Photo TR: Golfie Goes to Pier Milwaukee!

[Golfie]

On my four-day weekend, our family decided to take a visit to the newly-built Pier Milwaukee - the new destination for Discovery World (previously at the Milwaukee Museum). Because the place only opened on September 30, Pier Milwaukee is only 60% completed. This was a bit of a let down, as there was a LOT of dirt and mess inside with construction going on almost everywhere. I brought my handy 5 MegaPixel camera for your enjoyment. Get ready for some SERIOUS scientific-geeky awesome junk. Oh yeah, there are some pictures of fish, too.

Awesome bendable light-up wallpaper stuff. I think it's called "cell-something". Thanks for reading the TR! I hope you enjoyed the tour of the new "Pier Milwaukee".

Here's something to think about - each of those pixels are spaced about 4 cm apart. The size of each one is probably 2mm x 2mm. None of the pixels are grouped together. Cool, huh?

See? Sketches and plans!

"Electric Jungle" wasn't quite finished, so for now they are showcasing possible exhibits. These included organic cars, sketches and plans for the finished "Electric Jungle" and many other things...

Sweet... palm trees - they're metal and polyester. I love it.

EXACTLY what this one does. Except this one is much cooler because it's shiny and has over 100 LED spotlights shining on it.

There was an AMAZING sculpture called the "Double Helix Sculpture"... whatever that is supposed to mean. Remember those plastic spheres that collapse and expand?

What was running through my mind? "Oh dear Lord, PLEASE DO NOT LET ME FALL THROUGH!"

Robb's waterfall made Kathryn VERY happy.

These are Robb's friends.

This breed of fish has a name, but let's just call him "Robb".

Time for the aquarium! I must say, I was REALLY disappointed with the size of the entire thing. The fish inside were only native fish (yay, boring lake bass!), and the aquarium literally took about 2 minutes to walk through.

This thing is a BEAST!

Ever wanted to fulfill your dream of sailing the seven seas? Think again.

Here is the REALLY cool ship! It is literally FLOATING on the second story of the building.

Behind the large atrium is a neat looking "learning deck" which has stadium-style seating and a stage.

Here is an obligatory shot of the construction going on beneath the 100-foot ship on the second story. This multi-level sculpture will feature all of the great lakes and teach about agriculture (from what I remember reading).

Awesome wave-machine thing. One of the few newly-created things for Discovery World.

The day started out VERY gray and ugly, but turned into a great, sunny day. Too bad it stank like crap while outside.

The main hall is created to look like a boardwalk; in fact, slide back the glass walls and it IS a boardwalk!

We arrive! Because we had TWO entertainment book cupons, our family split up in order to use both. Sneaky, eh?