Best Aquarium Around - Sealife

Advantages: easily accessible, no queuing, plenty to see
Disadvantages: bit pricey

...After a poor experience at the Blue Planet Aquarium early last year, when my new fella suggested to take me to the Birmingham Sealife Centre on our first date I agreed politely because it was nice to see someone actually trying to make an effort and do something a little bit different for a change instead of the old ..let's go for a beer!! The Birmingham National Sealife Centre has been open since 1996 and as we all know there are many of these across the country and also across Europe too, although I had never actually been to one until now. The Sealife Centre itself was first established in 1979 and opened its doors to the first aquarium in Scotland. At that particular time they open had the like of tropical fish, however of the years, the company has seen improvements and new additions to the various sealife centres. To me this...

blondgem 20.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of The National Sealife Centre

The Sealife Centre Not Much Else

Advantages: If you love sealife then you will probably like this
Disadvantages: Once you have seen it you have seen it all.

...The sealife centre Blackpool is one of our favourite places to go with our daughter Lauretta who is now 8 months old. She loves looking at the fish and taps her fingers on the glass trying to catch a fish then stares in amazement when she realises she can't. We used to take Lauretta when she was just a few months old and she didn't really get a lot out of it. Now however her little facial expressions are worth it. It costs a lot of money if you haven't got a pass so you could not go all the time. We are very fortunate that we got a pass by saving up Evening Gazette tokens and then going down to pay £2.00 per adult whilst the offer was on. We have used the pass several times and it lets us in as many times as we want to go for free. This pass lasts a year and then we have to renew it. We love the Sealife Centre, but there isn...

Mickie26 05.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Blackpool Sealife Centre

Weymouth Sealife Centre - Tranquil Day Out

Advantages: Relaxing, nicely located, fun, educational
Disadvantages: a bit pricey unless you book online

...I can really recommend a day out at Weymouth Sealife Centre, because I felt that it was a fun, educational, and a tranquil family day out, and thought the place was worthy of a really good review on CIAO. Tranquility is something which is rare to find on many family days out, which is why I also thought Weymouth Sea Life Centre deserved a special mention. If you combine visiting this attraction with a good cheap nights rest at the Premier Inn ((http://www.premierinn.co.uk/). the night before, and then a leisurly breakfast at the Brewers Fayre (Lodmor Inn nextdoor to Premier Inn and two minutes walk from Sea Life Centre), you should hopefully be in the right frame of mind for getting the best from this attraction. All the walking between the Travel Lodge, the Lodmoor Inn, and around the Sea Life centre was on the flat and I...

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Birmingham National Sealife Centre

Advantages: Interesting, factual and a great one for the kids!
Disadvantages: None in particular

...Having been to the Sealife Centre a couple of times when I was younger and living at home, I found this to be an extremely interesting attraction. Now I have my own 7 month old daughter, I decided to take her to the centre at Birmingham when we were visiting family for a week. The price was very reasonable, £14.95 per adult and free for our little one as she is under 3. We wondered round for a good 2.5 hours, looking at a number of different fish, all in tanks with bright colours. It is very well designed to keep the attention of young children, even as young as 7 months. There is a feely pool for children who are able to get close to the creatures, including sea anemones and crabs. There is also a seahorse breeding facility at this particular centre, which provides and interesting look at these sea creatures. You can also see giant...

halawin123 07.02.2008 (06.02.2008) · Read review
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Review of The National Sealife Centre

See life at the SEALIFE centre!

Advantages: 2 for 1 offers on a lot
Disadvantages: parking quite high to pay if only staying a morning or afternoon

...could choose from. Prices were pretty reasonable too. The Sealife centre is not near the shops at Scarborough so you'd either need to take your own food and eat it outside or use the cafe. There was a small hut near the icecream cabin, where you could sit and eat too. The toilets (downstairs near reception) had pictures of otters, seals, etc on them and were extremely clean. I thought the pictures idea was brilliant in the ladies, but don't know what pictures were in the mens. I was also impressed that there seemed to be wheelchair routes around the centre. For wheelchair users to get to the cafe just go out of the sea life area into the shop and ask for assistance to use the stair lift. Werewolf Summary: great day out for all the family...

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Review of Scarborough Sea Life Centre, North Yorkshire

Fishy Fishy Fishy!!

Advantages: A great way to spend a few hours, not just for kids!
Disadvantages: Possibly slightly overpriced

...I went on a camping trip to Weymouth with a few university mates last week. While they were dawdling around the site one day, I decided to head for the SeaLife Park by myself, and am very glad I did so. ~ - ~ Location and contact details ~ - ~ Lodmoor Country Park Weymouth Dorset DT4 7SX Tel: 01305 761070 The park is open 10am til 5pm, winter season times may vary. ~ - ~ Getting there ~ - ~ I got the bus to the SeaLife Park. There is a convenient bus stop right outside the door, so that's very handy if, like me, you didn't have a car with you. I got the number 4 'First' bus that runs every 20minutes (between the seafront and the Haven site I was staying on) but I believe there were a couple of other buses to and from the same stop. From what I've seen, the Weymouth bus service is very reliable. From several miles...

liz1102 23.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Weymouth Sealife Centre

  Finding Nemo!!!. . . Well he is there somewhere!

Advantages: Great day out - Kids love it - Finding Nemo
Disadvantages: spending loads in the teddy machines and not winning a sausage - hmph

...Holidaying in Weymouth for a fair few years of my life has always led us to encounter the wonderful World of the Creatures from the Deep Blue Sea. Well okay.................In other words a day trip out to the Weymouth Sealife Centre or better known today as Weymouth - Sealife Park and Marine Sanctuary. Seeing as our last visit was in July last year, I felt it was only right for me to share with you all what a Wonderful family day out we shared (well something long those lines anyways) We had already planned to visit before we took our Holiday, as our last visit was two years prior to this. The kids were now 2 and 3 (well just over) so we thought it would Perfect and seeing as they were both really into Nemo around that time what better excuse did we have not to. -*-*- So What can you tell me about the Sealife Centre-*-*- Well...

Surveyaholic 06.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Weymouth Sealife Centre

Sea the world a different way

Advantages: A lot of variety of sea creatures to look at
Disadvantages: A little pricey and can get very busy

...especially if there's a few going. Make sure you book in advance to skip the queue particuarly if you plan to visit on a bank holiday like i did as it was very busy and the queue was very long. Opening times from 10am daily til 4pm (mon-fri) and 5pm (weekends and holidays) Booking line 0871 423 2110 You can also book tickets online at www.sealife.co.uk There are other Sea Life Centres based around the UK and Europe in the following locations Loch Lomond Scarborough Blackpool Bray (in Ireland) Great Yarmouth Brighton Weymouth New for 2008, Sea Life Centre at Chessington World of Adventures Theme Park Helsinki, Finland Paris, France Gardaland theme park in Italy Benalmedena, Spain Blakenberge, Begium Scheveningen, Netherlands Konstanz, Germany Munich, Germany Speyer, Germany Konigswinter, Germany Oberhausen...

stephy666 31.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of The National Sealife Centre

Im looking at fish again!

Advantages: Fun if you like fish
Disadvantages: If you dont like fish!

...So you've gone to Blackpool and due to the rain and or strong winds both the top of the tower and the fun (ie high and fast) stuff at the Pleasure Beach are closed. So what else is there to do except glare angrily at the sea as it tries to soak you more than the rain is already doing (which given the wind speeds could actually just be the sea anyway, its coming at you horizontally and tastes suspiciously salty). Well there are the tacky arcades and the numerous bars along the Golden Mile and Promenade but my choice would be the Sealife Centre, although you probably knew that already as thats what im reviewing! OK the entry to the sealife centre looks like a giant statue of either Titan or Posiedon (choose your favourite seagod, I'm not going to force you either way), and well unless the wind is too strong you'll hear the sounds...

scuba_angel 25.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Blackpool Sealife Centre

Have a whale of a time (but just don't expect to see any whales!)

Advantages: Good place to visit if you live nearby or are visiting Southend, interesting species and exhibits
Disadvantages: Generally smaller and not as good as many other aquariums, have to pay extra for play area

...Sealife Adventure is located in Southend, Essex. It is right along the seafront and has it's own carpark. It is a pay and display carpark but you can also use it to go elsewhere. There is a nearby fun park called 'Adventure Island' which has a number of rides and attractions (I've written a review of it if you wanted to know more!). Getting to Sealife Adventure is really easy. Just follow the A13 to reach Southend, once you are there follow the signs to the seafront. There are 2 train stations in Southend, both in walking distance to Sealife Adventure. It is nearby a building called The Kursaal and is hard to miss - just look for the big, blue building. Admission prices are £6.75 per adult, £5.00 per child (4-12 years) and £5.50 per senior citizen. They also do family tickets of 2 adults and 2 children for £21.00 or 2 adults...

karalouk 24.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sea-Life Adventure, Southend-on-Sea