Fishes for Disneyland

So last Saturday, Ryan and I went to volunteer for the Living Planet Aquarium in Draper for our free day at Disneyland. Believe it or not, it was pretty easy and actually a lot of fun.

It was the first time that either of us had ever been to the aquarium, and I have to say that we totally judged it by its “used to be a craft store” exterior. However, when we stepped inside, we were really impressed—it was actually pretty cool! They pretty much had me with the Finding Nemo shark on the ceiling. And the octopus. And the fact that I didn’t have to go fishing to see a Rainbow Trout up close.

Anyway, we got there, signed in, and were directed to the theater room. People had spread out on all of the chairs, busily folding brochures, cutting papers, and stuffing envelopes. They turned on this educational film about Utah Lake, which, even though it sounds really nerdy, was pretty interesting. (Did you know there used to be a party boat and boat races on the lake?) So we just watched and folded for about an hour and a half, which passed relatively quickly.

At that point, the lady in charge of the volunteers took us on a tour of the aquarium. For free. She took us from exhibit to exhibit and told us about the different animals and how the aquarium acquired them. (For instance, they had an anaconda that was donated because it had become too big for someone’s bathtub. It has since doubled in size. Seriously, who is even crazy enough to want that thing in their bathtub?)

Am I sounding like a commercial? I don’t mean to be. I really was impressed. We got a free aquarium tour AND a free ticket to Disneyland. For two hours’ worth of work.

So awesome.