We love petting the stingrays and hanging out in the rotating submarine viewing theater, and we really love Fish & Sips, the aquarium's monthly adults-only evening event where we get to commune with sea life with a cocktail in hand. On the hottest days, the dim interior of the aquarium is cool and refreshing. OdySea is the largest aquarium in the Southwest, where more than 2 million gallons of water slosh inside the 200,000-square-foot attraction.
It's even home to the world's only Russian sturgeon touch exhibit. Arizona might be a landlocked state, but this Scottsdale attraction is devoted to water-dwelling critters - sharks, turtles, otters, seahorses, and of course, plenty of fish. Here in metro Phoenix, we call it OdySea Aquarium. What do you call a fertile spot in a desert where water is found? Most people call it an oasis.
