SEA LIFE Minnesota Review

Love this. Been to a few different sea life's. And this one is by far my absolute favorite, the tunnel that you can walk through had be geeking out so bad. I love fish, and anything to do with oceans and water life. I really could have spent all day looking at the life in the tunnels, but my kids where getting antsy! Wishing I lived in the area so I can come back every weekend!

Both kids and adults can enjoy Sea Life Aquarium. They are lots of things to touch including the sting rays. It is also cool to walk right under the sharks.

Very fun and interesting to learn about the sea life!

I agree very over priced for what you get overall. I understand sea creatures need to be fed and employees need to $ in order to work. I know that has costs but they could do better for the prices you pay and what you get overall. We did have a great time though and enjoyed seeing all the wonderful sea animals. Overall very clean and reccomend to others if you dont mind paying to get in.

Amazing! We absolutely loved it. A must see for all vistors to MOA. Reduced admission easily found online!

Sea Life Aquarium is a great place to bring your kids. Seeing their faces when sharks, turtle and sting rays swim over them is unbeatable.

We went this weekend and they had mermaids swimming. Horrible experience would be an understatement. It was way oversold but they just kept selling. You have to go down an escalator and the staff kept sending people down the escalator with no where to go bc it was packed at the bottom! Then the staff at the bottom kept telling the people to keep moving! The kids couldnt stop and look for ling bc we all just got pushed along. There was not enough staff to help, we were told to go 1 way and basically went in a poorly ventilated tunnel, only to end up where we started, and that took about an hour.
To pay those prices, for that kind of experience was frustrating and disappointing. This isnt their first rodeo, they knew what was going on, but like I said, just kept selling those tickets.

Beautiful aquarium. The curved glass can be a little disorienting.

It was nice, it did have aquatic species and it was pleasant.
We went to the aquarium in Denver 3 weeks ago and hands down, that was worth going to again.
Once here was enough.
It is fine if you can't travel but very much a let down in comparison to the Omaha Zoo or the Denver aquarium.

I like seeing cool sea animals and that place has cool sea animals no one has ever seen so they are really cool to give every kid an opportunity to see cool sea animals

I love the atmosphere of this aquarium, from the music to the lighting. I have went on multiple dates here as well as with family Its always a relaxing and beautiful experiance.

We went for the mermaid experience. The tunnels got very congested as people would stop to view the mermaid in the water. I wish they still had the moving walk way as that would solve the issue of people stopping for long periods of time. Everything else was awesome and the kids loved it!

It was an amazing experience! Very beautiful creatures and a very fun touch pond! Thank you for the amazing experience!

Haven't been here in awhile -was so excited to come back with my daughter to pet the stingrays....so disappointed we paid all that money to get down to the stingrays and you cannot touch them anymore. If I could have gotten our money back, I would have. Not worth it otherwise. Pretty expensive to stare at fish. :(

Pretty cool place inside MOA. Buy your tickets online and save $$$. Great place for kids. It's pretty cool walking through a tunnel and having sharks swim over your head. Be prepared for lines and strollers, but definitely worth checking out at least once.

Staff was very helpful. Expect a bit of a traffic in the exhibits.

Behind the scenes was awesome!! I highly recommend it!!!

My husband and I will be back again Very soon, Loved it so much !

I love it, have to go again it's so awesome and beautiful and fun educational at the same time. Great place to go.

Wonderful place to see all types of sea life. When you see a staff member, make sure you ask questions. The staff people are very knowledgeable about the animal's in the exhibits.

great place just wish it was bigger but overall its a wonderful aquarium

The aquarium was amazing. Must visit place in Minneapolis.

We went with my 1 and 3 year old and they enjoyed feeling some of the plants and starfish the also love the stingray pond. The jellyfish room was amazing! The aquarium was kinda short for the price but it was an all day pass so we could go through more than once. It feels as thought there was something new every time you went through!

It was okay. Seemed overpriced for how small it was.

Amazing views of fresh and salt water fish, sharks, rays, and turtles. The new rainforest exhibit is a lot of fun too. The animals seem healthy, respected, and well cared for. It's great for kids and is easily our daughter's favorite place to go in the MOA.

This was a fun time in a field trip. I think it's a bit on the pricy side for the amount of time you spend there

A very beautiful place seems that you are in sea or ocean with dolphins, sharks and more animals of the marine world!

I'm an educator so I get $20 annual pass for each family member 3 years old and above. I've been to Sea World-San Diego and I haven't seen anything that beats the under-water tunnel experience here.

THE BEST. A MUST SEE. Rex was our tour guide for the behind the scenes tour and he was fantastic!

It was fun to see all Sea creatures and feed a stingray

Clean but deceiving. Really neat place but it is extremely overpriced. We were very disappointed because we saw SEVERAL dead seahorses, which ruined our experience. This was very sad to see, I hope that the employees can monitor their animals enough to be sure that nobody else sees something like this. It is also kind of depressing, the aquariums are not very large. I don t believe they release either, let me know if I am incorrect. All in all, though it is a cool attraction it is very sad and somewhat disappointing.

I would suggest going to the Minnesota Zoo for their sea life animals plus all the other animals for one entry fee. You can see the same animals for cheaper. Aquarium at Mall of America is outrageously priced.

5 Stars! Went with a large group of boy scouts. Staff was very hands on, friendly and patient with the kids. Staff was able to teach the children about the animals, how they are feed, quality of the water they life in, and staff that takes care of all the animals.

A very good aquarium with lots of marine life. Worth repeating visits.

Was a fun experience for the kids. I deducted a star though because part of the experience was closed and there was no notice of this prior to purchasing tickets.

Interesting place, especially if you add the behind the scenes tour. Though it's a small aquarium, they do a great job of maximizing the various environments. In addition to the aquarium, there are rain forest, jellyfish, coral, and stingray exhibits.

The best deal is a membership if you're local and plan to go more than once a year. I was visiting from out of town and decided to go just to for something different to do.

Average at best. The under ground tunnel was the highlight, but way over priced!!

Really a cool place to take your little ones, a little over priced for what it is, understand that it cost alot to keep all those fish, sharks and turtles so on... but very fun for little one's

A well done aquarium, with an awesome tunnel. Took our family about 1 or 1 1/2 hours to see the whole thing. 4, not 5 stars for how expensive it is for the time spent there. Comparative cost for the Georgia aquarium, and you can easily spend 4-6 hours there.

Absolutely beautiful aquarium. Every time we go we just love looking at the animals and learning. Their staff are very knowledgeable and they have a strong commitment to environmental sustainability. Highly recommended for families and really for anyone!

This is a great place to take the family for any ages, there's plenty to see and a lot to learn expect the tour the last 30 to 45 minutes

Friendly educated people at both ends of tunnel. Awesome walk throughout the tunnel.

This is a nice aquarium, but it is way too expensive for what it is. If admission was more affordable, this would be a great place to take kids. You definitely don't get your money's worth here. This is especially true if you have a 3 or 4 year old. The last time we went, our daughter blazed through in about 30 minutes. The exhibits are neat, but there's not much here to hold the attention of younger kids. Anyone under the age of 5 should be free.

This aquarium is simply breath-taking! It's huge and has a TON of fish! The best place is the shark tunnel! You can touch creatures in the tide pools and feed shrimp to the rays! You have the option to take a picture with a green screen background, but my husband and I didn't do that. The lighting inside makes you feel like you're under water! They also have a stamp book for the kids to enjoy! The gift shop is small and cute with a lot of typical souvenirs like key chains and stuffed sea creatures! Highly recommend! It is also $5 cheaper if you order tickets online as opposed to at the door!

A beautiful place that gives you a look into aquatic creatures, including a large collection of sharks, sea turtles, stingrays and freshwater fish. You get a surreal experience as you walk through tunnel. I highly recommend.

Liked that they had a touch an feel pool.
Kids lovedit

A little wait but well worth it. A way to spend time when the wife wants to shop. :-)

What a fantastic aquarium! Very cool to be able to walk through the tunnels and see everything swimming around you.

Good exhibit but only takes 20-min. to get through even at a soow pace. o Definitely overpriced for what it is; $26 adult and $17 children. In my opinion the real value is $17 adult and $10 children.

I had higher expectations for this aquarium, but reality fell short. I hoped for creatures & information that was relatively local to the area, but it was just standard ocean creatures (ie- jellyfish, sea stars, rays & sea horses). Good way to pass some time at the mall; the piranhas were cool.

Wonderful experience. Very knowledgeable staff. Were went on a week day mid afternoon and it was not very busy and quiet. The only downside was the lack of refreshments. There was a coffee and soda machine but nothing else for hungry kiddos.

The animal and plant life were so cool to observe and learn about. The guide knew so much about the animals and especially the anemones:)

So. Expensive. It's amazing, and beautiful, but it's way more than what it's worth.

Sea Life is incredible. They have sharks, sea turtles, jellyfish, and so much more. Walking under the fish is amazing and seeing all of the fish swimming around is fun. There's also a cool gift shop at the end. Its definitely a tourist spot I will visit every time I'm in the MOA.

Very nice and definitely worth visiting if you buy a combination package

Very interesting and educational. The kids enjoyed it.

Sea Life was interesting to go through. There were a few coloured frogs that I haven't seen before which were really cool and there were lots of fish. One part there is a walkway going underneath water and you can see sharks on either side or even above you. There were also some jellyfish which were amazing but once you get to the ones in the tubes it's a little bit hard to see.

It was bigger than I expected with a good variety of sea creatures. The ticket allows you to enter and exit multiple times a day which is great because they have feeding shows throughout the day. It takes about an hour to walk through the exhibit so while waiting for the shows you can exit and do some shopping at the mall of America. Well worth the price if admission. If you do plan on going, there is a discount if you buy the tickets online.

This was very impressive loved this aquarium was totally shocked. Will definitely be back.

Sea Life did not meet my expectations. I've seen other aquariums and this one bore me. Overpriced for the experience. The only thing I liked was touching the stingrays.