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SUMMER 2011
MARQUEE
Attractions
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DesignaLEGO racecar, take
a factory tour, orwatcha 4-D
movie completewith rainand
windeffectsat thenew
LEGOLAND
DISCOVERYCENTERDALLAS/FORTWORTH
(legolanddiscoverycenter.com).
InJuly, theneighboring
SEA LIFE
GRAPEVINE AQUARIUM
will open
withmore than 5,000animals,
feeding shows, anda touch tank
(visitsealife.com).
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Gapeatmodel sauropodsup to
150 feet longamong
TheWorld’s
LargestDinosaurs
, occupying the
AMERICANMUSEUMOF NATURAL HISTORY
inNewYork throughJanuary 2,
2012 (amnh.org).
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Build forts, vehicles, vaults—
whatever—out of giant foam
blocks, slides, andnoodlesat
thenew ImaginationPlayground
designedbyarchitectDavid
Rockwellat the
BAYAREADISCOVERY
MUSEUM
inSausalito, California
(baykidsmuseum.org).
ANIMALSonDisplay
ThenewTurtleReef (pictured left), opening in June at
SEAWORLD SANDIEGO
, show-
casesmore than60 threatenedor endangered sea turtles in a300,000-gallon
aquarium spied via anunderwater viewingwindow (seaworldsandiego.com).
Dive in and snorkel with someof the50 rays (pictured) inhabiting thenew
StingrayCoveopening inAugust at
THEMIRAGE
in LasVegas as part of Siegfried&
Roy’s SecretGarden andDolphinHabitat (mirage.com).
Immerse yourself in thewilds of Africa replicated in thenewAfricanElephant
Crossingexhibit at the
CLEVELANDMETROPARKS ZOO
. Theexhibit hostsmeerkats,
rockpythons, andburrowing rodents known as nakedmole rats, aswell as the
namesakepachyderms (clemetzoo.com).
Gold Runner Coaster
InnerSea Discoveries
Legoland
