I went to a place in Newborough Warren in Wales, but it was a very small set up. What is worse, I was in a wheelchair that day having dislocated my knee, so it wasn't much fun. I cannot remember a single thing as being outstanding.

Sea World in San Diego CA is great. We've had a few problems with whales turning on trainers but they are wild animals..what can you expect? The shows are fantastic and the mana ray pool is so lovely- you can actually feed them!

This really wasn't that long ago, less then a year. The trainer was working with a baby Shamu (they are all called Shamu there, it seems) and it jumped on her. Pretty scary- this happened about two months after I took my kids there.

This thread reminds me of a story a couple of years ago about a whale giving birth in an aquarium in front of an audience. That must have been very interesting.

I forget where that happened.

Really?  Wow it would be much interesting, watching fish who will give birth in your own aquarium.  Do whales give birth like humans?

The one that I distinctly remember visiting is the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham. I probably visited when I was about nine or ten. I remember being fascinated, but slightly scared, about walking through the underwater glass tunnel.

I've also visited one in Wales - cannot for the life of me remember the name - and the aquarium at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight.