Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, FL

The manatee exhibit was closed and the main viewing tank was cloudy and not viewable. There is not much to see or do at Clearwater Marine Aquarium and it is a disappointing experience. They would not refund my admission of $39.95. It was a waste of time.

So fun and interesting! Loved watching the dolphins and learning about their rehab process. The turtles and otters were cute too!

We went to Clearwater Aquarium and always enjoys our visits there. We enjoy visiting the resident animals and good to see they are slowly recovering from the Hurricanes. Always educational and great to see the love they have for the resident animals. We decided to stay for the Aqua Lanterns exhibit and is is fantastic. Looking at them in the daylight does not do them justice when the sun goes down and they are turned on and a added bonus was several of them moved. Food was fantastic as always at the grill

I went with elderly parents. They conveniently provided a wheelchair (first come first served) but the young people who worked there twice made them walk or stand much longer than needed (probably because management tells them to enforce the rules strictly), yelled to each other while they were napping in a quiet corner, etc. Management might want to give workers more discretion/training for serving the disabled public because if you don’t have experience with the elderly you it’s not intuitive. Otherwise a nice excursion, though expensive. The VIP dolphins was up close and personal, really cool even from a wheelchair and made the visit quite special, but it was hard to hear (again, elderly issue) and super pricey. Food was excellent - menu looks like kids fare but the non-fried food was delicious and fresh and cheaper ordered in advance. Two days before Christmas was not a madhouse and we found a couple of quiet outdoor spaces to sit and relax in shade and sun. Signage is not perfect and layout is confusing but you get a good paper map that works ok with the signs. The boat tour we ended up skipping, but just note it’s like 25 people. The boat is covered from the sun.

This place is really worth a visit - it is a number of buildings - a large number of exhibits - a variety of talks during the day - a couple of films and I took a boat trip into the bay - a very good day