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Jared Fish Explores a Tank
I must confess that I have had a major change of heart about the Sea Life Aquarium. When I visited a few weeks after opening, I wasn’t really sure if this aquarium was worth the trip. The Sea Life Aquarium is pretty small, and it was very crowded the day of my first visit. My three year old kept running ahead and getting lost in the crowd.
A few weeks ago I returned to the aquarium on a Tuesday. The crowds were gone. They had done some tweaking with the exhibits, and I began to see that the Sea Life Aquarium is perfect for little kids. The tanks are designed so the kids can actually come up inside and have close encounters with the fish. There are plenty of down low peek holes, so no one has to be lifted up to see the tanks.
Enjoy these pictures from our latest Sea Life Aquarium Adventure:
Jared and Friends Explore the Touch Pool
Fascinating Fish, Sea Life Aquarium, Carlsbad, Ca
Another wonderful thing about the is its dedication to marine conservation. They have many special events and celebrations including beach clean ups and the upcoming which takes place on Sunday June 7th. There will be special arts and crafts and a reading of Surf Angel by local children’s author Terry Krazewski. You can also check out the aquarium’s brand new shark exhibit. Get a discount coupon .
Lego Sand Castle Building, Sea Life Aquarium, Carlsbad, Ca
, is Monday June 8th. The Ocean Project encourages ocean lovers to “wear blue” and tell two. This means, wear blue on Monday and tell people two facts that they may not know about the ocean. If you live in California, I have one fact you can share. Many of our state beaches may be closed at the end of the summer due to budget cuts. I will be talking more about this at Family Adventure Guidebooks throughout the summer, but for now you can get more information from the website.
Finally, Family Adventure Guidebooks participates in Delicous Baby’s . Be sure to check it out.
Happy Trails,
Bridget
Tags: California State Beaches, California State Park Foundation, Legoland, Legoland Discount, Sea Life Aquarium, Sea Life Aquarium Discount, World Oceans Day
What a great aquarium for little kids or big kids in that matter. My son will love the Lego Sand castle.
great photos!! and, great minds think alike. we LOVE aquariums. thanks for sharing!
Looks like a fun spot. Sad to hear the news about the state beaches. Hope those aren’t permanent closures.
I love that photo of Jared… looks like he’s the fish!
Hahaha, what a great first picture. It looks like he’s really in there!
This must be aquarium week, so many photo fridays of fish!
That first shot of Jared is great. Captures the visit from the perspective of the fish.
I have a picture of my little guy in the same tank. So cute.
I had mixed feelings about the aquarium when I went too. But we went an hour before closing time, and it wasn’t very crowded.
Thanks for the review. We are planning a trip to Legoland this summer and I wondered about Sea Life. What age group would you say it is geared for?
Amida,
Legoland is great for kids 10 and under. If you are bringing kids of varying ages you might want to download my guidebook to help you strategize what you can see all together, and what activities would be fun for individual age groups.
As for Sea Life, in general I think that preschoolers and young school age kids would have the most fun. If you don’t get to aquariums very often, it might be fun for everyone, but if you regularly enjoy a bigger aquarium you and your family may find it underwhelming. The Scripps aquarium in La Jolla has cheaper admission and is more geared told the older set.
The cool things they do with Legos these days never cease to amaze me
I think the Lego sandcastle looks very cool and fits nicely into the aquarium/beach theme. The touch pool looks well done and accessible too.
it looks cool I’ve never been there , but I think I’ll like it