SEA LIFE Michigan, the 35,000-square-foot aquarium set to open in Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in early 2015, has reached a major construction milestone: filling the attraction’s 120,000 gallon ocean tank with water!
The filling of the ocean tank happened yesterday and is a key landmark in construction. SEA LIFE artists have worked tirelessly to create an exciting themed environment in the tank, including rock and coral formations, and a sculpture of Neptune’s head. It’s going to be beautiful!
Image from the SEA LIFE Michigan team
The aquarium will house more than 5,000 creatures, including sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, sea horses, a giant Pacific octopus and more. Guests will have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to get nose-to-nose with the creatures in the aquarium’s unique 180-degree ocean tunnel, interactive touch pools and engaging, educational exhibits that focus on conservation.
Remember the renderings graphic I put together? Here it is again:
Advance tickets will be on sale on the SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium website beginning in November. Check www.visitsealife.com/michigan for more updates.
CALL FOR YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS!
Don’t forget — SEA LIFE Michigan is looking for Young Environmentalists, age 8-12, to represent the aquarium in the year ahead. You can get more details on what it takes to apply at this post. Entries are open through Nov. 16, 2014.
Be sure to follow SEA LIFE Michigan’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for updates.
I am a SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium Parent Ambassador and will be receiving an exclusive first look at events leading up to the attraction’s grand opening early next year and complimentary tickets. All opinions expressed are my own.
After Open Water certification, you can complete courses in specialties including: night diving, deep diving, navigation, wreck diving, fish identification, underwater naturalism, photography, videography, cave diving, ice diving, altitude diving and rescue diving. The Suunto Gekko does not come with a backlight, but rather has a phosphorescent display which can be charged using a dive torch to brighten up the screen during a dark dive – this saves on the battery drain a backlight would have, but also requires you to have a dive torch (although on a dark dive you should have one anyway). It is safe and exciting as long as you stick to safety guidelines.
This is so cool!!!! Not to make my daughter older but I am really wishing she was 8 😉
I know! I hope they keep doing this program in the future…Then she will have her chance 🙂