“Most aquariums located on a coast don't use the water. It's usually too polluted. Most have to use [the product] 'Instant Ocean,' you have to make the water.”
“The first day that our whale sharks arrived I was underwater photographing them. I watched them take their first lap [in the tank], it was incredible.”
“The people who live inside the country tend to know the least [about aquatic sea life]. They may never have seen dolphins or sunsets over the ocean. So it's exactly the reason why an aquarium needs to be the middle of the country, to educate the citizenry.”
“We've had over 300,000 people since it opened. We're very pleased with it. People have already come from all over the world - Japan, Europe, Mexico. It's not just the typical snowbirds from Michigan.”
“It's not a guessing game. Most aquariums are linear — you walk on one path, one way. We chose to be nonlinear. You come into a central area, and then you make the choice of where you want to go.”
