Sealife Reefmaster Mini SL 320

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... Read review

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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... Read review

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

...believe was wheel chair friendly, and there were not really any big distances between the various mini attractions of the Sea Life Centre, which unlike larger zoos and other family attractions I have visited, where family of differing ages, concentration and physical abilities can get quite tired or bored doing the distances, this was not the case with the Sealife Centre. The only problem that I encountered was that my youngest son did not want to go is some of the marine life exhibition pods because they were quite dark, but the aquariums were lit, however with eventual encouragement he did go in and was fascinated by the various sea life creatures which we saw. I especially liked the dark room where the jelly fish were made to look luminous by the lighting affects which made them look like they were floating and glowing in the dark... Read review

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