Have a mermaid-obsessed kid? Add a day trip to Adventure Aquarium to your bucket list. For a limited time, you and your crew can see “real-life” mermaids dive deep amongst the aquarium’s sharks.
During the Mermaids Underwater Experience, you’ll watch as mermaids dive through the Shark Realm exhibit, home to a collection of sandbar, sand tiger and nurse sharks. You can take selfies with the mermaids in front of a movie-screen-sized window as you take in the 550,000-gallon exhibit.
Above the water, at the Mermaid Beach Club, a mermaid will sit in the Touch Tank surrounded by cow nose and southern stingrays, singing and even blowing kisses.
There’s also an area on dry land where she sits on a clamshell throne. Here, you can take a professional photo in the newly reimagined enchanted grotto.
Every half hour, the aquarium’s Rotunda will brighten up with a mermaid-themed light spectacle.
Kids can collect exclusive cards from each mermaid they meet, with bonus cards available throughout the experience.
Mermaid-themed snacks made specially for this time of year include a Mermaid Fishbowl and Mermaid Treasure Cookies.
The Mermaid Underwater Experience will be open from February 20 to March 15, Friday to Sunday only. Adventure Aquarium is located at 1 Riverside Drive in Camden. The Mermaid Experience is included with admission to the aquarium.
If you are an Adventure Aquarium Gold or Platinum Member, you will receive early access to the Currents Ballroom on Friday, February 20, from 9:30 to 10 am for a themed storytime, and priority access to view the first official Mermaids dive.
You can see the mermaids at Adventure Aquarium on our Instagram page.
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