Shark Train - Downtown Aquarium - Houston, TX

hey you all carpetbagger here coming to you live from the great state of texas more specifically houston texas and even more specifically than that i'm in front of the downtown aquarium a rather unassuming name but this is not just a a normal aquarium um it has a an amusement park attached to it it's got some other interesting features um a few unique things within here so i was really excited to check this out and i'm excited to bring you guys along with me so please follow me [Music] this awesome fountain up front with two marlins jumping towards the sky you see a shark inviting you to sit next to him on the bench but you know my father told me on my wedding night never never trust the shark when he's trying to get you to sit on a bench with him so this is not just an aquarium it is a underwater entertainment adventure all right the floor is wet in here because it is an aquarium heading in to the entrance and look at this beautiful entry area here almost a somewhat steampunk look kind of reminds me of uh 20 000 leagues under the sea to a degree oh yeah look at this these portholes you can see some beautiful jellyfish flopping around let's get a little closer look there see them in all their jelly filled glory see these fish here swimming in a circle amongst these industrial pipes oh look at that some electricity flowing through the pipes there okay you can see the captain's wheel over here heading directly from the steampunk ship area we're heading in to the swamp it says no trespassing hunting or fishing in this bayou area but look at that got some uh gators hanging out there on the rocks and little baby gators got some guards in this tank and look at that mr turtle's swimming by mr turtle ain't afraid of guards he's got a shell to protect him see the gator there hanging out on the surface of the water and get kind of above and below view mr gator there this tank here we got some big old bullfrogs that guy back there big old frog i got a little crayfish in there [Music] probably one of my favorite ocean creatures the octopus down here a lot of times they hide but it's like he's out being active right now so it's always a treat to see an octopus out out and about playing around has anyone seen that movie my octopus teacher is really sad and beautiful coral reef here with all the bright anemones and fish and fish see you there little guy this tank we got some little sharks down here some sort of skate array right there this whole room is kind of themed after like a shipwreck i really love when they incorporate the theming into the aquariums you can see there's like a broken down ship in this uh tank oh my gosh how big is that how big that thing is where's it going oh sweet look at all this booty right here now looks like we're going into the rain forest these are archer fish i actually had some of these for my home aquarium when i was a teenager they will spit a stream of water out of uh the water they spit like a laser beam of water they'll knock their prey down like knock an insect down that'll fall in the water then they'll gobble them off they also can jump out of the water really high oh probably want a cracker the most deadly fish of all the dreaded red belly piranha you can see their vicious faces there you look down you can see the bones of all the animals that they've murdered got one big old catfish there oh look at this guy this big guy is called an arowana see i do know a little bit about fish i used to used to be really into like fish tanks and and whatnot almost looks like some sort of aztec temple in here oh yeah you can see the olmec head right there surrounded by various fish some lionfish over here they're actually a very invasive and dangerous species to kill other fish but dang are they pretty here we got a giant articulated python look how big he has compared to those four little children right there big old big old freaking snake see the fountain over here actually has a snake head on it as well bring this secret room here and you can see those eyes right there connected to this giant face you can see this mouth down here is actually a fish tank looks like it's uh it contains oysters and catfish which are two of the most delicious animals that uh exist in all the world down here we have uh some axolotls they're a very interesting uh type of salamander apparently axolotls are important to science because they their limb growing ability they can they can grow back their arms and legs and tails and apparently a really fantastic rate it's the upside down jellyfish they've got everything backwards instead of floating up through the sea using their tentacles they just lay on top of their head and flail their tentacles uselessly in the air here we have some blind cave fish they spent so much time in the dark in caves that they didn't need their eyes anymore so they just got rid of them do you know anyone who spent so much time in the dark that they don't even need their eyes anymore another interesting tank up here series almost seems like a science lab for the fish hanging out in these tubes and here we have an electric eel i've never seen one that large before pretty terrifying okay so we're in aquarium but we are entering the white tiger's maharaja temple is there is there gonna be a white tiger in here this is a very vicious white tiger statue right there oh my gosh look at that rare white angled tiger big freaking white tiger it's amazing absolutely beautiful creature oh look at it you're licking his paw just like a kitty oh unlike a kitty he could cut your head off with one of those i can't get over this that is amazing beautiful this is something that he finds delicious possibly all these people right here [Music] i did not expect them to have a giant white tiger in the middle of an aquarium oh where's he going where's he going what's he doing what's he doing okay okay he was thinking about doing stuff but he got a little sleepy all right next up we are heading into the stingray reef all right we got some fish here gonna feed these stingrays all right the lady said put the fish between your fingers you put your hand in the water and they'll come along and scrabble it up oh like he's eating my hand oh my god did you see that his mouth opened like oh my god mouth opened like the predator here oh there you go buddy hope you enjoyed it oh are you feeding a feeding frenzy over here oh they're splashing okay okay okay this one looks hungry there you can fish you guys like fish you guys like fish there you go none of them okay one more fish and i see you want it there buddy oh my god oh my god oh this is nuts all right i'm gonna step outside and then they have the amusement park now this is the attraction that drew me here the shark voyage depot apparently is a shark themed train ride oh here comes the shark train all right so here we have the train this one officially is the electric eel all right so we'll find our seat here all aboard the shark train in the fall of 2017 hurricane harvey was an unprecedented storm that caused unforeseen damage to our shark tunnel and tanks the life support systems and all electrical were destroyed it was engulfed with 27 feet of water right oh there's the flood from 2017 up there the flood from 2015 right there that's crazy okay heading into the shark boy what's going on here for the historic central waterworks building oh we're going through a turn of the century built through a tunnel to two million [Music] kids who would have ever thought it sharks on a train is the sawfish it is about to be working on partnerships with all strong scientists so many stars giants offices [Music] all right heading out of the star tunnel oh wow sharks are fascinating great white shark that escaped from our shark tank during the last flood looks like we're heading into a cave here the downtown aquarium wow look at this it looks like the great white may have spent some time around here right someone took a fight out of that phone we were approaching a bridge [Music] wow at the shark oh my gosh oh my god is everyone okay heading through the parking lot right now there's my car right there and how we care for our magnificent animals here at the downtown aquarium really cool carousel here all the ride animals our sea creatures see sharks seals it's an alligator dolphin crocodile oh so cool i i definitely want to hop award so yes so many wonderful creatures to choose from a dolphin a seal oh my gosh look at that but i think i think for me as much as i'd love to ride a shark i think i'm gonna have to go with good old american alligator because what could be greater than riding on the back of an alligator gotta get the shark right next to me this giant seahorse right here all right choppy copy away let's go choppy what's coming up behind me got a pot of dolphin [Music] they have a wonderful looking ferris wheel over there unfortunately like many ferris wheels no single riders they going to give them the big drop i think so there we go oh no fake out upstairs they actually have an aquarium themed restaurant we'll grab a bite to eat before we go oh wow that may be the fattest more aeli i've ever seen hey there big guy oh man these massive fish tanks here in the center of the restaurant [Music] all right because i am one person they've asked me to sit at the bar all right i've gotten the broiled captain's platter so we got some scallops some stuffed shrimp that's a stuffed crab right there little piece of fish there with some avocado looks very tasty all right don't tell those fish back there what i'm what i'm eating is that a shark it's a shark behind me while i'm eating seafood so let's try i got a sea scallop there [Music] we're gonna love love seafood of all types [Music] man let's try this big old oh my gosh little stuffed shrimp right there [Music] fish [Music] oh here comes here comes the shark hey sharky i actually wanted to give a thank you and a shout out to the youtube channel theme park crazy it does some great amusement park list videos and actually use some of my clips and in a couple of his videos and i was watching a video that he did on um let me see if i say this right sub mechaphobia it's the fear of man-made objects coming out of water and um that he did a list of uh of sub mechaphony sub mechaphobia attractions and uh listed uh the the shark that jumps out at the train as as a number one l number one um sub mechaphobia uh animatronic on a recent list he did and uh yeah that was what put this on my radar and i wanted to come check it out and see the uh the animatronic shark that jumps out at your train a shark train a idea that i didn't know i needed in my life love the shark train been through a lot of shark tunnels but i'm never in a train and yeah the the um the uh the the shark that jumps out at you it just absolutely uh absolutely seals it and actually look at this the shark train shark train's coming right now speak of the devil there is the shark trade but uh yeah this is a really uh this is a really cool aquarium they got some cool exhibits uh some really well done theming and they got a giant white freaking tiger in the middle of the aquarium for some reason uh overall i think this is a real real cool attraction i would definitely recommend it to people in the houston area and if you like these videos uh please subscribe it helps me out and we'll let you know when a new uh video is coming out uh again if you like these videos check out some of the older videos on my channel i've been filming for years i have uh been to all 48 continental united states and filmed roadside attractions amusement parks museums and haunted houses in all of them additional ways to help support the channel consider donating to patreon three dollars or more we'll get you a postcard once a month selling all sorts of wonderful pins in the etsy shop uh all that just helps keep this trade on the tracks the shark train on the tracks this boat on the water and this dirigible in the air until next time this once in the bag

Channel: The Carpetbagger

Views: 31,493

Rating: 4.9393635 out of 5

Keywords: the, carpetbagger, shark train, shark tank, shark, downtown aquarium, aquarium, tiger, restaurant, rays, stingrays, amusement park, theme park, roadside attraction, roadside america

Id: 5gvr-o57-2g

Length: 20min 16sec (1216 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 22 2021