Miami Seaquarium Reviews

Came here for my daughter 8th bday and she loved it! We booked the dolphin encounter & Bre was amazing! I was so impressed on how they educated you on dolphins & there commitment to wildlife! I m from Atlanta so it was kind of small but cool pit stop during a vacation

The poor man's SeaWorld. It is still really good. I like the fish tanks and shows that they have there.

Credit Card by DKB was not accepted :/
Parking costs 10$ but sadly the German Credit Card wasnt accepted neither on the Front Desk nor the ATM. But we got our Money back for parking, because we couldnt go there.
Probably would have been fun though if we would have come in.

Great fun and interesting for old and young. Also a good value.

The staff was wonderful towards my child. My child has a fear of swimming in deep water and they helped her face her fear of drowning while swimming with dolphins.great family atmosphere. I Will definitely come Again

Poor whales and dolphins share a swimming pool with a board down the middle to seperate them. That poor whale and those dolphins are going to get sick. These people are seriously sick in the head. They know that the pool is illeagal to size!! But they dont care and neother do the poeple whk make the rules for these hell holes!

DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLACE!!! Watch the movie Blackfish and educate yourself on keeping orcas and other dolphins captive! Poor Lolita has been in this tiny tank since 1970! Please please please do not give them your money!

Great day trip. We got to see all 4 shows and some of the feedings.

It was worse than my worse expectation. Isnt worth the admission ticket money.

Yeah it's a little beat up. But for kids and for people up north is good for them

Don't bother wasting your money on a ticket to Seaquarium. Worst experience. There is nothing exciting about watching the dolphins/Orcas do tricks for food. I will never take my family there ever again. We had more fun having a more educational experience than watching an Orca or dolphin do tricks in a small pool.

Great place especially for kids. By the way, don't miss the killer whale and dolphin show.

show was nice! But the place looks a lot dated and felt the tanks were not cleaned! Nice place to bring ur kids to show them around but for adults it's mehh!

I have been to the seaquarium many times before.My experience there hasn t been very good nor bad. I did the dolphin odyssey and the sea trek reef encounter. The reef encounter was amazing and I would give it a ten. The dolphin odyssey was great, but the wetsuit was kind of gross and the waiting room was hot and filled with traps. However, the facilities were gross and the tank Lolita the whale was kept in was WAY to small for her. The entrance price was outrageous. 45 dollars for a badly kept aquarium! The worst part was when I was in the children s park I cut my foot with a rusty nail! Thankfully I got cut and not a younger person. The manager was really nice and we got our money back and annual passes. This was a very nice review for the facility they have. If you care about animal rights and good food/facilities , you should maybe just go to another aquarium or join the protesters next to the seaquarium!

This was the first time I have went & let me tell you it was awful. I bought the regular ticket sale & they give you back a annual pass not bad I have 3 lil once s. We got there & parking was $10 no bad. We waited in line for our tickets then entered kids were so excited. To make a long story short everything to eat was closed only one cafe was open and one ice cream shop that s it everything else was closed the kids play area was closed the Bay was closed the walking corse was closed everything I mean what was the point of openeing the aquarium if everything was closed they were just taking people money just to walk around & do nothing. Hopefully next time I go these things would be open because this is out of controll. And on top of that everything you eat or drink is over priced lord have mercy people fix this place.

Which we wouldnt cage wildlife for our entertainment...

Miami Seaquarium still imprisons an orca by the the name of Tokitae aka Lolita, who was captured in the 1970s. Orca are family oriented animals and swim in family pods. Tokitae is alone, in one of the smallest, oldest tanks in the US. Why has the aquarium not released her to the qualified experts and activists that have been demanding her freedom?

Had alot of fun seeing all the shows! They definitely stress environmental issues concerning our oceans which is wonderful and informative for the little ones.
The facilities need updated and also if you re trying to escape the heat, the aquarium is not AC d except for the one cafe.
That would have been nice in the 90 degree weather. Overall it was fun. And the animals there are being rehabilitated or unable to be released so morally, they re doing a great job.

Just been going to see they're manatee rescue program, but all of the animals live in too smal and too old exhibits....

The dolphin, whale and sea lion shows are good. From what I've seen, the animals seem to treated with care and respect. However, the place is small, very small, so not much else to do. There are two HUGE problems with this place. One: the staff, they are overly depressed. The ticket sellers were talking amongst themselves and texting without even acknowledging me. As I went in, every employee I passed, had frowned faces of pure boredom, arms crossed as if just waiting for the day to end. Only the animal trainers and photographers seem to be lively. Two: the food is TERRIBLE, everything is just frozen ready to fry, ugh. Had to go eat elsewhere. Whoever runs this place needs to take a visit to Seaworld in Orlando, and take a lesson on running a business.

This place is very bad, they keep oldest orcan in captivity in the smalest tank ever.

this place is no more than animal abuse, please avoid it and don't take you children ther.

The park is very outdated, old and many areas (like cafe ) are dirty. Some animals ( manatees and turtles) struggle to live in the dirty water conditions .

We love the shows here! They are really great. I have one major problem with them, though. They don't allow strollers in the stadiums, which I understand due to limited walkway space inside the show area, but half of the stroller parking areas are not covered by any shade or canopy. When we got back to the stroller after a fifteen minute show, the stroller was so hot I couldn't push it, let alone my baby and my kids sitting inside the burning fabric. Please build covers for your stroller parking areas! It will make a huge difference to your guests! Thank you!

I take my kids here once a year and this year we was not happy with it at all. The prices have went up and the animals didn't look happy at all. They didn't have the whale show. And to top it off they sold us pictures at the end that wasn't even worth buying. In most of the pictures my oldest son and myself are cut out of the pictures. The one they showed me when they asked me to buy them was really good but the rest of them was horrible. We don't plan on going back here again. Save your money people it's not worth it anymore.

I have been to better not worth the money spent not enough shade the parking was great , cant complain about that staff is rude, not friendly or informative. hey at least i can say i went

This place is worth going to! The shows are amazing and you get to see the animals up close!! Parking cost 10 dollars. Food is sold here and it's actually good.

The family had a great time here on vacation. The shows and exhibits are well thought out with information and entertainment for children and adults. Its a clean park and offers plenty of shade for resting on a hot day.

PLEASE SET THIS POOR WHALE FREE...SHE NEEDS TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HER LIFE WHERE SHE BELONGS....IMAGINE HOW HAPPY YOU WOULD BE IF YOU WERE SET FREE AFTER BEING CAPTURED FOR 35 YEARS....WELL, SHE WOULD JUMP FOR JOY AND PUT ON HER BEST SHOW...NO DOUBT...DO THE RIGHT THING.....SET LOLITA FREE....PLEASE!!

SET HER FREE......EARN 5 STARS IN HER SPLASH AWAY......

I liked going to The killer Whale and Dolphin show but it was really hot outside and I feel like they need go add another and bigger get wet section because it can get really hot out there.

Well planed place. Lots of fun for the kids and adults. Got way wet splashed by the orca. Great shows very entertaining.

Very dirty especially bathrooms but the animals saved it lol

Amazing shows and exhibits. You can tell the animals are really well taken care of. The trainers make the experience far fantastic!

Great place. The dolphin encounter was the best. I didnt have time to everything. But will definatelt be coming back. I would have given a 5 start. But the pictures are horrible at the dolphin encounter and a major RIP off. Pls have a friend or family member go in as an observer and take your me.orable pictures. They are pretty sly about that becuae you would have your back turned towards the people watching. Other then that getting in the water with the dolphins is definitely a bucket list cross off!!!

Been here before, but it looks like Hurrican Irma left its mark. Lots of birds, sound system in Dolphin show was inaudible. Couple of attractions were closed (Shark feeding and sea lion show). Look forward to when things are back up to par.

Don't go here. Smallest tank for an orca in all the US.

It seemed tired needs renovation not many of the restaurants are open when I asked why they said they didn't have enough employees to open. The killer whale exhibit was under renovation and some of the other exhibits seems strange for November seems like they would be doing that stuff in the summertime when it's out of season.

A place to be closed! Dolphin and all the other spices should leave in the sea. They're HOME

Park as a whole is an ok experience.... the animals do not live a great life here they could put more effort into their wellbeing. The bathrooms are few and far between most needing a key from a security guard to open. The Manatee Bay Cafe 2 hrs after opening had 85% of its menu missing from the kitchen and they told me they were not planning on making any more food. They had chicken fingers and salad left. Food was very expensive and was horrible even for fast fried food. Minimal shade on premises as well which makes it unpleasant especially with little children.

Good place, cool staff, absolutely adorable animals!

Extra super expensive and not much to see... Total disappointment.

This place needs to be close soon. The orca lolita has to be free SOON.she has been there since 1970 that is a long time. They need to add more places for kids like the miami zoo. You can visit the aquarium in 3 hrs and you will see everything they have in there. I am sorry for the young people that work there but this place is not worst it. Too expensive to see just a little.

Rundown, unsanitary, & horrible conditions for animals.

OK, but I'm used to Shedd's in Chicago and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Those are in a different league.

What an amazing experience my family and I had. I definitely would recommend this Seaquarium to everyone. It was so much fun. The shows were amazing the price was great. Get the groupon deal. The food and ice cream here isn't to bad. Cheaper then a theme park.

If you ever were in any aquarium in California you will be dissapointed. It's outdated, low maintained, overpriced. If you got nothing to do it's ok but just in that case.

This place is atrosious. The tank for Lolita is heartbreakingly small. It needs repairs, the whole place seems to be falling apart. It's run down, expensive and actually just feels pretty sad. This place is on its last legs. Do us all a favour and close.

Very small, looks old, food is terrible. Shows are ok. The only interesting thing is the big round aquarium.

This was a great experience to take for your kids, it's purpose is to educate the people of the importance of keeping our oceans clean and sea creatures safe. They have 4 shows each 20min long a fun, entertaining way to show kids the importance of reuse and recycling our liters. Though the food price is expensive, I wouldn't mind the food being expensive if it was freshly cooked. If you even come visit Miami, you may want to take a look at Miami Seaquarium, it's right next to the beach and a great place to take kids or even just adults.

Hasn't changed much in years, still beautiful to see all the marine life and other animals.....

Great place to spend a day. Lots of activities and shows to keep everyone enthralled

My overall experience there was pretty good. Except for the first show I went to with the killer whale. They started 30 minutes late from the scheduled time and we decided to leave thinking the show was cancelled. Then it started again 10 minutes after we left. I couldn t understand the intercom speaker making announcements because the music and crowd of kids were very loud. Other than that the rest of the shows were great and on time.

Good place to be with kids. Place to spend a day at most.

Unfortunately, the was damage from the hurricane to a few of the major attractions. So they weren't available for viewing. There was a young dolphin when we were there which was fun to see.

Great Seaquarium .... we did sea trekking, it was really great experience

This place is sad. Hurry up with the renovations. It's been years since I've been here and very little to compel me to come back.

Lolita has lived in this aquarium or tank over 40 year

The shows are boring, the buildings are ugly, the prices are high, and all around a horrible deal. Want a good deal, and see the same things but better? Go to Sea World it's only like four hours away plus it has plenty of fun rides.

It doesn't worth the price..... Not enough thing to see. Maybe if u stay the whole day and see all show (some are nice) but else it doesn't have enough thing to do for the high price it is. If you live in Florida sometime you can have Groupon rebate else you have to take your ticket online for specific days and not the day of purchase else it doesn't worth it

Absolutely a huge disappointment. I was so excited I was finally able to get a Saturday off from work and take my nephew here who has never been to anything like this as I was quite excited since I've never been down near the keys or to this park. To start with the food we spent almost 30 dollars on a salad and a cheese burger, my salad had a piece of chicken the size of the palm of my hand and it was practically jerky the burger was a hockey puck and gross my boyfriend said dollar store burgers were better than those. We didn't want to go back in line and wait on the workers again while they were playing around pretending to steal a girl employees card with a huge line of people. Then in between shows (which were great) we would stop by the stands and they were out of everything after only being open for 2 hours on a Saturday my nephew can't have dairy so the only thing was the frozen bananas from having like 7 options all they had was coconut at multiple stands the kids in front of us wanted the cute cartoon popsicles they had none of them expect for spongebob and the employees are just plain rude everywhere I was so upset that's the people they have working at a child's theme park. I also bought a $26 pair of sunglasses that broke within 10 minutes of having them the guy who sold them even said to me that they weren't worth the money but I couldn't see so I bought then anyways. Drove almost 2 hours to see this place and would have left early in the day but I wasn't there for me but lesson learned no where near worth 100 dollars for 2 people.

Would have gave zero stars. They close at 4:30 not 6pm we arrived at 4:25 and were told we could not enter because they were closed.

Swam with the dolphins! Great experience, and awesome staff!!

If you want to go to an overpriced, dirty place that keeps animals in tanks the size of a NYC studio apartment, then you found the right place.

Friendly and clean but there was a problem with computers so no one could eat or get ice cream. Had to leave early.

I'll never pay to watch sad animals again. poor creatures.

Very disappointed in how this orca is left all alone over 35 years since her orca friend died and never seen another orca since! Put her back to her family who are still there at the place she was taken from when she was 4yrs old! Orcas need each other, she on medication as she going insane! This seaquarium is insane for the animals there!!

Our first and last time.
It's depressing and you wouldn't believe how many of the people working inside are rude. Food courts didn't have all items advertised. The location is scenic, if that's worth an hour + drive but probably not.

The aquarium looked and felt run down and in great need of renovation. Some of the smaller attractions did not have names or detailed messages of what animal we were viewing. For the most part the park was clean and staff was friendly. I couldn t understand why most to all the food services places was closed before 3:30 pm. My overall experience was greatly disappointing.

this place is boring, the dolphin show isnt good, all they do is feed the dolphins and that is it. I guess if you been to Sea World or other aquariums this is worthless.... looks like a ghost town. There isnt anything to do. Worst 60 dlls my husband and I have ever spent.

If i could put a half star or maybe a no star if possible i would. it was really that bad.

Awesome place.. enjoyed a lot.. you must have 4 to 5 hours to enjoy all shows.

Enjoyed the shows, was slightly smaller than I expected. The park was set up great with lots of places to seek shade in the hot July sun.