Sea Life Grapevine, Public aquarium in Grapevine, Texas, US.
Sea Life Grapevine is an interactive aquarium inside Grapevine Mills, a mall in Grapevine, Texas. It is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments and holds thousands of aquatic creatures, among them sharks, rays and tropical fish. Visitors can handle animals at interactive touch pools and pass through a 360° ocean tunnel, where the water surrounds them on every side.
Sea Life Grapevine opened at Grapevine Mills, a mall in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, and is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments, the British attractions group behind the Sea Life chain. The aquarium's turtle work is tied to a Sea Life fundraising campaign that paid for a Sea Turtle Rescue and Wildlife Information Centre on the Greek island of Zakynthos, treating turtles injured by pleasure craft or tangled in fishing gear.
Sea Life Grapevine is run by Merlin Entertainments, the company behind the Sea Life network, and its touch pools let visitors handle creatures such as starfish under staff supervision. A Sea Life fundraising campaign paid for a Sea Turtle Rescue and Wildlife Information Centre on Zakynthos, Greece, treating turtles hurt by boat collisions or tangled in fishing gear.
Sea Life Grapevine sits inside Grapevine Mills, the outlet mall at 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway in Grapevine, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Visitors reach it through the mall itself, so plan the walk from the parking areas to the aquarium entrance. The 360° ocean tunnel is a walk-through passage, not a ride, and the touch pools invite hands-on contact with the animals.
The 360° ocean tunnel is a see-through passage, not a walkable surface: visitors walk through it while fish swim overhead and around the glass. The aquarium sits inside Grapevine Mills mall and is run by Merlin Entertainments, the company behind Legoland and Madame Tussauds.
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