Been here 5 years old and it was great,went today all I tell you is save your money, kids can t touch it took us 30 minutes to finish it,there second building is closed off for renovations,not worth it during this pandemic
The VA Aquarium is awesome! My daughter's favorite thing was being able to touch the stingrays.
Very clean and does an amazing job at enforcing social distancing. The exhibits are clean and well maintained.
Beautiful animals. I had so much fun looking around and seeing all the different exhibits. My favorite parts were touching the stingrays and watching the otters.
We love to visit the harbor seals out front. Its free and my kids love it. They even do training sessions sometimes. The inside is a bit expensive but enjoyable. The aquarium tunnel and shark tank are pretty awesome. We like to go every once in awhile. Coming from chicago area, we just wish they had more.
The prices are very high for the little that they offer
Took out-of-town visitors out on the aquarium's whale watching trip and it was amazing! 10/10, will be back.
As a local who has been going to the aquarium since i was little its still one of my favorite places to go.
Very cool place to visit & take your kids on vacation in Va Beach
Love this aquarium. Only downfall is they don't tell you the nature hike gets you to one building then you need to walk back to the main building.
I it was very good and fun, but the last time I was there there wasn't much there and there doing construction work
I typically really enjoy aquariums but I m not sure this one is worth the $25 it costs for entry. There aren t enough fish, jellyfish, birds, animals in this building to make this worth the price you pay. They need to make this aquarium more interactive and a little more fun (not just for kids, but adults, too)! I likely won t be back here.
Awesome place to bring the family. You feel like you're part of every environment
Not what I expected, small, not very many animals to see as I expected but we had a good time with the kids..but once you have been to the aquarium in Denver, CO nothing else can top that..this far
Not much to do on a rainy day so decided to go to the Aquarium. NOT worth $25 per person, enjoyed the one in Gatlinburg much better. Not a good flow throughout the place, many times it was hard to figure out which way to go next.
Amazing place, a must see when in VA beach. New expansion coming soon. Check it out.
The movie was fascinating the facility wasn't worth it
First time going and i live in Virginia Beach
And i took my 8 yr old daughter and a friend from Delware
He let me know that was the visit was one of the worst aquariums he's visited
We encountered several exhibits that were closed
The sting ray tank was barely monitored correctly 2 boys were pushin the sting rays up against the tank wall smushing them
I informed an employee and they spoke with the 2 boys then walked off .
The boys continued
Several things were broken that may have heightened our experience if they were not broken.
We tried to enjoy what we could see and the gift shop attendant that shift was rude also
I felt we had overall a bad experience and wasted our money .
Love it! Super kid friendly adults well enjoy it too. Reminded me of elementary school when we used to go over field trips there!
Very nice aquarium and science center, if we ever make another trip down to Virginia beach, I would love to bring my son here... There are a lot of interactive and educational stations for the kiddos, awesome layout and beautiful marine life. Only negative is the gift shop was a little exppensive and other customers were rude and didn't know how to say excuse me, other than that I would definitely recommend to anyone and everyone!
I really enjoyed myself here. The atmosphere is really great
Very nice , had a good time , it was at night so it was very quiet , and I got lost a few times !!
This place is huge and amazing the best aquarium I have ever been too
Plenty to do that has enough entertainment for adults and kids alike. Awesome place to learn about our region all the while supporting our state aquarium
My family and I loved the aquarium, it was amazing. If you go to Virginia Beach I recommend you to go to the aquarium. Its affordable and you get to enjoy the beauty of nature's.
Loved the dolphin boat ride with my kids. One has vision issues but ended up tracking the dolphins. Seeing the otters outside was really cool too, especially being free.
$68 for my wife and I and our 8 year old son, which I didn't think was to bad. I love the seals outside, it was nice.
Great place to visit. The nature walk was my favorite. Plenty to do for the happy couple or family.
Eh. In terms of aquariums, this maybe is middle of the road. For being in an area so rich in maritime history and culture, this museum did very little for me.
Many exhibits were coming soon or under construction, although I did get a kick out of the Pardon our bubbles signs. This made the flow of the entire exhibit space very disjointed. They offered a $5 discount because of the missing exhibits; but it was still a letdown.
In terms of actual living creature exhibits, this aquarium is severely lacking compared to the competition. They supplement this with what I refer to as hard exhibits, meaning lots of hands-on sliding bars and light-up buttons that do different things to try and educate you. It all just felt more like a children s museum than an actual aquarium.
Being so close to Baltimore and the National Aquarium, I assume they didn t want to try and go big to compete. But the space for this aquarium more than allows for tons more space. There were so many unnecessarily extensive hallways that were void of much more than the occasion poster that maaaybe provided a tidbit of information. We actually debated on purchasing a membership; boy am I glad we dodged that bullet!
If it s raining and you re bored, come visit! If it s a nice day, I m sorry, but there are so many better things to do in Coastal Virginia than this. And that s coming from a guy that LOVES aquariums.
Love love love! I think I had more fun then the kids lol!
Nice place to go to and the exhibits are pretty cool.
Fun place to visit and the turtles are awesome. Located a few miles from the oceanfront, come here to see sharks, fishes, jellyfish, lizards, and possible dolphins if you take the additional cruise.
Wonderful experience with a lot of learning for the kids.
I personally have not been to the Virginia Aquarium in over 10 years. But I remember having a great time. And after today's visit, it's an absolute shame it took me this long to return. My little one absolutely enjoyed his first time there... to the point that he wanted to swim with the fishes/ducks and interact with everything that he saw. The staff was super friendly and knowledgeable. The facility was clean and well kept. Enjoyed the exhibits inside and the fresh air walking the trails. We left with some pretty cool souvenirs including the new plushie shark now named Zeki Jr. We will be back and it won't take another 10 years to do it!
I always loved this place but today was awful. So many peole. It was overstimulating too noisy and gave us headaches. A 2 hours drive and we stayed 40 min.
Aquarium might not be the best name for here, but it's definitely a cool exhibit, it has a lot of hands on demonstrations about the land features/natural occurrences. Has a walk through bird cage, nice nature walk outside, and quite a few reptile cages. For ocean life it has a a couple different animal feedings and where they have an employee talking about the animals, fairly well knowledgeable staff. There was no sea turtles out when I went which was a pretty big bummer. Altogether not bad for 25 bucks, good for little kids and easy to kill about 3 hours if you really walk through and look at everything, has a decent gift shop at the end and a cafe as well
Family friendly, wheelchair accessible, nice aquarium with plenty to see and keep you occupied for a couple of hours or so.
I had a good time on vacation with the Family. It is kinda expensive but it's worth it for the kids to see all the cool exhibits
Cool exhibits for the kids managed to catch the 330 sting Ray feeding. So cool.
Great experience for my son. Could use more interesting exhibits
Loved the place the staff was on point I wish it was more to see.
Volunteer GRACE B. was amazing and extremely knowledgeable. Terrific young lady and so polite. Thank you for a great day
I love the aquarium. Just wish they weren't so expensive.
Nice aquarium, although a little shorter than expected
It was awesome, was on vacation down there but have family who works here and I enjoyed it alot and also the boat ride was super fun!
Awesome experience... especially sharks and turtles. Even my 1 year old enjoyed a lot. Touching the sting rays was a experience in its own
Went with a group from my son school kids had lots of fun we only had issues with the picture taking they cut some kids out and didn't say anything
Great learning trip and fun. My grandson loved it.
Love the membership and wonderful service during birthday parties
Two hours to explore. Clean facility. Well put together.
Nice grounds and a lot to learn about. I wish there were more large aquatic animals though.
The flow of exhibits was not smooth and the aquarium itself was not as large and attractive as other beach city aquariums (Myrtle, Ft Fisher, etc.) They seemed to focus about 50/50 on live species/informational exhibits. The price was higher than compareable venues. Overall I would not pay to go here again in the future without changes. The Adventure Park (Zipline park) was however impressive from what I saw of it. I would go to do that when the children are older.
Wonderful place to go if the beach is rained out, or even if it is not
Very crowded in the summer. It's poorly laid out, so when there's a large crowd, you'll be waiting to see the exhibits. When it isn't super busy, the exhibits are fun.
Very nice aquarium, friendly staff and volunteers, always clean. I would give a 5 star if I felt the membership was really worth it. Yes you get in for free but that's about it, the events and movies aren't really discounted. The changing exhibit is nice but if you're looking for a membership that's worth it i would recommend the Virginia living museum.
Its a nice place, amble parking space, friendly staff and good variety of species. Tunnel is good, hope it Was bit more length amd more space for fish to swim around. Should have been better if they had clear route map/ indications at places ( some areas there were no markings and its confusing at times. Have enough space for people to walk around, not cramped at all. Its a good place for kids and there are some good informative sections as well.
Great for the kids and lots to see. Be ready to walk
Nice aquarium always a place to visit when down here with the kids
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