Highlights The Tropical Butterfly House is warm and sunny every day of the year thanks to full-spectrum lighting. Learn how personal choices can positively affect our health and well-being atProfessor Wellbody's Academy of Health and Wellness, a new 7000-square foot permanent exhibit that presents health as a life-long process of balancing exercise, diet, proper rest and hygiene. Meet seven robotic dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era in Dinosaurs: A Journey Through Time. Learn about new advances in health scientific innovation at The Studio. CityPASS includes one regular IMAX® movie​. OR CHIHULY GARDEN AND GLASS ​Immerse yourself in a world where curiosity, creativity and color come to life. Throughout the Galleries, ever-changing Garden and signature Glasshouse, you’ll be inspired by artist Dale Chihuly’s innovation and passion. Includes complimentary audio tour (smartphone required).

Enjoy a beautiful evening on the water listening to acclaimed jazz guitarist Joe Cohn, and saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith Bring out the romance and step aboard the Clipper City for a jazz concert cruise around NYC. The hustle, bustle and noise of the city turns to the sweet, cool rhythms of bebop, smoky blues, ballads and other jazz standards as you sail smoothly out into the summer night all lit up with the backdrop of NYC skyline. Joe Cohn will be joined by a variety of other well-known guest musicians booked by Jazz Standard founder, James Polsky. As with all Clipper City Sails, a full bar is available for wine, beer and cocktail purchase during the cruise.

Recently voted Visitor Attraction of the Year. Jameson Visitor Centres' welcome over 360,000 visitors reach year providing world class Irish Whiskey experience. The Distillery was established in 1780 when John Jameson established the Bow Street Distillery in Dublin. Jameson is now distilled in Cork, although bottling still takes place in Dublin. With annual sales of over 31 million bottles, Jameson is by far the best selling Irish whiskey in the world.  Within the Jameson Distillery Bow St. we have not only one Jameson bar, but three in tribute to the great man himself, John Jameson. While at our Jameson bar, why not sample some of the nectar that's on offer? Enjoy either a comparison whiskey tasting, where our flagship brand is compared to other world brands. Those already familiar with Jameson whiskey may look to upgrade to a Jameson reserve whiskey tasting. *** Thursday - Sunday can be very busy in the afternoon. This can lead to long queues. ****

No hay que ser un fanático del espacio para disfrutar del Kennedy Space Center de la NASA, el único lugar en los Estados Unidos desde el que se ha enviado a humanos al espacio. La gran cantidad de exposiciones, películas IMAX e impresionante magnitud de as Lanzaderas dejarán boquiabiertos a más de uno. Shuttle Launch Experience® Esta experiencia le sumergirá en las imágenes, sonidos y sensaciones del lanzamiento de una Lanzadera Espacial, el increíble viaje de ser enviado al espacio y orbitar la Tierra en una Lanzadera Espacial. A los visitantes se les protegerá con cinturones y se les pondrá en vertical para el despegue en una cabina única. Conozca un Astronauta Está invitado a conocer un veterano astronauta de la NASA en el espectáculo en directo Astronaut Encounter. Ofrecido en varias horas durante el día, esta emocionante presentación cuenta con un astronauta cada día con más de 30 de los aproximadamente 500 hombres y mujeres que han flotado en el espacio. Películas 3D en el Twin IMAX® Theater Dos historias increíbles en una presentación 3D que bien seguro le inspirarán. Puede escoger entre explorar imágenes de la Tierra que le dejarán sin aliento en A Beautiful Planet, o puede descubrir los detalles de los futuros proyectos que tiene la NASA entre manos, como enviar astronautas a Marte. Tour en Autobús por el Kennedy Space Center No hay mejor manera de descubrir rápidamente el Kennedy Space Center que con uno de los tours diarios en autobús, saliendo uno cada 15 minutos desde el Complejo. Los experimentados guías le llevarán a través de algunos de los elementos más icónicos de la NASA. Numerosos espectáculos y exposiciones* Exposición del Space Shuttle Atlantis℠ – Su viaje empezará en el teatro Atlantis, donde se hará realidad la historia de todas aquellas personas que se atrevieron a hacer lo imposible. Mire con asombro la Lanzadera Espacial Atlantis muy de cerca, exhibido como si todavía estuviera volando. Con más de 60 exposiciones interactivas, podrá celebrar uno de los logros más grandes de la humanidad.   Centro Apollo / Saturn V – Revive la emoción y las maravillas de la era Apollo en esta exposición única que celebra el logro sin precedentes de poner un hombre en la Luna y la felicidad vivida en ese momento por toda la humanidad.   Rocket Garden – En la NASA es costumbre decir que se asientan en los hombros de gigantes. En ningún lugar eso es más aparente que en el Rocket Garden (Jardín de los Cohetes). Detrás de cada Cohete hay muchas grandes mujeres y hombres, ingenieros, diseñadores, pensadores y astronautas, que convirtieron sus sueños en historia. Aquí es donde podrá encontrar al primer cohete que se libró de la gravedad terrestre.   Eyes on the Universe – Un viaje a través del tiempo y el espacio hasta los límites más lejanos del Universo en el “Eyes on the Universe: NASA’S Space Telescopes” (“Ojos en el Universo: los Telescopios Espaciales de la NASA”), la nueva y única filmación 3D en 4K del Complejo del Kennedy Space Center.   La NASA Ahora – Después de descubrir la historia del programa espacial Nord Americano en el Kennedy Space Center, vea la exposición NASA Now en el ala Oeste del edificio del Cine IMAX para explorar el futuro de la NASA con su Programa Espacial Comercial y el Viaje a Marte.   Viaje a Marte: se buscan Exploradores – El futuro de los viajes espaciales recae en usted. Aprenda más acerca de lo que hace falta para explorar Marte en este inspirador espectáculo. Las exposiciones aportan un vistazo a los prototipos y diseños que se lanzarán con la siguiente generación hacia Marte y más allá, incluyendo los Rovers, Simuladores y la Cápsula de la tripulación Orión.   Astronaut Memorial – En el Astronaut Memorial homenajea los héroes caídos de la NASA, eso entre los cuerpos de astronautas de élite que dieron sus vidas persiguiendo el conocimiento que se esconde más allá de nuestro planeta.   Zona de Juegos Infantil – La imaginación se desbordará en la Zona Infantil de Juegos, un patio de recreo único con temática espacial. Con el majestuoso Jardín de Cohetes de fondo, los niños podrán despegar con naves espaciales, escalar una roca lunar, gatear entre los túneles de un cohete y deslizarse por la superficie de la Luna.

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SHEDD AQUARIUM EXHIBITS UNDERWATER BEAUTY – A SPECIAL EXHIBIT Our living world is full of wonder. Celebrate with us the unbelievable beauty living in our oceans, lakes and rivers in a new special exhibit at Shedd Aquarium: Underwater Beauty. Get a glimpse of the grandeur beneath the waves as 100 species from around the world come together in an evocative new space. What is beauty? Spark your curiosity as you see all the ways beauty moves and coexists. Watch sea jellies pulse, eels ribbon and a rainbow come alive with reef fishes. Feel the rhythms, embrace the colors and savor the patterns found only underwater. Experience a world worth celebrating – and saving. Waters of the World Travel the world in 80 habitats. Dive into Oceans, from coastal kelp forests to the seafloor. Explore the self-contained ecosystems of Islands and Lakes. Visit Rivers—big and small—and learn more about our local waters in the new At Home on the Great Lakes exhibit. Meet hundreds of amazing animals, from tiny mantella frogsto a a giant octopus, from a Grand Cayman blue iguana to Nile knifefish, and from moon jellies to sea stars. We even have map turtles, in case you get lost. Caribbean Reef Take a 360-degree tour of an underwater reef community. Follow a green sea turtle. Peek at a moray eel in a rocky crevice. Watch regal rays glide by. Get eye-to-eye with parrot fish and sharks. Visit Caribbean Reef, Shedd’s award-winning 90,000-gallon circular habitat in the grand rotunda. Amazon Rising Take an exotic journey in the Amazon, home to one-third of all living things. Watch out for anacondas and piranhas, spiders, rays and a camouflaged caiman. In churning river channels, still lakes and even flooded treetops look for tetras, turtles and fruit-eating fish called tambaqui. See how the region’s animals, plants and people adapt to the water’s dramatic annual rise and fall. Abbott Oceanarium The Abbott Oceanarium immerses you in the vibrant coastal ecosystem of beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, sea otters and sea lions. You’ll also find a host of fishes and invertebrates that make their homes where freshwater flows into the ocean or where tides turn seascapes to landscapes and back again each day. Use our self-guided map to discover how animals are linked to each other, their homes and you. Polar Play Zone Kids have a place at Shedd that they can call their own—Polar Play Zone. It’s cool as ice and twice as nice! The penguins think so, too. Play! Splash! Pretend! What would you like to be? A sleek sliding penguin? A deep-sea explorer? How about both? In Polar Play Zone, you can slip into a penguin suit and try being a bird in the Icy South play area. From there, head to the Icy North to explore the belugas’ Arctic waters in a kid-sized submarine. Don’t forget to shake hands—or is it arms?—with colorful sea stars in the touch pools. In Polar Play Zone, you’ll learn about polar opposites—big and small, fast and slow, shallow and deep, even north and south—while you play. The Oceanarium Aquatic Presentation​ is included however based on available seating and remaining show times at the time of guest arrival. (2019 Aquatic Presentation Schedule) Stingray Touch (seasonal experience) is included. Open late May through September. 4D Experience is not included however the 4D experience tickets may be purchased at the theatre for $4.95 per -person   Adler Planetarium Featured Shows: Planet Nine - In July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first close look at Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet in the outskirts of our Solar System. The New Horizons flyby was big news, and the pictures it continues to send back to Earth reveal a world far more complex than anyone realized. ​Destination Solar System - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER The year is 2096. Space tourism is booming, and you’ve signed up for a quick trip around the Solar System with Space Express Tours! In this live show, your guides are Jesse, a lovable rookie tour guide who can’t wait to show you the wonders of your celestial neighborhood, and Max, the much more experienced—if slightly grumpy—shipboard computer. With Max steering the ship and Jesse chattering excitedly about each place you visit, you’ll soar through the Asteroid Belt, explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and hover over the roiling surface of the Sun. Hold on tight! Cosmic Wonder - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Ever since the first curious person looked up at the night sky, people all over the world have challenged themselves to uncover its secrets. What are stars? How did they get there? Why does our view of the sky change throughout the year? What holds the Universe together? Skywatch Live - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER The Adler’s view of downtown Chicago is magnificent, but the lights of the city make it a little tough to see the ones in the sky. What’s a stargazer to do? Join us for Skywatch Live! In this show, your live presenter will turn down the city lights and crank up the stars to show you the night sky over Chicago like you’ve never seen it before. You’ll learn how to navigate by starlight, get to know the stars behind your favorite constellations, and witness the incomprehensible vastness of the Universe without ever leaving your seat. Earth, Moon & Sun - WHAT YOU WILL LEARN With the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions, kids will laugh and learn as they explore the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Coyote has lots of misconceptions about our world, the universe, and well… just about everything. Coyote’s humorous mistaken ideas about the universe help the audience understand how the Earth, Moon, and Sun work together as a great big system. Undiscovered Worlds - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Until very recently, the only planets known to us were the familiar worlds in orbit around our Sun. In the last two decades we have confirmed more than 1500 new planets, called exoplanets, orbiting other stars; thousands more are awaiting study. Undiscovered Worlds tells the tale surrounding this explosion of discovery and examines what will be required to determine which, if any, of these new exoplanets can support life. Welcome to the Universe - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER In Welcome to the Universe, you’ll get a clear picture of your place in this jaw-dropping cosmic landscape. With the guidance of a live presenter, you’ll explore the Pleiades star cluster, sail past the Andromeda galaxy, navigate the galaxies of the Coma Cluster, and discover hidden wonders of the Universe. One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Join Big Bird and Elmo on an unforgettable journey to the Moon and back! When Elmo’s friend Hu Hu Zhu stops by Sesame Street for a visit, he notices that Sesame Street is a little bit different from his home in China. But when he looks up at the sky, he feels right at home. Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu may live in different cities, but they share the same sky! Featured Exhibits: (Temporary) - What is a Planet? - What You’ll See And Do: Witness how astronomers and the media reacted to Pluto’s reclassification in 2006. Learn what the current definition of a planet is and hear what Adler Astronomers think of the current definition. Voice your opinion about Pluto alongside skeptics and space enthusiasts through an interactive voting poll in real time. Explore artifacts from the Adler collections that illustrate the ever-evolving definition of a planet. This temporary exhibition, which is included with general admission, will be open to the public from March 19, 2016 through January 8, 2017. Mission Moon - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Mission Moon invites you to experience America’s first steps into space through the eyes of NASA’s Captain James A. Lovell Jr. and his family. You’ll find out how the United States became the first nation to put a man on the Moon, what it’s really like to be an astronaut, and why it takes a team to explore uncharted worlds. Community Design Lab - In the Community Design Lab (CDL), you can test different materials to find out which ones will survive the journey to 100,000 feet above the Earth’s surface. Your discoveries may find their way into a future flight with Far Horizons, the Adler’s high-altitude ballooning program! If you could photograph an object in space, what would it be, and who would you share it with? In the CDL, you can build a DIY telescope-mount for your smartphone and become an instant astrophotographer! Test it out on one of our ’scopes and share your photos on social media. Our Solar System - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Our Solar System is much more than a star and eight planets; it is home to a set of diverse and amazing objects that we are only beginning to understand. Pilot your own adventure in Our Solar System and explore the variety of objects currently orbiting our Sun. The Universe - A Walk Through Space & Time - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Transport yourself to the distant corners of the cosmos and witness how the Universe evolved over 13.7 billion years, from the Big Bang to this morning’s sunrise. Follow the Universe from its meager beginnings and see how galaxies, stars, planets—and all the atoms in your body—were created as the Universe grew. Explore regions farther than our Solar System, billions of light-years from home. Zoom from one wondrous location in the Universe to another and investigate the most diverse and beautiful objects in deep space in ultra high resolution from the world’s most advanced telescopes. Planet Explorers - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Are you interested in going to space and exploring other planets? Prepare for your out-of-this-world adventure in Planet Explorers. Begin by exploring your home, your backyard, and the sky above. What you discover will prepare you for your mission to space and the mysterious Planet X. Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Astronomers have studied the cosmos for thousands of years, but until about 400 years ago, they did it without telescopes! In Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass, you’ll find extraordinary beauty and technology in some of the world’s most important telescopes and learn how these clever light-catching devices helped us discover our Universe. Clark Family Gallery WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER This futuristic, constantly changing environment features a one-of-a-kind architecture with vibrant lighting and video presentations. It was created using approximately 13,000 linear feet of aluminum tubing and 20,000 square yards of fabric. The gallery also has 125 LED lights, each capable of producing sixteen million different colors and over two billion different lighting combinations. Astronomy in Culture - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Go back in time and learn about some of the people and societies who have challenged themselves to understand our place in the Universe. This exhibition features spectacular astrolabes, armillary spheres, and sundials to illustrate the medieval European and Middle Eastern conception of the Universe. Visit our medieval classroom to find out how much different school was back then. Learn how to use early astronomy tools including astrolabes and sundials. Atwood Sphere - WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER Experience the night sky over Chicago as it appeared in 1913 in the Atwood Sphere – Chicago’s oldest planetarium. Although the star positions have not changed since then, we can see only a small percentage of these stars in our current night sky due to light pollution. The sphere is seventeen feet in diameter and has 692 holes drilled through its metal surface. These holes allow light to enter and show the positions of the brightest stars in the night sky. Take a live guided tour of the Atwood Sphere and identify stars and the constellations they form.