We have already visited two of Merlin's Sealife centres at Blackpool and Manchester and thought that both of these were great, but then again we all love anything to do with sea life and never get bored of seeing the same things over and over. Knowing how good the other Sea life have been, we decided to pre book our time slot for the Sea life Centre when doing the London eye with it being in the same area.
Our time slot was fro 5.15pm and we got there at around 5.00pm. There were no queues so we went straight in. Like all other Merlin Sea life centres there are photograph opportunities all the way around. You can skip these and all the staff are extremely pleasant when you say that you don't want your photo taken.
One thing that we did love at the start of the London sealife centre was the glass floor that was above the Shark tank. We thought that this was a great way to start the tour. In the other sea life centres there have been booklets that the children get to collect stamps as they go around. If this was available there we didn't see it, but this time as a treat we did treat Titch to the Ranger Pack at a cost of £4. This kept him busy on the way around and searching for facts. He particularly enjoyed using the magnifying glass to look closer at the animal. For Titch this added to his experience as rather than just walking pass each exhibition he was keen to look closer.
Although it was busy, it was much calmer than our previous trip to Madame Tussauds. The only queue that we encountered was when going through the tunnel.
As with the other Sealife centres, there was plenty to see. Now maybe because of the time we went, we did not see or hear of any talks that normally occur in sea life centres, in actual fact there was not many staff around. This did not ruin the experience as we read all of the information that we wanted too.
Titch enjoys anything interactive so enjoyed playing the Jelly fish game which is something that is not at the other Sealife Centres.
We also enjoyed seeing the penguins, although most were asleep.
In total we spent around 1.5 hours in there which is about the average time we have spent in any Sealife Centre. As Merlin pass holders it is obviously worth going too, but if I was a paying customer I am not sure if it would be worth the money unless we had some sort of discount or deal - which they do for the London Merlin Attractions (5 attractions for £55)
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