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DRAPER — A family headed out for a day of fun at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper and ended up having an experience they won't forget.
Kendra Yates and her family started to worry a maximum occupancy limit would keep them out. Then, they received some good news.
"(A staff member) started counting people, and I thought it was going to be too full and he was going to turn us away. But then he said, 'million, you're the millionth!'" Yates said.
She and her family won a trip for four to Hawaii. They were showered with confetti and leis.
Yates said the family will use the trip to celebrate her son's upcoming high school graduation.
"We've been looking at what to do for vacation … and trying to figure out what we could save up for," Yates said. "This is awesome — much better than saving up for something not nearly as good. This is great."
The aquarium opened its new facility last March.
Contributing: Allison Oligschlaeger
