shedd aquarium: My mom's coming to visit me in a few weeks in Chicago and wants to go to Shedd Aquarium. I was looking at thir Web site online and they have like four different tickets options, which allow you admission into different places. What ticket should I get? Does the basic one only allow you into certain areas? Should we just go for the $23 ticket so that we can get in everywhere? I don't know why this is so confusing! I'd appreciate advice from people who have gone before. Thanks.|||Go for the $23 pass. The $27.50 pass only includes that movie thing and do you want to sit there for an hour with your mother watching a movie? You can do that at home for free (and I don't care if it IS in 4-D, whatever that is). And if you have a Chicago ID, you get a discount on your ticket, which will cut the price down even further. But if you're mother is going to be in town for a while, you might want to think about getting the Chicago City Pass and the Go Chicago Card. YOu can not only see the Aquaruim, but the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium, the Art Institute, etc. Maybe even a bus tour. Yeah, it costs a lot of money, but you get to see a lot more that just some fish.|||Yea just get the 23 dollar tickets. That really isn't that much. It is your mom anyway!|||Just get the $23 ticket. Splurge. I have been their. It was pretty neat but I can't remember what ticket I had.|||If you live in the city or know somebody you can get free passes from the Chicago library, with your library card. They are good for 7 days. You return them after 7 days.|||See the WHOLE museum! The Shedd Aquarium is a bit small, and gets loaded with little kids on field trips that don't have any manners. So for the extra few bucks you pay you'll have more options to avoid the large crowds and get the most out of your trip. You'll want to see all of the recent updates that are included with the all access tickets like Amazon Rising, the Shark Reef in the basement, and the komodo dragon...they also have the dolphin show, the new baby whale, the movies, and the exhibits that have been there forever. The less expensive tickets only get you into the old section which is the big tank in the middle where a diver feeds the fish, and the few sections shooting out to the sides, which are mostly fish native to the US.