One Aquarium Way (At Newport-on-the-Levee)
Newport, KY , 41071 Phone: (859) 261-7444 Website Site needs to be revised: GSY
The Newport Aquarium is located across the Ohio River from Downtown Cincinnati, in Newport, Kentucky. The aquarium has 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in 1,000,000 US gal of water, Located here are "Scooter" and "Sweet Pea," two of the few shark rays in captivity. In 2009, the Aquarium received a baby shark ray from Taiwan, named Sunshine.
The facility is open to the public 365 days a year.
2/17: Four new Pennyman hand crank machines were installed here. They include 16 new designs.
All machines cost $1 per design and are Preloaded with Zinc pennies.
Machine 15 (2017); Outside of Stingray Hideaway
1) Alligator,
2) Frog,
3) Octopus,
4) Stingray.
Machine 16 (2017): Entrance, right after ticketing and taking down escalator into aquarium
1) Puffer Fish,
2) Clown Fish,
3) Fish,
4) Jellyfish.
Machine 17 (2017): Just inside of the Shark Central entrance
1) 'Shark Bridge, Dare to Cross',
2) Mermaid,
3) Penguins,
4) Shark.
Machine 18 (2017): Across from touching experience, between eelgrass and reefs signs, right before Shark Ray Bay
1) Sea Horse,
2) Shark,
3) Sea Turtle,
4) Horseshoe Crab.
Token Machine 3: Located near stingray hideaway
Need Scan/ photo of Tokens, front and rear, on a plain white background.
Token Machine 4: Located by Penguin Palooza
Need Scan/ photo of Tokens, front and rear, on a plain white background.
Machines 1 through 14 are Retired.
Retired designs (as of 2/16/17).
All say "Newport Aquarium"
Retired 1: Penguin,
Retired 2: Alligator, Frog,
Retired 3: Clown Fish,
Retired 4: 'Sweet Pea, The Shark Ray', Shark,
Retired 5: Outside the Shore Exhibit's touch tank: Denver the turtle
Other retired.
Retired 6: Seahorse
Retired 7: Otter
Retired 8: Alligator with mouth closed
Retired 9: Rocky the Penguin
Retired 10: (Quarter) Scooter the shark ray
Retired 11: Sweet Pea the shark ray
Retired 12, (Quarters) Alligator, Octopus, Shark, Starfish,
Retired 13: 'Sammy the Shark',
Retired 14: 'Scooter the Shark Ray'.
Retired Token Machine 1: 1) Clown Fish, 2) Stingray, 3) Pot-Bellied Seahorse.
Retired Token Machine 2: 1) Penguin, 2 & 3) other designs.
6/19: machines take 1 dollar bills, and the machines use their own Zinc pennies.
4/16/22 machines are located as stated above.
Machine 16 took the dollar but no penny. Machine 14 is working.
Machine 15 wouldn't take the dollar.
Machine 17 has out of order sign.
Did not see token machine 1 or 2.
There is a new token machine with 4 designs located near stingray hideaway however it had an out of order sign.
And there is a new 4 design token machine near penguin palooza that is working. DWT |
