Living Planet Aquarium

Koral and Thalassa with the Living Planet Aquarium staff

Today, Mermaid Koral and I took the opportunity to perform at Utah's Living Planet Aquarium! The staff very friendly and excited to see us. They helped us get set up and provided us information about crowd flow. We were right next to the petting pool in the coral community. Koral joked that it was really the Koral Community, they just spelled it wrong!

It wasn't long before humans started coming in. It was fun to see all of the double-takes, and the kids who would spot us and make parents stop to look. Some children were very shy, as they tend to be. Others were flummoxed at the sight of a woman with a fish tail. Still others would run to us and ask us every question you could think of! One memorable little girl decided that my lap was a fantastic place to sit. She came right over and sat on me, making herself comfy and right at home. Her parents had a hard timing getting her to move on! I never knew my tail made such a comfy seat. ;-)

Koral and I were able to be a part of a few girls' birthday parties, one of which was Ariel-themed. We took pictures and gave out treasure. Even though we were very busy, we still had time to clown around and take fishy pictures in the "coral reef" setting. We were sad to go in the afternoon, but the aquarium staff said they would love to have us back so we will be back soon! Before we left, the staff asked to take a picture with us. Then we had "mermaid feeding time" in the cafeteria (Mac n' Cheese with Goldfish crackers, yum) and headed home.

It was a very fun time, and I can't wait to go back again!

Oh, by the way, we also took a few holiday pictures. Enjoy!