Catch Them Before They're Gone!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Those adorable African penguins are marching out the door of the Maritime Aquarium on January 2nd. Be sure to get a visit in before they're gone.
This week is your last chance to say hi before the birds say goodbye. A limited number of Maritime Aquarium visitors can enjoy “All Access – Penguins,” a special backstage meet-and-greet. Winners will get close to the penguins, learn about their care and take home a keepsake limited-edition penguin footprint painting, a plush penguin from the gift shop and their commemorative “All Access” pass.
The remaining “All Access Penguins” tours are December 26-January 2.
There are two ways to get the coveted “All Access Penguins” passes:
Win them. Each day of the tours, at noon & again at 3 p.m., a winning ticket will be drawn from the Aquarium general admission tickets sold in the previous few hours. The ticket number will be announced and posted in several locations in the Aquarium. Upon presentation of the winning ticket stub, all visitors of any age admitted to the Aquarium via that ticket purchase will start their penguin visit. (No purchase is necessary. The contest is not valid for group admissions.)
Buy them. For penguin fanatics who find a ticket drawing too risky, passes for 9 a.m. tours will be sold by advance telephone purchase only on a first-come, first-served basis. They’re $32.50 each and include Aquarium admission afterward. (Cost to Maritime Aquarium members is $22.50.) Each hour-long tour is limited to 12 people. For these purchased tours, children must be at least 7 years old; youth under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. For reservations, call, (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.
Visitors bearing “All Access – Penguins” passes will go backstage of the penguin exhibit to learn about African penguins and other species, about penguin care, the penguin exhibit’s special design and more. And of course the penguins will be right there through the “stage” door, to see and hear. (They bray like donkeys.)
As a special bonus, winners of the “All Access” drawings receive one free unique footprint painting, made with webbed-footed flair by the Aquarium’s penguins.
You don’t have to win or buy an ‘All Access’ pass to see the penguins before they go. They’ll still be preening, swimming and cavorting in their exhibit daily through January 2, free with general admission.
www.maritimeaquarium.org
This week is your last chance to say hi before the birds say goodbye. A limited number of Maritime Aquarium visitors can enjoy “All Access – Penguins,” a special backstage meet-and-greet. Winners will get close to the penguins, learn about their care and take home a keepsake limited-edition penguin footprint painting, a plush penguin from the gift shop and their commemorative “All Access” pass.
The remaining “All Access Penguins” tours are December 26-January 2.
There are two ways to get the coveted “All Access Penguins” passes:
Win them. Each day of the tours, at noon & again at 3 p.m., a winning ticket will be drawn from the Aquarium general admission tickets sold in the previous few hours. The ticket number will be announced and posted in several locations in the Aquarium. Upon presentation of the winning ticket stub, all visitors of any age admitted to the Aquarium via that ticket purchase will start their penguin visit. (No purchase is necessary. The contest is not valid for group admissions.)
Buy them. For penguin fanatics who find a ticket drawing too risky, passes for 9 a.m. tours will be sold by advance telephone purchase only on a first-come, first-served basis. They’re $32.50 each and include Aquarium admission afterward. (Cost to Maritime Aquarium members is $22.50.) Each hour-long tour is limited to 12 people. For these purchased tours, children must be at least 7 years old; youth under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. For reservations, call, (203) 852-0700, ext. 2206.
Visitors bearing “All Access – Penguins” passes will go backstage of the penguin exhibit to learn about African penguins and other species, about penguin care, the penguin exhibit’s special design and more. And of course the penguins will be right there through the “stage” door, to see and hear. (They bray like donkeys.)
As a special bonus, winners of the “All Access” drawings receive one free unique footprint painting, made with webbed-footed flair by the Aquarium’s penguins.
You don’t have to win or buy an ‘All Access’ pass to see the penguins before they go. They’ll still be preening, swimming and cavorting in their exhibit daily through January 2, free with general admission.
www.maritimeaquarium.org
