Oregon Coast Aquarium

Pros: Sharks up close! Let them swim around you while you stay dry!
Cons: Cost must be budgeted for families.

Jaws! Seen the movie? Hear the music playing?
Da Dah... Da Dah...

Most people find the sight of sharks a fascinating
and terrifying experience. I'm about to give you
the secret to seeing them up close and...

Pros: Excellent Fun. Lots of stuff to look at.
Cons: Partly outside and Oregon is known for rain so bring your coat.

Wow! We sure had a great time at the Oregon Coast Aquarium yesterday! If you are heading to the Oregon Coast I highly recommend that you spend a couple of hours checking out the aquarium. Sure it's no Sea World but it has a lot of interesting things to...

Pros: lots of interesting exhibits, interactive tide-pools, fun-loving sea otters, sharks!
Cons: none

While traveling down the Oregon Coast, we thought that it would be an exciting experience to go to the Aquarium in Newport. Called the Oregon Coast Aquarium, it is an impressive collection of animals and exhibits of ocean creatures that seek to awe and ...

Pros: moderate price, lots to see/do, fun exhibits, blends with the millieu
Cons: off the beaten path, bring your own food

Doh! I live a mere 46 miles from this major tourist attraction. We're members and we go three or four times a year, and have been doing since it opened in ...... ummmm...93 I think. Keiko (alias Free Willy) has come and gone. Well, better late...

Pros: Sea life!
Cons: Price, limited size, crowded during peak days.

Opening I should preface this review by mentioning that I am a big fan of aquariums and I try to visit them in every place that I visit. That being said, I have tried to temper my thoughts as I am a bit snooty when it comes to these attractions. ...

Pros: Big, lots to see, very relaxed setting
Cons: Prices of stuff and quality of food

Located, just across the bridge from Newport Oregon, the Oregon Coast Aquarium offers you much to see from the ocean, anything you can think of and then some.

Half of the exhibit is indoors and the other is outdoors in a more natural...

Pros: Beautiful aquarium. Wonderful sea lion and shark exhibits. Lots of space for kids to run.
Cons: The shark tunnel can get crowded.

We went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium a couple years ago because we were in Newport. We were looking ...

Pros: tide pools; excellent docents
Cons: fairly remote location

The Oregon Coast Aquarium lost its big star when Keiko (aka Willy) left for Iceland. But visitors who had come for Keiko soon realized that Sea World is the best place to see killer whales anyway. The real attractions of this aquarium are much smaller,...

Pros: Great variety
Cons: Can be a bit cold

The Oregon Coast Aquarium, located near the historic bridge in Newport, Oregon, was made famous over the past several years as the home of Keiko (Willie in the "Free Willie" movies). The tank that Keiko was kept in had large windows to view...

Pros: informative, kid friendly, see the fish!
Cons: long lines.

My husband and I took the four kids on a road trip from Portland to Newport on a hot Sunday in June… We chose to go to the Aquarium because we have a newly set up salt-water aquarium. It gave us some great ideas of what to put in it…
...