TITANIC, The Artifact Exhibition, SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium and LEGOLAND

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TITaNIC, The artifact Exhibition, SEa LIFE

Bring your parents, your friends, and your imagination and get ready to be amazed! The Titanic sets sail again at Union Station Kansas City, while KC’s Crown Center gets two new attractions you won’t want to miss!

TITaNIC, The artifact Exhibition

of everyone involved. Passengers IOpen through September 3, 2012 t’s all about a story that has captivated people for 100 years: on April 15, 1912, the luxury linincluded the wealthiest people in the world traveling for pleasure to those who were quite poor and looking for a new start in life. Likewise, the exhibit includes artifacts from the first class luxury passengers to those traveling in er Titanic, known to the world third class “below decks.” Fatalias the “Unsinkable Ship,” hit an ties, as well as survivors, came iceberg and sunk two and a half from every class. miles to the ocean floor. More than Make sure to put your hand 1,500 people died, and the ship against the iceberg, while you remained undisturbed for imagine how long you would decades. have lasted in the icy waters of the Atlantic. Pay close attention to the many acts of real heroism that took place during the 2 ½ hours the passengers faced from the time of the collision Kansas City is very fortunate to be chosen to host the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s voyage with Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Visitors will get to see over 300 real objects conserved from the ship’s final resting place, and hear true stories of passen- with the iceberg until the mighty gers and crew on board that fate- Titanic sank to the bottom of ful voyage. the ocean. You will be inspired! What is obvious about this www.titanic.unionstation.org or tragedy is that it changed the lives 816.460.2020.

Photos courtesy RMS Titanic, Inc.

SEa LIFE Kansas City aquarium

The official opening date for Sea Life Kansas City Aquarium is projected for April 6, and you can already smell the sea salt in the air around Crown Center. Get ready, Kansas City, because we are getting an underwater world with 260,000 gallons of water and over 5,000 sea creatures right here in the landlocked state of Missouri.

Special trucks have been delivering the star attractions for weeks. You will see sharks, octopus, starfish, clown fish (also known as nemos), and rays up close and personal. Your journey will begin from the minute you walk in.

There are many attractions, including a local waterfall with native fish, a marina from the French Quarter of New Orleans, a journey to (and escape from) a sunken shipwreck, and a Key

LIFE Kansas City aquarium, and LEGOLaND

Bring your parents, your friends, and your imagination and get ready to be amazed! The Titanic sets sail again at Union Station Kansas City, while KC’s Crown Center gets two new attractions you won’t want to miss!

By Nancy Norton, Senior Editor

by Nancy Norton, Senior Editor

SEA LIFE Kansas City and LEGOLAND hotos courtesy Merlin Entertainments.

West tropical lagoon. Some of the 30 displays have bubbles extending inside the aquariums, so you can actually stick your head into the environment. There is even an underwater tunnel, where you could find yourself in a staring contest with a shark. Are you a touchy-feely type? When you get to the interactive Touchpool you’ll get to see what a starfish really feels like.

You might also like to know that Sea Life helps sea creatures worldwide, supporting turtle and seal rescue, rehabilitation and release. They also support a turtle rescue hospital in Florida, a shark breeding program, and the world’s biggest seahorse breeding network. You can tell how much they love these creatures the minute you walk in the door at Sea Life. So put Sea Life Kansas City Aquarium on your family’s “to-do” list.

www.visitsealife.com/Kansas-City LEGOLaND

LEGOLAND Discovery Center is another new indoor attraction at Crown Center, set to open the first week of May. The possibilities for creation here are limited only by your imagination, so come prepared.

While there, you can take a guided tour of the LEGO factory and see how raw plastic is turned into finished bricks. You can also build and test your racing skills at the Build & Test Zone. Girls can build, remodel and redecorate in LEGO Friends. Or maybe you want to run a little wild in LEGO City’s Fire Academy/Construction Site/Police Academy. Interested in learning the secrets of a Master Model Builder? You can. You can even watch night fall and see the lights come on over Kansas City in MINILAND, made from nearly 1.5 million bricks. And that is just part of what goes down in LEGOLAND.

If you love LEGOs, or if you couldn’t get enough of them when you were younger, LEGOLAND is a place where age doesn’t seem to matter. If there is a kid in you somewhere, you will have a blast at LEGOLAND Discovery Center. www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com. n