SaluteScoutMystic Aquarium Military Discount — Sources and Search Audit
The official U.S. Military Discount page lists free General Admission for active-duty personnel and veterans, and $10 off General Admission for accompanying household members defined as spouse and children. Reserve in advance and present accepted military documentation with the ticket; the official page states no offer-validity dates.
Google results and page bodies checked September 25, 2026. No purchase or eligibility verification was performed.
Google sample and page-reading method
The query was searched September 25, 2026 in the signed-in Chrome at https://www.google.com/search?q=mystic+aquarium+military+discount&hl=en&gl=us&pws=0. The bare first page displayed nine organic result headings. The homepage search-box attempt produced a Google results page for the same query, but the Enter tool call timed out and its full ordered result list was not recorded.
Google Web view with udm=14 displayed ten result headings, but its first five stayed in the same order while positions six through nine changed. Those reordered entries were not substituted into the bare list. The first result at the bare query's start=10 page is recorded separately as supplemental rank 10. AI Overview, People also ask, and the Facebook Answers page labeled Summarized by Meta AI are excluded. No search snippet is used as page-body evidence.
Nine original results and one labeled supplement
| Rank and result | Military-admission percentage | Base and restrictions | Claim route | Offer or event date | Opened-body note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Official U.S. Military Discount page | No percentage; free General Admission and a separate flat $10 household reduction. | Free General Admission for active-duty personnel and veterans; household members (spouse and children) get $10 off General Admission. Dependent ID if unaccompanied. | Reserve tickets in advance; present Military ID, VA card, or DD214 with the ticket at entry. | No offer-validity dates stated. | Opened and read in Chrome. No percentage or savings calculation is inferred. |
| 2. Military.com specific page | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Two direct Chrome opens returned ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR; no result text is used as body evidence. |
| 3. Official Discounts and Promotions page | No amount or percentage in the overview card. | Lists U.S. Military Discount under Current Promotions (Excludes Special Events); detailed base and limits are not shown on this page. | Links to the dedicated U.S. Military Discount page; no checkout or verification path is given in the overview card. | No military-offer dates stated. | Opened and read. The card establishes that a promotion is listed, not the detailed terms. |
| 4. Facebook Answers / Meta AI summary | Excluded. | Excluded. | Excluded. | Excluded. | Opened page is explicitly labeled Summarized by Meta AI; excluded from findings and counts. |
| 5. Official homepage | No military amount or percentage stated. | Links to Discounts & Promotions; no military eligibility or ticket base appears in the opened homepage body. | The homepage says advanced tickets are required generally; it does not state military-specific redemption steps. | No military-offer dates stated. | Opened and read. General homepage ticket language is not extended to the military offer. |
| 6. Tripadvisor user answer | No percentage; the answer says complimentary General Admission. | Names active-duty, veteran, or retired U.S. military personnel; no household limit is stated in the answer. | Says to use a promo code and e-ticket and show Military ID, VA card, or DD214 at entry. | Answer shown as 'over a year ago'; no offer-validity dates stated. | Opened and read. This is a user answer and is not treated as official current policy. |
| 7. This Is Mystic regional deals page | No Aquarium amount or percentage stated. | Under the Aquarium heading it directs readers to the official current-deals page. A military sentence under the separate Mystic Seaport heading is not assigned to the Aquarium. | Points to the official Aquarium discounts page for current deals; no transaction route is given. | No Aquarium offer dates stated. | Opened and read. Nearby-venue terms are not borrowed. |
| 8. Military.com general page | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Two direct Chrome opens returned ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR; no result text is used as body evidence. |
| 9. East Lyme Community Forum post | No percentage; poster claims free admission and a flat $10 household reduction. | Poster names active-duty and veterans; household audience is described without a cap. The author self-identifies as Aquarium Chief of Staff; role not independently verified. | Links to MysticAquarium.org/military for details; the post does not give full redemption steps. | Post dated November 21, 2025; 'year-round' is the poster's wording, not a dated offer period. | Opened and read. The generated post title is excluded; the date and wording come from the post body. |
| 10. MilitaryBridge article (supplemental result) | No percentage; the article reports free General Admission and a flat $10 family reduction. | Names active-duty, veterans, retirees, and household family; third-party article, not current official terms. | Visible article text says to present Military ID, VA card, or DD214 with e-ticket at entry. | Article published May 19, 2023; no offer-validity dates stated. | Supplement: first result at bare query start=10 and also result 10 in web view. Not included in original-result counts because the views reorder results after rank 5. |
Among six readable, target-relevant original result bodies (ranks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9), 0/6 state a military-admission percentage, 3/6 state an admission base and eligibility or limits, 2/6 describe a specific claim route, and 0/6 state a dated offer-validity period. Flat $10 reductions and free admission are not percentages. Post or article publication dates are not counted as offer dates. Rank 4 is excluded as a generated Meta AI summary; ranks 2 and 8 remain Unknown after two opens; rank 10 is supplemental and outside the denominator. Counts are limited to this sample.
Source and date register
| Opened source | What the body states | Date and evidence limit |
|---|---|---|
| Official U.S. Military Discount page | Free General Admission for active-duty personnel and veterans; $10 off General Admission for accompanying household members defined as spouse and children. | Military ID, Veteran's Administration card, or DD214 with ticket at entry; Dependent ID if a household member is unaccompanied. Reserve tickets in advance. No offer-validity dates stated. |
| Official Discounts and Promotions overview | Lists a U.S. Military Discount card under Current Promotions, excluding special events. | The overview card links to detailed terms but gives no amount, eligibility, route, or offer dates. |
| Official homepage | Links to Discounts & Promotions and notes that advance tickets are generally required. | No military-specific amount or eligibility is stated on the homepage. |
| Tripadvisor answer | User answer reports free General Admission for active-duty, veterans, or retirees with a promo code. | Marked 'over a year ago'; answer date is not an offer-validity date. Third-party wording is not substituted for the official page. |
| East Lyme Community Forum post | Poster says active-duty and veterans get free admission and household members get $10 off; describes the offers as year-round. | Posted November 21, 2025. The poster's claimed Aquarium role is not independently verified; the post date is not an official offer date. |
| MilitaryBridge article | Third-party article reports free General Admission for military and $10 off for household family. | Published May 19, 2023; article date does not establish current offer validity. |
| This Is Mystic | Under the Aquarium heading, directs readers to the Aquarium's official page for current deals. | A nearby military-discount sentence is under Mystic Seaport and is not treated as Aquarium policy. |
| Military.com specific page | Unknown after two ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR responses. | No result title or snippet is substituted for the body. |
| Military.com general page | Unknown after two ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR responses. | No result title or snippet is substituted for the body. |
| Facebook Answers page | Excluded because the page identifies the content as summarized by Meta AI. | Generated content is not used as Aquarium policy or counted as a readable original policy page. |
Scope and unresolved wording
The official U.S. Military Discount page is the primary source for the terms shown on the guide. Tripadvisor, the Facebook community post, and MilitaryBridge are reported separately and do not override the official page. The official page does not state a start or end date. The two unreadable Military.com pages remain Unknown; that is a finding about those pages, not a statement that Mystic Aquarium has no other offer.
The single query grouped on the guide is mystic aquarium military discount. No search volume, advertising-competition label, first-page bid, or figure from another aquarium is included.