Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.
Best Kidventure
Aquarium of the Pacific
No parent wants their child sitting around watching brain-melting TV on a day off from school and with a plethora of parks, museums and educational spaces to entertain them, why should they? At Long Beach’s state-of-the art aquarium (which also won Best Tourist Attraction this year), kids can get all the animal-fun amenities of a zoo with all the local relevance of the Pacific Ocean. They can pet sting rays and sea urchins, get up close with ocean beasts and peer into saltwater tanks filled with creatures from the California coast and beyond. Dozens of permanent exhibits plus the new Shark Lagoon and Lorkeet Forest are sure to keep even the most energetic kids occupied through dinnertime.
Aquarium of the Pacific is located at 100 Aquarium Way, (562) 590-3100, aquariumofthepacific.org
Read more:
- Aquarium’s Economic Impact Grows by $15 Million
- IN PICTURES: Sea Fare 2012 Wrap-up
- Long Beach Ballet To Perform At the Aquarium
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