I was shocked that Miami had such an outdated and neglected seaaquarium. I expected a large, bright, modern facility with state of the art attractions.

This reminded me of a 1980's sea world that had not been updated since the 80's.

Few attractions. Few shows that begin at times different than printed.

Almost $40 a person! I do not recommend.

Miami Seaquarium is fn for a day with the kids. But it's getting a bit old. I know that they're trying to upgradde now and then, and I hope that they succeed. I visit once in a great long while.

So far our worst trip around Miami and an absolute waste of money! Within one hour we walked trough the whole park, talked, took pictures.. within 1 hour for over 40$ per person! This place is a huge children playground - and nothing more. The tanks for the animals are really small (look at the attached picture from the Manatee cage! The could just turn around the whole day in a tank with nothing more than water and there p**p.)
The main attraction, the Orca, is just a show and starts at 1pm, so you are basically forced to stay until 1pm just to see the Orca... we were there at 09:30am and left around 11 after searching in the whole parks for animals we didn't already see.
The Zoo Zurich in Switzerland got way more fishtanks and they are even more beautiful, and thats not even a "special Seaqarium".
Funny was the fact, that the main playground for children is surrounded bi a huge fishtank with the only sharks in it. And it's so easy to jump into the tank for every child - yes I know that these are no "man-eater sharks", but still, they are over 2 meter long and are sharks.

The mangrove exhibition with the crocodiles and turtels was indeed nicely built and designed, but that can not justify the 40$ entrance fee per person.

All in all definitely no recommendation! Take the way to the Seaworld in Orlando FL or San Diego CA.

We just spent a wonderful Christmas in south Florida and thought we would go the the Seaquarium one afternoon for a nice family activity. Our first surprise was the fee to park of $8.00. The second surprise was the $39.99 price for each of the 4 adult tickets we purchased. Once through the gate our experience went downhill. We entered a worn out, tired looking attraction that needs a facelift now! Not only that, the water in several of the tanks looked dirty and was not clear for viewing of the fish. The killer whale show was especially sad because the tank seemed very undersized for this beautiful mammal! We were happy to leave after a less than wonderful experience. We will not return.