Aquarium of the Pacific Review

Fantastic place. I loved all the hands on learning and the abundance of knowledge available to you.

Really cool to see most of the ocean animals. There is alot of animals of the acean really good experience.

A great place to visit. Besides the normal exhibits they have a great bird sanctuary that you can feed birds. We had a blast with the birds. This place is very busy so be ready for crowds. They have food and coffee inside. They also just built a new theatre which has a really cool new show which has a great message about saving the Earth and wildlife. We try to go a couple times a year, it's fun!

I first want to start off saying........how much I enjoyed "Aquarium of the Pacific" despite an incident I encountered which can't be left unacknowledged. Because it was my first time at the aquarium, I was uncertain of which area(s) /sections of the Aquarium included general admissions. To help with my uncertainty, I walked to the information desk for help. For some reason, my general question sparked suspicion from one of the employees working at the " information desk (who was a White male). He walks up to me and asks: Can I see your ticket? Me: Wait, what? as I'm thinking in confusion. I replied: "The woman took my ticket" I wouldn've gotten in without it"? He replies by saying: I just need to see your ticket. Feeling humiliated that he stopped only me while thousands of other people walked about the aquarium, I decided to comply. After confirming with another employee that she did in fact receive my ticket, I never got an apology. This unprofessional employee treated me as if I was a suspect in a murder trial asking me such questions as: Where is your ticket"?, "You didn't print anything off to confirm you paid for your ticket? Who took your ticket? It was just humiliating. I felt I was being interrogated. The 3 star rating is due to that experience with that particular employee NOT the Aquarium itself. I wish I would have gotten his name. The other employees treated me pretty well. Other than that, it was a clean and nice aquarium

Beautiful place just too crowded not alot of space for kids to walk up and see

Great aquarium. The new theater is superb. Must see: otters, penguins, ray touch area and lorikeets! Go feed the lorikeets as soon as it opens bc it is way more fun to get 5 birds landing all over you

Great alternative to being at home during pandemic. Kids able to distract from day to day routine of being home under lockdown.

Gorgeous, clean, amazing. It was very crowded but it was so worth it! I have never seen such amazing displays and breath takingly huge tanks. My sons loved every minute of it. The touch tanks were just the icing on the cake. We will return many times. Perfect for children because of touch tanks and floor to ceiling viewing tanks. Lots of information and lots of variety. We didn't get the chance to visit the restaurant simply because it was a crowded day (spring Break) but we will the next time we go,it smelled delicious!

I love it here! When I was there I saw every single aquatic animal ever, including parrots!

Took the family and the kids had a blast! I recommend this place to everyone! So much variety to see.

Fantastic aquarium with a huge variety of creatures. You can easily spend 2 or 3 hours there even if you only stop at each tank for a cursory glance. However, I do wish they had more tanks where you could touch the creatures. That would've been cool and really made it special.

Wonderful Place to learn more about how to be help our planet and learn more about the creatures who live in the ocean

It was my first time here during COVID. It was a disappointment not worth the $30 for 2 people. They only have the outside portion available. All I wanted to see was an octopus, but they had all those other animals locked up inside. It took us 20 minutes or less to finish everything. LAME!!! Hopefully they re-open the inside soon.

Overpacked, overpriced, too crowded, if you have a toddler and a stroller good luck you won't get anywhere. Rude staff, ordered food and took over 40 minutes to get out food. Don't recommend, it's a typical over rated California tour area.

Nice facilities....the behind the scenes tour was neat!

It was a package tour combining ferry ride in Long beach and visit to the aquarium. The aquarium was well maintained and had varieties of aquatic species . It was educative as well as fun visiting to the aquarium.

We loved feeding the birds and petting the sharks and the manta rays and the horseshoe crabs. Every one is so nice there.

disappoint. Love this place. Today was Saturday and even though it was crazy crowded it was a great afternoon out for my husband and me. Not too expensive and very educational. We even stopped at the gift shop for a toy for one of my nieces. They were having a 50% off sale. Loved it.

I love that it is bigger their is more shows the technology is amazing friendly staff

Definitely not what I had expected. I could have visited an exotic fish store and been more impressed.

Great place! Loved every minute of it. Was amazing seeing the otters, penguins, and the sharks + Ray's!!

The best aquarium I've ever been to! There is so much to see here and many interactive, "hands-on" areas where you can reach out and touch sea creatures. You could easily spend most of the day here. There are many child friendly activities and learning opportunities. They are doing a large expansion and I imagine it will all be even more impressive when they are done with the construction. I highly recommend taking an afternoon to visit the Aquarium of the Pacific.

You see the same tropical fish as you would at the pet store.. Nothing fascinating..

This aquarium is a gem. I was so impressed with the variety of displays, and the interactive nature of so many of them. My kids loved collecting all the stamp imprints in their guidebooks. The lorikeet aviary was delightfully fun. The touch pools were really cool. I was especially impressed with the young people who were volunteering. Mostly high school students, but exceptionally knowledgeable about the sea life. You definitely don't want to miss this if you're near Long Beach.

Beautiful place to visit. Great walking trails. Very pretty to walk along the river and pass by the pond. Kids will love the play ground.

Always a good time at the aquarium. Can get a little busy. Just be patient and enjoy.

This aquarium is ok, parking isn't free and the tickets are pricey. But it is worth 1 visit if you want to see some cool fish. Penguin are cool too. I have been to better aquariums this one ranks about a C+. Monterey Bay is better if you have the time to drive up north.

Cafe here is also very expensive so bring your own food and drinks.

Great to be members and go for a short visit during the week. It can get a bit crowded even on the week days as school's plan their field trips.

Really nice Aquarium with inside and outside sections and touch pools for the kids. Plenty of places outside to chill as well and restaurants near by.
Beautiful aquarium with a beautiful collection. Staff is really nice and eager to have a chat with you. I really love the approach they have concerning the animals.

Once you have been to the aquarium in Atlanta Georgia, its hard to find anything that compares. The place was clean and still a lot of fun

Great setup! The venue isn't huge, but what they do, what they have is top notch. Very hands-on! I loved walking through the shark tank.

Make sure you look up the coupon code before you come here

Really good family place. I love the little fosh that eat of your dead skin. It doesn't hurt it is just ticklish

Great place, a little pricey but you can bundle to get discounted prices at other attractions like the Queen Mary

Awesome at the time it's good Ng thorough outside renovation but it was cool

It was nice being able to visit the Aquarium for free. Always remember to donate to the animals so they can soon hopefully get bigger exhibits and better treatment. It's nice being able to see these deep sea creatures but remember its better if they were all in their natrual homes. Zoos and aquariums arent humane. You wouldnt wanna live in a tank or a cage your whole life right?

Nice aquarium. Spent most of a day to see everything.

Wasn't what I expected. Not many big exhibits. Tailored tords younger children with lots of info and touch pools. Shark exhibit was sad. Would have rather spent the day walking the peir and shops near by.

Great experience! I really must say thank you to two of the Educators there. Kenny, and I believe the other's name is John. These two went way above and beyond in helping a disabled person and his family have a fun educational time. I hope you guys see this and realize how valuable you are to that institution. Thank you!

They have a lot of different sea animals.. and I wasn't expecting a periots cage. Wich was funn

We had so much fun here at the aquarium with my son before we went back to North Carolina Marines

Loved it... I took my family there for the very first Time, Very educational, great displays, so much to learn about Life an how we as beings Treat Mother earth, we need to take care of her better in order to leave something behind for the future generations .. l encourage everyone to get educated on the environment, an this a great place to start.. God bless..

I have visited other aquariums on both coasts and this is the best one.

I've been to a lot of aquariums and this is one of the bests!!!! Lots of touch exhibits which was really cool and so much to see!!

This was a rather fully-featured, clean aquarium, located in foggy Long Beach. Everything from sharks, to horseshoe crabs, to the strange, glowing jellyfish pictured. The exhibits are well done, though they do seem rather small...still pretty incredible though.

I will also note that much of the staff are volunteers, many even college students, and they're more than happy to talk into great detail about the animals they care for. In addition, they have plenty of hands-on activities for adults and kids alike. They really have a lot of passion for what they do, which added a lot to the experience.

I rate this place with 4 stars, as the atrocious admission prices of $30 for adults and $17 for kids was not worth the attractions provided. Cutting even $5 off the adult price would seem more approachable, but I will say that these rare little jelly fish honestly made the trip that much more worth it.

Great learning and touching opportunities for everyone. Great for a 1/2 day excursion. We still had time to go to the beach afterwards.

Great aquarium! Phenomenal biodiversity. Unique petting areas. Sea otters are a cute must see.

Wonderful place for kids & very worth our time/money for the visit. Lots of hands on learning for everyone in the family.

This is a great place to take the family for a great adventure exploring the creatures of the sea upclose with many learning activities that make it fun for the little ones and grown ups!!! I did not try their Cafe; which does not look bad; maybe next time!!!

Loved the Aquarium. From the Seals to the bird exhibits. Knowledge staff and people friendly. Loved the exhibits. All the staff was dressed in Halloween costumes. Great gift store. They're updating the aquarium. There were halloween activities for the children. Children were also dressed for Halloween.

Love going here. You can touch rays, moon jellies, and sharks. Lots to learn about many different animals.

Value place to enjoy exploring sea creatures with the family without breaking the bank. Also Pokemon galore.

This place is great. My family loves coming here to touch ,see and learn about marine animals. Also the lorikets and the moon jellyfish are awesome. After hours we paid like $20 a person and they have added a lot of new exhibits. At this time there was not very many people. You can also buy tours of the bay combo tickets

Wonderful experience. Definitely will be bringing my nieces, they'll love it

Beautiful display of nature. Informative and fun. Great place to bring the kids.

This is a great place to introduce your child to aquatic life. Purchase a family membership and visit 2-3 hours at a time.

It was was cool seeing animals like that up and close.

Lots of delicious fish, molusks, crustaceans, winged creatures and other oceanic animals to gawk at but NOT eat. I can't stress that last part enough, I got kicked out for trying to eat one of the yellowtails. Well worth it.

Great place for kids. Parking was easy too. Have to pay to park

Good place for big groups of kids. Needs more shady spots at the lunch area.

Very good. Small crowds due to C-19. Make reservations and go. You won't be disappointed!