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Shark Reef was developed with help from the Vancouver Aquarium. [4] It was built at a cost of $40 million, and was opened on June 20, 2000. [5] Shark Reef received its 1 millionth visitor in May 2001, and had generated $10 million up to that point. [6] It was accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2003. [7]
If you're traveling with little ones, stop by Mandalay Bay for the Santa in the Shipwreck at Shark Reef Aquarium. With each paid admission, children 12 and under receive a complimentary photograph ...
The 1989-era South Pacific Aquarium simulated tropical Pacific environments, and in 2024 it reopened to the public as the Tropical Reef Aquarium. It features coral reef tanks, a lagoon exhibit, a blue hole exhibit, and a touch tank. The lagoon has small fish and eels, while the 250,000-US-gallon (950,000 L) Outer Reef tank has nurse sharks ...
The National Aquarium houses several exhibits including the Upland Tropical Rain Forest, a multiple-story Atlantic Coral Reef, an open-ocean shark tank, and Australia: Wild Extremes, which won the "Best Exhibit" award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2008. [6] The aquarium also has a "4D Immersion Theater."
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On May 26, 2012, SeaWorld San Diego opened a new mega-attraction called Manta, a Mack launched roller coaster featuring two launches LSM of up to 43 miles per hour (69 km/h) accompanied by a bat ray aquarium and shallow touch pool for touching bat rays, white sturgeons, and shovelnose guitarfish. The two-minute, 2,800-foot (850 m) long ride ...
Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere , after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium .
The highlight of the aquarium is a 285,000 U.S. gal (1,080,000 L) shark tank with a 38-foot (12 m)-wide, 9-foot (2.7 m)-high, 8-inch (200 mm)-thick acrylic viewing window. The South Pacific Gallery features seahorses , pipefishes , and colorfully patterned reef fish.