SEA LIFE Aquarium

It’s a good diversion from visiting Legoland next door.
It’s beautiful! But small.
As part of the annual pass we got for Legoland, we got the annual pass for Sea Life as well.
I would say it’s on par with the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. We toured the whole thing in just over an hour (and we took our time).
The highlights for me:
*The underwater tunnel where you can find sharks, eels and beautiful large & small fishes)
*The interactive panels at each exhibit that were very informative
*The Lego tie in. Giant Lego figures in the water. My son enjoyed looking for them.
The employees were wonderful and very knowledgeable. «A» plus for that.
For a good change of pace from Legoland, it’s a relaxing adventure. Enjoy =)

Nice, smaller aquarium. Takes about 1 – 2 hours to see everything, depending on how interested you are. They have a variety of fish, sting rays, jellyfish, sea horses, sharks and a touch pool. They also have a Lego building station and a movie to watch. At the end of the aquarium is a decent snack bar. It’s a great aquarium for a half day adventure with your kids.

We had hopper tickets and wanted to enjoy the aquarium.
Some friends of ours told us that it only takes 1 hour to enjoy this place. So we left Legoland and came here 1 hour before closing time.
I was surprised how small this aquarium is!
Compared to other aquariums, the sealife legoland aquarium is very small. We were done in 35 minutes!
You do of course enjoy the Lego figures inside the water tanks. They had some cool fish, like sharks and what not.
The kids enjoyed it.

Toooooo stuffy! Tooo narrow. Good thing we went during winter. The person we were walking behind was sweating fr probably walking around legoland area, big guy. The aquarium had narrow path, it was crowded… n ugh! Jus the thought of it…
Lemme warn all fellow claustrophobic beings. Please please do not go in.
It had low ceiling, narrow path, dark, poor ventilation, high humidity, hard to find exit, especially when your claustrophobia kicks in. I couldn’t find my way out n I was literally pissed off n had difficulty breathing.
Bottom line, disappointing n bad experience. Even if I wasn’t a claustrophobic, I would still give the same review.
not worth the price.
If you haven’t tried, I encourage you to try at least once. Everyone has to experience what life offers. This review is based on my experience, make your own n enjoy.

After Legoland, this place was a dream come true. Taking a «vacation» at an amusement park is a total misnomer. We had spent 2 days at Legoland before our Sea Life visit, and we needed some calming mental stimulation. Our family loves animals so visiting the aquarium wasn’t exhausting.
Since Legoland was closed (tues/​wed), there were no lines, crowds or parking problems. In fact, there was no charge to park at all. The aquarium was big enough for a leisurely 4-​hour activity. And around every corner, there were still Legos! My son really enjoyed the feedings and petting the lizard at the reptile talk. It was really nice not having to rush him through the exhibits. It’s easy to spend at least 20 mins at each exhibit, soaking in the creatures, or waiting for the Sharks or rays to swim by. The interactive displays held my son’s attention through the path, and I appreciated that the structure of the maze was easy to maneuver though.
I love ocean life, so I enjoyed the rock pool display the most. I really appreciate any opportunity to touch a chubby sea star, a cute slimy sea cucumber and other sea creatures without a snorkel, tank or plane ticket. In the same area, there was a make your own Jelly Fish activity, and Lego bricks to add to a castle display that the boys loved. Near the art table, we saw shark eggs for the 1^st time!
The movie theatre played a great underwater Lego movie that we all watched to the end. It was a bummer that they didn’t sell it at the gift shop.
The staff were terrific and took the time to explain things to all the children. We all learned a lot from the visit, and I’m grateful that Lego supports the aquatic community.

Visited the Sea Life Aquarium for the first time with my kids and husband after visiting LEGOLAND Park. It took us less than 15 minutes to see the whole aquarium. It’s definitely smaller than I expected. They did have some cool fish and cool features like walk through tank with the sharks.
My kids enjoyed seeing the lego figures in the tanks and thought it was the coolest thing ever. There’s a gift shop and a restaurant that families can enjoy. The sitting area on the balcony overlooks the ocean and definitely a nice place to watch the sunset.
I would visit again if I make a trip to LEGOLAND park but I will not visit the aquarium by itself as it is not worth the drive time or the money.

I just loved this aquarium. I know it’s smaller than the one in Long Beach, but it’s so cute. Sure it’s not so educational and there aren’t as many enrichment opportunities, but it’s fun! And you come to Legoland for fun after all.
The slide was one of my favorite exhibits actually. Don’t judge. I loved watching all the kids just light up as they saw it and then the excitement as they went down, mine was no different. I think he was expecting a boring aquarium and having that slide there towards the start was a nice touch.
Some of the fish tanks were lit up so well that they almost looked fake at first glance. Everything was so colorful and gorgeous. I always enjoy seeing the seahorses. I just want to hug them, they’re so small and precious. I just love the way they flit about, to and fro.
I’m not even sure about price for just the aquarium. I’ve always had it included in the tickets for Legoland. This was actually the first time we visited the aquarium though. These tickets were generously given to us by Merlin’s Magic Wand Foundation and the San Diego Autism Society. Parking was super easy on the day we came and it was a Sunday. Bonus: since we were with the Autism Society, we received free parking :).

The only reason why my bf and I came here was because we came to Legoland late and didn’t want to waste a visit. It wasn’t like we were going to pay $ 85 for 2 hours so we opt for $ 20 to go to Sea Life.
The place was a little smaller than I expected. There were small tanks with few fishes in the tanks. I liked how they asked questions for kids and made the answers interactive by lifting up a panel and everything.
I was expecting more Lego creations in the aquarium but nope. Also some of the windows are looking at the same large tank but in a different angle which wasn’t impressive. Plus there wasn’t as much marine life going on.
Also it was sad that they don’t have a large Lego store for the aquarium which was sad.
I would not recommend coming here at all.

This is one of the most awesome aquariums I have been to around here, especially with kids. Very kid friendly.
—If you like to quickly get the points and not spend hours reading, see the quick points at the end.—
My daughter preferred it much more than the Long Beach Aquarium.
They had some interesting viewing setups. Little bubbles, port holes and other ways that were not the same as other aquariums I have been to.
It’s sort of a maze that traps you from start to end, so you can’t exit in the middle of it.
1) You start with a video, which you have to wait for before the inner doors open.
2) You get dropped into a slide area «Gold rush river» that has a few fish displays, so the kids can already start getting excited that they are at a fun place
3) You are taken through «San Fransisco Harbor» and «California Coast» that seems to have mostly close to shore creatures, and an octopus. «San Fransisco Harbor» has a little «Boat» with a *viewing bubble* for kids to feel they are underwater.
4) Then the Jellyfish exhibit. This looks really cool and is great for kids, but it is not as complete as the Long Beach Aquarium. Most of it is very small Jellyfish in a cool looking room with cool looking tubes.
5) Then you enter a room that has a 360 degree of schooling fish swimming around and around
6) Pass by a theater that shows a undersea adventure lego movie, or you could enter and watch it if you *REALLY* want to or have to bribe your kids for some reason.
7) |||Sea Creature Petting Zoo||| and lego play area kid trap. Go to an aquarium and play with legos… Hey why not.
Anyways my Daughter really liked this one, the petting zoo that is. She ignored the legos, so we didn’t get trapped there for who knows how long.
8) Make it to «Sea Life Lab» An area with cool fish that I don’t remember so didn’t stand out. However the VIEWING method did. They had it in a globe that stuck out that the fish swam into that made the viewing very enjoyable.
9,10) One of the best parts, «The Lost City of Atlantis».
Awesome viewing tube and my daughter loved the floor viewing port holes. She crawled in and just did not want to get out.
There are many different view sections to this tank. The viewing tub, 180 degree+ viewing rooms. A sitting area the «Shipwreck» and upstairs an upper window that has a great views of sharks and rays they swim right next to it. The shipwreck area has some cool camouflage fish.
11) Then you go upstairs, either manually or in the deathly slow elevator to «Surf Break». There is a little display that simulates waves and has close to shore fish.
THIS is where the upper view of the Atlantis tank is with great views of sharks and rays they swim –right next to it– so you can almost touch it if glass weren’t there. That is something you shouldn’t miss.
12) Ray pool with lots of rays swimming in it. This has an (Not live creature) exhibit in the back that is easy to miss but interesting. It’s an interactive touch exhibit for kids to see how different sea life feels like
13) Sea horses, a good view and many exhibits of them.
13.5) Then enter into another fish area with pictures, and ANOTHER VIEWING BUBBLE for kids.
— — –Enter into a café, prices through the roof of course — — — —
14) A touch pool that we missed unfortunately, so can’t comment on it. Wish I would have not missed it because my daughter likes those types of things.
— — — — — — — — –Quick points
Key:
+ Positive
* Information/​Neutral
— Negative
+ Multiple views of large tank with sharks, rays and other sea creatures including a viewing tube
+ Crawl holes so the kids can feel they have their own cozy viewing spot
+ 2 bubble viewers so the kids can feel like they are underwater with the fishes
+ Slide
+ Sea creature petting zoo
+ A display of schooling fish, that goes 360 around
+ Jellyfish, although not as varied or large as the display in Long Beach Aquarium
+ A ray pond
+ Many interactive items for kids throughout the whole thing
+ Varied shore life and sea creatures in different types of viewing apparatuses
+ They have feeding times posted, if you want to see anything get fed
* Can be short. We were there for about 2 – 2.5 hours but it can be done in much less depending on what you interact with and how long you look at things.
— They trap you. The design says «Don’t leave, go through everything first». No shortcuts. No quick exit. Go through EVERYTHING. Then, if you want back in GO THROUGH EVERYTHING to get to where you were. Might be best to –NOT– plan on going back to your car or getting out until you are done completely.

Loved this aquarium for my 2-​year old toddler. Everything is displayed and arranged with kids in mind. They can see into the aquariums easily and there are lego’s to play with and a slide structure at the beginning when you enter. It is the right size for a toddler… not too short and not too long. Everything looked clean and I loved that the kids could watch a diver clean the aquarium from the inside. It beats driving down to the La Jolla for an aquarium not geared to kids. Super fun morning… we’ll be back.

This aquarium is no Seawold but a very nice add on to Legoland CA. The kids love going through and since Legoland is closed during the winter on Tuesdays and Wednesday sometimes this is a nice quiet after school activity on it’s own.
The shark tank is a family favorite.
The interactive trivia game is a fun way to get the kids to learn a little something.
As an annual passholder its a really nice value add but I probably wouldn’t pay the entrance fee for a stand alone trip.

Visited September 2015: «An extension of Legoland on the 5 – 1 pass»
We received some information about the aquarium and my son got an interactive trivia game to complete for a sticker at the end of the tour. We had to watch a 90 second video before the doors would open up to the aquarium. It was 2 stories, and there was a ton of tanks to look at. There were jellyfish, seahorses, fish, sea cucumbers, starks, stingrays, and an area where you could touch a starfish. It took us about an hour to complete the aquarium.

I think some of these reviewers have been knocked in the head.
This aquarium is not «in the heart of Legoland.» It’s a building beside the park. It is small and claustrophobic. There are a LOT of jellyfish displays. Don’t get me wrong, jellyfish are cool. Some of them glow. Cool.
We saw a few sharks. But my 10year old blew through that maze of fish in 15 minutes. I’m so glad the tickets were free.
If you’ve ever been to SeaWorld, you would have a serious problem agreeing with the Unilocaler who said this was the best aquarium in San Diego. It’s not. It’s out of place, an aquarium in the middle of a Lego park.

The best single Aquarium in San Diego.
If you can swing it time wise, this is a great hour long attraction for the family during your day at LEGOLAND. Exhibits are clean, educational, interactive, and memorable. One other great thing about this attraction is the Ocean Journey Café at the exit of the aquarium, which is my personal favorite food restaurant at the park. Diverse selection of food and snacks. Note — You don’t have to actually go to the Aquarium to eat at the café.
— You have to watch a brief video before entry into the actual aquarium. This is for crowd control reasons. Not a big deal.
— Don’t be fooled into believing that the Scripps Aquarium is better than this SEALIFE aquarium. It’s not.
— SeaWorld has the best complete set of aquariums in San Diego

Huge KUDOS to the Legoland people who created this entire experience in the heart of there Legoland city to add the Sea Life Aquarium. I honestly think my son put this huge on his list of favorite sites to see. This was a lot like the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, but with a Lego twist of course. So many different fish to see, not too crowded and lots of Legos featured in underwater themes so as a scuba diver, caves and submarines.
It never ceased to amaze me just how many Legos I saw built into life like structures at all three parks. I kept wondering to myself why none of these structures had accreditation to the people who built them? Some of the items I know must have had at least 10 million pieces. Here at Sea Life there was plenty of educational information, sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, sea horses and many many other saltwater fish you don’t see everyday. My son was in heaven getting to see all of it. In the underwater tunnel there was also little cubby holes for toddlers to see all the fish — very cool! I didn’t even notice it was there. If you’re planning on a trip to Legoland get the passes that allow you to see all three park attractions as this was a huge highlight of our trip.

What a perfect compliment to the Legoland experience for young kids. I cannot imagine making this a standalone place to visit but in conjunction with Legoland it’s a great way to start or end your day at the park. Legoland bundled this with a discounted ticket I had purchased in advance with a special code.
They queue up small groups to pace those walking through this somewhat small but still captivating exhibit to keep the place from getting overcrowded. There is just enough to do and see and much like the Legoland park they offer interactive activities. Again, nothing to warrant a separate visit but well worth checking it out when you are spending a day at LL. Colorful, beautiful and more than enough wonderment bottled in a compact and very and unassuming environment.
Manta Ray
Moon Jellyfish
Lego Subs
Coral reef
Reef shark
a horse of course
I would absolutely return with my daughter, she loved it !

This aquarium is pretty small but it has a ton of sea life to look at! From the endless moon jellies, to the exotic fish, sting rays, and a section dedicated to the cutest seahorses! Me and my son were very lucky to have visited this place.
It’s a very dark setting and feels like you’re walking through a tunnel but each area you pass will have your child screaming for more and banging on the windows literally! So parents please prevent your child from scaring away the poor fish! I seen this happen.
There were lots of colorful, exotic, and beautiful fish I had never seen before. Especially the one that looks like a pineapple (see my pic), come to find out it’s a longhorn cowfish.
We arrived just in time to see the seahorse feeding, which takes place at 3pm. My son loves seahorses and so do I so this was pretty cool to see! There’s quite a variety of them to look at in 4 – 5 tanks from what I recall. I can stare at them for days!
They also have a huge aquarium that holds several types of sharks, huge grouper fish, sting rays, octopus, eels, and much much more!
Check this place out if you’re curious about it.

We went to legoland with a «buy one get one ticket free» but required us to purchase a «combo.»
It was a gloomy and pity rain kind of day so we opted for sea life than the water park. It came to about $ 60/​person for both.
It’s definitely not worth coming if its full price because it’s tiny and not enough «sea life» to be able to spend hours in.
If you’re trying to «exclusively» visit here, find a different aquarium or even the san diego zoo would be a better choice than here.

This is a very welcomed break from all the other attractions in Legoland. 90% of it is indoors and the outdoor part is shaded. It takes about 45 minutes to get through. It’s interactive for the kids and gives the parents a place to regroup! HA!
I wouldn’t come here specifically for the aquarium, but it’s a nice add-​on.
The best part… you can exit Legoland from Sea Life Aquarium. Very easy way to avoid the «I don’t want to leave!» meltdowns.

I am not a fan of a lot of amusement parks in general, the long lines, the crowds, the overpriced, greasy food. However, I’d do it all again for my kids, because they enjoy it. To me, it’s a migraine waiting to happen.
HOWEVER, Legoland isn’t so bad to add this aquarium! Very smart! You wait for the doors to open and you walk through this dark tunnel with glass windows all around for you to see all the sea life. It was actually peaceful and you can go at your own pace. My favorite was the jelly fish, obviously!
There’s even a tide pool for the kids to enjoy and touch some sea animals. I also love how big this aquarium is compared to the other ones around San Diego.
Bathrooms were a little difficult to get to, especially when you have young kids who can’t hold their bladders.
Upstairs are the bathrooms and small vendors and restaurants for you to enjoy. The next time we go to Legoland, we’re spending a bit more time here, for mommy’s sake.