I finally had a chance to visit the Aquarium this weekend and I was pretty pleased. I didn't know they had sea turtles, and they were fantastic! The jellyfish are so amazing, it would be nice if they had benches in there so you could stay and watch for a while. I do think $19 is a bit much, because it is quite small, but there were plenty of people there, well there are plenty of kids. I was pushed out of the way by a stroller many times.

it is modern and the building is shaped like a whale. IT wasn't the biggest aquarium I have been in, but everything they had was very good. Go outside to the back where you can take stingrays and small sharks. In the big shark pool watch them feeding them from the underwater viewing side where the big sharks and their rows of teeth come right up to you at the glass, yikes! I thought it was a little pricey at $19 for an adult ticket, but hey, I did touch a shark!

With the huge crowds on the road and the high price of gasoline, we decided to spend the Labor Day weekend exploring some local attractions. We hadn't visited the Aquarium of the Pacific in years and were delighted with our visit. We arrived early and there were already numerous visitors, all of whom were engaged in viewing the fish tanks and other areas of interest. Even with the crowds, there was plenty of room to navigate between the exhibits and lots of room to view the movie. We found the staff to be more than friendly and actually excited to share their knowledge when I asked a question, and I asked many questions about the facility and the animals. I was surprised when many staff members greeted me and asked how I was enjoying the day. Amazingly excellent training was evident throughout the aquarium. The layout of the facility shows many areas of the oceanic life in parts of the Pacific Rim. We learned far more than we anticipated and had an extremely enjoyable experience. Admission is priced right. It’s an excellent diversion for a couple of hours and left plenty of time for a leisurely lunch at Parker’s Lighthouse, just across the water. For quality of exhibits, staff friendliness and educational value I rate it a five. It’s not the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and it doesn’t try to be. It’s a unique and valuable asset to the redeveloping Long Beach shoreline area.

I wonder, if the individual from Ohio was at another facility?? the gate cost is $19. The kids are bothersome, but we just worked around them and a nice employee told us to get our hand stamped and return later in the afternoon... But we found this wonderful coffee cafe in the big hall where we just sat and watched the whale movie...which I cannot remember seeing in my high schoold days?? The production is interesting and I learned about the whales. I have never bee to the SI, but the whale there is hugh, and I was told it life size.

Not the employees are just wonderful, they are friendly, courtious and they havve good stories to tell. Just walk upp to one and they will show and tell you so much. I have been to monterey Bay Aquarium and the folks there are just not friendly. In fact it hard to find someone with a red jacket just to ask those questions...

The Aquarium of the Pacific, is very nice. I plan to revisit soon.