Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

We always visit here once a year. To me this isn’t somewhere to come all the time but a visit once a year is nice. From the outside it looks a lot bigger then it is when your in there.
They have multiple rooms and each one has fun animals and things to look at and do for kids. One of my favorites always is the penguins. They have a great big display of them where you can see them walking around or actually swimming. I always spend most time there.
It’s a bit pricey in my opinion maybe because I compare it to the zoo. Same price about $ 15 but I feel like your not there as long and less to do and see. They are one of the only giant aquariums around though so I guess that’s why there price might be higher.
Good to visit once and awhile but I would never get a season pass or anything like that.

I wouldn’t recommend this place for a field trip. They were so disorganized and unclear about prices, arrival times, accommodations, etc. They have large banquet rooms, but won’t allow children to eat their lunches there. So they sent us to a park in December. I accompanied my child on a field trip, and it was not a good experience for any of the kids. It was $ 5.00 per child, but we couldn’t even stay long because they got us in late, and the kids need to eat, so we had to leave. NOT FOR FIELD TRIPS.

Had a great time here! Brought my little siblings for my birthday and we all had a great time! I’ve been to the Monterey aquarium, so I honestly wasn’t really expecting too much from this location. But I was surprised how awesome this place was. The place was packed, but the line didn’t take long to purchase our tickets. I thought the prices were reasonable, $ 100 for 7 of us. My favorite was the South America exhibit. There is a cool Utah exhibit and the kids’ favorite was the Penguins and the sharks. The 5 year old wanted to go back again the next day, not happening. But for sure will recommend as a fun kids activity, and will try and come back another time.

Out of town visitors: We came here on a Tuesday and arrived right when it opened at 10am. 10 minutes later, the field-​trip crowds descended and it was so packed with screaming kids that we ended up leaving shortly thereafter because it was too hard to navigate the exhibits.
My toddler enjoyed the rope bridge and the jellyfish room.

For an aquarium in a land-​locked state, it’s pretty awesome. The penguins are adorable, and we even got to see the babies last year in that small window of time when they still looked like babies. We love to see the river otters and the sharks and sea turtles. For any family with kids, we think the memberships are worth it just for the indoor playground. It’s fairly well maintained, big and really convenient when the weather sucks. We visit at least once a week, sometimes more.

I always drove past this aquarium but the other day I finally decided to go in and see what this aquarium was all about. I’ve been to the Long Beach Aquarium and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and although the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is not as big as those in California, I truly loved my experience.
There were so many different animals to see and it was very interacting. We went into the «Journey into South America» Room and once you walk in, the room’s temperature was tropical and humid. A lot of the animals were not even caged in, such as the ducks and that was awesome to see them up close and personal.
I would definitely come back and buy an annual pass so you can see the different animals during different seasons.

Ive been here a few times and I like it. Granted its far south, and it gets crowded on the weekends, it has a great lay out. They have a cafeteria type food place that isn’t bad but as usual to these types of places, its pricey. My niece had her bday here and they have rooms upstairs in the play room. Rooms are nothing special, pizza is nothing special, and play room is kinda dirty. Its also a free for all with very little parental supervision but thats due to the parents fault. My 20 month old got rammed down by this little girl, i mean smacked flat on his head. So be warned if you have little ones. The aquarium has penguins that are so cute. Also the shark tank is impressive. Lose a star due to the entrance fee. Pretty steep for weekly or even a monthly visit. I would probably stop by in another 6 months or a year.

Came to the aquarium to do the Penguin Encounter. It’s an additional $ 25 a person with 10 slots available, and we decided to buy them all for a few reasons, but mostly because it’s our honeymoon. We are SO glad we purchased all of the slots. They’d promised a «bucket of fish,» but it was more like a large tupperware container of fish. We were quickly out of fish — would have been even faster if we’d had to share said fish!
I would not recommend the Penguin Encounter for small children — the penguins don’t like loud noises, quick movements, etc. Also, we weren’t allowed to touch the penguins — they bite! We were a little disappointed that there are billboards all over the city to see the baby penguins, but penguins are fully grown in 2 – 3 months, so there were no little chicks to see. It was fun to feed them, and we learned a LOT about penguins.
The rest of the exhibits were great, as well. We loved the frog exhibits. I’ve never seen an exhibit with plants labelled. Had a great time here and really love my new penguin sweater from the gift shop.
Avoid the grill food. They gave me a burnt grilled cheese. I had to get a knife to shave the burnt pieces off the toast. It was pretty awful. Stick to pre-​packaged food!

Fish, Sharks, and penguins oh my! The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium has become my daughter’s favorite place to enjoy, laugh, and run around at the Tuki’s Island. Not only is it clean, but they offer a slice of aquatic life from diverse areas of the world. If you want to relax for 15 minutes with the kids after walking around, check out the three movies available. They are short and cute! I would recommend this water adventure to kids of all ages.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is definitely a visit worth making.
My husband and I decided to check out this aquarium (my husband is a big fan of the aquatics) towards the end of December during our visit to Salt Lake City.
Admission price: $ 17.95 for adults and $ 14.95 for students & military (with ID for both) and $ 12.95 for kids age 3 – 12.
This aquarium is really interesting with the number of exhibits and sections here. But my particular favorite would have to be the South America section and the penguins exhibit. In the South America section, it is a 2 story section of animals you would hope to find if you made your next vacation to the humid South America (it is actually quite warm and humid when you come in here as well, which was really nice since it was pretty cold when we came to Utah in December). You can enter South America either from the 1^st floor or the 2^nd floor of the aquarium.
On the 2^nd floor is the rope bridge that my husband just had to climb through (pretty narrow by the way). And even though the sign stated no jumping, my husband did anyway, lol. Which in turn got the other kids on the rope bridge to do the same.
The penguin exhibit was really nice to see all of these cute little black and white birds swimming and waddling around. There is actually quite a lot of them as well, more than other aquariums I had been to actually.
And on this particular visit, because it was so close to Christmas, Santa and Mrs. Clause was available for you and your family to take a photo with (for a fee) in this penguin exhibit.
Before you walk up to the penguin exhibit, there is this weird exhibit, The Deep Sea Exhibit that seemed kind of sci– fi like. I wasn’t really interested but my husband enjoyed taking some photos.
I do want to mention that I was rather disappointment with the jelly fish exhibit. I would have to say that only the Long Beach Aquarium (in Long Beach, Ca) seem to have the most impressive jelly fish exhibit of all the aquariums I have been to thus far (and I have been to quite a few because of my husband’s interest). The jelly fish exhibit here only had about two or three jelly fish per little aquarium. That isn’t really much of an exhibit for only 10-​ish of these beautiful creatures on display.
On this visit to the aquarium, because it was so close to Christmas, parts of the aquarium was decked in holiday décor. I loved the large Christmas tree decorated with ornaments that had a sea life theme.
If you come, make sure to set aside at least 2 hours for your visit. Charge up your camera for photo taking and prepare for an fun afternoon of hanging with mother nature and her beautiful creatures.

We decided to use some money from Christmas to get the family yearly pass. It was my first time here but my wife came when it first opened. I liked it quite a bit, I was surprised how cool it was being a landlocked aquarium. We came on a weekday during the Christmas break and it was so busy. Utah definetly had an overpopulation of kids. They were everywhere. Not sure how my parents survived with 6 kids and I’m glad I don’t have 6 running around in a big area like this. Expect to see lots of kids running around, not the aquariums fault though. The layout is unique and you do a bit of walking in between exhibits but it is not too bad.
Overall I was happy with my first visit and I hope to go back through the year to maximize our membership. The 4D movies are cool too.

Loved our visit to this surprisingly packed-​full aquarium! I grew up near Monterey Bay Aquarium so wasn’t expecting much but it was a ton of fun! Penguins, small sharks, otters, tons of local fish, plus the amazing rainforest room with rope bridge and exotic animals, fish, and insects (even piranhas!)
It’s clean and friendly and easy to navigate even with a stroller. Ticket admission is pricey or we’d go more often.
They have a room upstairs where you can eat lunch and your kids can play — about $ 2 – 3 (free for some members) and totally worth it! Very clean and well-​tended and never crowded. Also an IMAX theater.
This is a great little place for kids.

I performed a sales meeting at aquarium and had or catered by them.
The team that did catering was excellent, food was great, and they payed special attention that every detail was met.
The only real problem that I had was that the meeting rooms back drop was a very large fish tank, my sales team were paying more attention to the fish, not a problem for them.
Great place to visit or have a meeting.

I was skeptical at first with the mixed reviews and most of them are about pricing. You are wrong. This place is fantastic. Some key points to remember:
— 17 bucks per adult? It’s worth it considering you get to TOUCH the fish, sting rays and ducks. They have hand washing stations available around every corner as well. People are complaining about the price but you shouldn’t considering you get to pet a sting ray.
–overall cleanliness. The exhibit doesn’t smell bad, the floors are clean, the bathrooms are super clean and the windows are always clear to see through so you don’t have to worry about kid slobber on them like the zoo.
— the café! Blt chicken pasta, pastries and assortment of cakes, drinks and other snacks. I enjoyed the pasta and they are generous with the chicken and bacon.
Animals– cmon people. Why are you complaining about pricing? You get to see turtles, Sharks, ducks, sting rays, electric eels, snakes and all other kinds of sea animals with some of them you can TOUCH. I think it’s absolutely worth coming here.
There is staff near every Petting pool to answer any questions plus look out for your safety. I spoke to a few of them and they seem very knowledgable of their job and made sure we were safe petting the sting rays. There are no fences or barriers at any pool so you’re free to touch the fishes and turtles which I think makes up for the «expensive price «you all keep complaining about.
Would I come here again? Yes I would. The shark cave you walk through was my personal favorite part of the exhibit. I think it’s worth coming here with your friends and family bc you will have a blast and get to see and FEEL creatures up close like you wouldn’t be able to at the zoo or anywhere else in Utah. Take my word for it!

A little overpriced and a little underwhelming. A lot overcrowded, but hey — it’s my fault for going on a Saturday afternoon. (We also have no children and I think we were literally the only adults in there NOT accompanied by youngsters.) Then again, I should cut it a little slack. For a small aquarium in an exceedingly landlocked state, it provided a very pleasant afternoon. The penguins, otters, and shark tunnel were the best parts, but the South American section was unexpectedly a lot of fun too — even if it wasn’t entirely clear how it fit into the «aquarium» concept. Husband and I are big bird people (we love Tracy Aviary) and really enjoyed being able to walk around in the rainforest with them flying freely overhead.
Overall, I’m not sure we’ll return, but I’m glad it’s there and a great resource for families.

I have been to many aquariums all over the world, my favorite being in Sydney (Australia), so I was excited to visit the local aquarium in UT. While on the small side for an aquarium, the exhibits are nice and I appreciated the flow of exhibits and variety of species. My daughter loved the shark tunnel, but the crowd in the tunnel was too stifling. The building was also too hot, even for my sister who runs cold, which is a major statement for her to be hot.
Definitely will be back as it is a great place for children and awesome to have this resource in UT.

Good variety of things to see and touch. And buy. Bring lots of money! They have our favorites – jelly fish, sharks, penguins, poison dart frogs and sting rays. Photo ops with shark teeth, killer whales and any of the tanks or displays.

I’ve seen better aquariums like in Long Beach and Monterey Bay in California but these aquariums are literally ON the ocean while Utah is no where near one. The aquarium was very small and overcrowded in my opinion. There were some interesting exhibits but nothing I’ve never seen before. It’s a good place to take the kids on a hot day. I see people complaining about the high prices, but this seems cheap compared to the $ 40 per ticket aquarium prices in California. I love how they tend to put Utah native species in the exhibits so you can get to explore more of Utah in one place.
One thing I didn’t like though was that they made an announcement saying they were bringing out the baby penguin to socialize, and as I stood there in a crowd of people for 30 minutes, there was still no baby penguin! Don’t make the announcement until 10 minutes before MAXIMUM.

We finally had the opportunity to visit the new Loveland Living Planet Aquarium and it was disappointing. Adult admission is $ 16, which is quite overpriced in my opinion, especially when you compare it to nearby Hogle Zoo ($ 15 per adult) which has much more to see and enjoy.
Some exhibits at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium were interesting and well designed. However there were very few signs throughout the aquarium and many exhibits had no signs whatsoever. So there was no way of knowing what you were looking at and no way to learn more about the animals on display. Seems like very poor planning on the part of the aquarium.
The aquarium features many large areas, such as the rainforest, that are underutilized or just sort of empty. In the rainforest for example there are some fun areas for kids like the rope bridge, but there were very few animals on exhibit and it seemed like the space was grossly underutilized. I think there were some bad decisions made when they were planning the aquarium and considering how best to utilize the space available.
Despite having only recently being opened many areas in the aquarium were not well maintained. I noticed numerous places that the drywall was chipped and damaged. Areas that needed to be re-​painted or at least touched up. Given the high cost of admission I would expect them to do a much better job of maintaining their facilities…
The aquarium itself felt like a large warehouse and as a consequence it was pretty noisy throughout. The mobs of rambunctious children contributed to that noisiness of course.
Seeing the whole aquarium only took us 45 minutes and we took our time throughout the visit, stopping to read signs, and observe the animals on display. My wife and I were very disappointed with the aquarium: both the high cost of admission and the lack of exhibitions. If the aquarium were half the price, $ 8 for adults, I wouldn’t have such high expectations. But they need to offer much more for me to even consider returning for a second visit. Hogle Zoo and Tracy Aviary offer much better experiences and at better prices.

Who wants some cognitive dissonance?
When it’s 100 degrees in Northern Utah, join the hordes of your ripest neighbors for a trip through this air-​conditioned smellporium. You enter to a food court (and exit through a gift shop, of course) and the welcoming odor of fried fish puts you on notice that things here may be a bit off.
There are some very cool areas, including the shark tank and «South America,» but there is also Penguin Depression Land and Utah Afterthought Village.
For my money, the Natural History Museum wins every time, and smells much better.

More like LOL living planet aquarium… see what i just did there. (lol means lots of love). So… there’s no whales as you might surmise… because in fairness… it is a landlocked state. It costs quite a bit 17.95 for an adult… and I was there for probably 45 minutes (apparently it creepy for an adult to just walk around a children’s aquarium).
What do they got Mr. S?
Giant Snake, 5? penguins, some ugly sharks, birds (the fruitloops kind), small fish, otters (which are the most entertaining of the animals). But no giant dinosaur fish that eats great whites.
But you wanna know what… no excuses. If you want to build an aquarium go big or go home (jonny tsunami). I am not gonna make of excuses like… well considering, good attempt. Get out! I dont know all the cool animals are missing. I would call this a poor mans sea world… but that would mean sea world is bill gates and this place is a… squirrel.
THE VERDICT: Just save your money and go eat some delicious food in that area. The lights at temple square are just as exciting and free. This place is great for kids… why… because kids are easily entertained. (THEY WATCH THE SAME EPISODE OF DORA THE EXPLORA OVER AND OVER AND OVER). But A-​ok for effort i guess. this is as kind as i can be. (PS I think you owe me free tickets now)

I have seen a few of the great aquariums in this country and I have to say that this is not a bad aquarium for Utah considering that it’s not near an ocean and that it is not in a really huge city. It is not really big and there is still some empty spaces for expansion, but I will give it a break since it is fairly new. They have borrowed and learned some lessons from other aquariums on how to put on some nice displays. For instance, they have a penguin exhibit, a big shark tank with a walk thru tunnel and a big display window in the next room, and a ray touching pool. Elements that I have seen in other aquariums like the one at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo/​aquarium.
This place also has a decent South American jungle exhibit with a really big arapaima. I do like they have a section devoted just to the local aquatic life in Utah. The one thing I found goofy was that we saw a lot of humans hands in the displays performing maintenance and moving around rocks and some of the creatures, which was little distracting and could be done during off hours. Overall a good experience with some room for growth and improvement. They should lower admission prices though (a little expensive) or make the membership deal really worth it for locals.

Most of the exhibits are pretty cool (if you can get through the crowds to see them), and very kid friendly. A few of them, including the penguin exhibit, were rather dirty. For the $ 18 to get in, I would expect bigger and cleaner exhibits, and much more to see and do.
The majority of the exhibits were incredibly small, making it difficult to see anything, especially with kids pushing through to catch a peek.
The shark area was enjoyable, but got crowded very easily.
We went through the whole place is an hour and a half.
I’m not sure I will repeat $ 18 a person again for such a small aquarium.

This place is cool, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, it is pricey pricey.
If we hadn’t gone with a family member with a year pass, we would have paid over $ 30 for the both of us. I’m not saying that the price is unreasonable, considering the sheer cost of maintaining such a facility, I’m just pointing out a possibility financial pitfall for someone wanting to take the whole family out.
That being said, this is an incredible and unique facility. The habitats are brand new and shiny. Our favorite was the rain forest section with all of the exotic birds.
If you plan on going more than once, you might want to consider an annual pass.

For a town that is far removed from any ocean, this museum is a pretty good effort. However, for the price, it is hard to really get too excited about. Why? There is simply not a great deal to see here to justify the 20 dollar price tag.
Yes, the shark pool is cool, yes, the penguins, (if you can actually prompt them into swimming), are quite cool, and, yes, the 15 min 4D presentation upstairs is a winner. After that, not much to do besides leave, which you do right after you are forced to wade through their large gift shop filled to the brim with some of the cheesiest merchandise imaginable. Yeah, because the one thing my apartment is most certainly lacking is a huge stuffed penguin right?
Maybe if you have kids that will go bonkers at each individual display, this might be a way to keep them entertained for an afternoon, but adults are going to be in and out of here in a hurry. Since I have no kids, I tend to like museums that I can nerd out in, meaning I want large amounts of information about what I am looking at. The descriptions offered here are about as deep as a mud puddle, as the focus is clearly on the younger set. This would be fine with me, and would justify the 20 dollar price tag, if the volume of exhibits were to double. As it stands, I can’t see going back here unless they are offering some special exhibit that strikes my fancy, or unless I up and decide to have some kids.

I was fairly impressed with this facility. I don’t have a lot of experience with Aquariums myself but my husband does. He loves fish and Aquariums very much so I decided to take him here for his birthday. I surprised him and we got there just in time for the Shark feeding. He loved it and we had a great time.
I think it’s worth the new price tag!

More expensive than Disneyland! We finally went to see the aquarium. We live nearby. I was extremely disappointed with the ratio of number of exhibits to cost.
We were in no rush. We stayed at each exhibit until my kids said they were ready to move on. We made it through the entire place in about an hour. It cost me and my 4 kids $ 70 to get in. At $ 70/​hr this has to be one of the most expensive attractions anywhere.
It is disappointing how much larger this new location is but yet how surprisingly similar to the previous location. Looking at the map it appears a large part of the new building is dedicated to the banquet room.
My kids are 13 to 5 years old. Instead of wonder andv excitement the thing I heard most was «I’m bored dad let’s go.
The Hogel zoo is similarly priced but has much more to see and do. Save your money and go there instead. Avoid this money pit.

This was our first visit to the aquarium. We paid $ 20 each for entry that included a 4D movie.
We did the movie first and the theater looked very nice but that’s where it ended. The short documentary is interactive but there is no warning about this. Several people had toddlers and babies in the theater that were very frightened. The documentary sprays air and water mist at you when you least expect it. It was no bonus that the air and water mist smelled like a rotten armpit. Because babies and toddlers were sprayed without warning the theater was now full of non stop hysterically crying babies. I don’t think the parents were happy about not receiving a warning about this.
The rest of the facility seemed lacking. Displays were small and enclosures for the animals were small. The otter display, one of the bigger features had no otters in it, totally empty.
There were corners and walls with blank space and floors with marked tape where it looked like future items were going to be placed there but nothing now. Some displays were boarded over or not ready.
Overall we were not impressed and felt the entrance fee was a total rip off.