Visitors are able to walk through four different ecosystems; the tropical forest, Laurentian forest, St Lawrence marine ecosystem and polar world. If you are fascinated by animals then this is the place for you. I would recommend roughly half a day to walk around. When you first walk into the Biodome you may not spot all the animals that you are told to expect, and you may think, well it is nothing special. It is only when you stand and look more closely that you realise that the place is teeming with animals. I was mesmerised by the Golden Lion Tamarin monkeys and the cayman alligators. The cliffside in the St Lawrence section will have you reaching for your umbrella when the seagulls take off - you have been warned!

Children will love the biodome as there is so much they can see and do. They can also ask the rangers (the people in those hats!) that wonder around the dome about the creatures. I guess your experience of the dome will depend on your love of animals and how busy it is.

My ticket cost $24 but that included entrance to the Olympic Tower, botantical garden, insectarium and the dome.

The student admission (including college) was $7, and we entered to find bunches of children everywhere. The whole experience was kind of like a 'Where's Waldo?' book. I don't know about you, but Waldo always frustrated me. There were animals in each separate climate, but you had to search for them among the grass, trees, water, etc. Pictures were allowed, but flash was not, so my pictures did not turn out well (sorry). We did see some beautiful animals - but the Biodome probably doesn't have any more animals than your local zoo does. And you only experience a couple of the climates. The arctic climate is safely boxed in, so visitors do not experience the cold (we were actually looking forward to experiencing it!). And they had penguins but no polar bears, which was also disappointing. Some features were fun, like all of the windows where you could see animals above and below the water line.

Overall, the Biodome brought out the kid in me, but left me a bit disappointed. I can imagine it would be PACKED with people in the summer, since it was crowded in mid-November.