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Gulfarium Review
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Gulfarium
- Address: U.S. 98 E, Fort Walton Beach, FL
- Phone: 850/243-9046; 800/247-8575
- www.gulfarium.com
- Category: Zoos/Aquariums
- Location: Fort Walton Beach
Fodor's Review:
Its main attraction is the Living Sea, a 60,000-gallon tank that simulates conditions on the ocean floor. See campy performances by trained porpoises, sea-lion shows, and marine-life exhibits (a multispecies act includes dolphins and sea lions in the same show). Among other species here are otters, penguins, alligators, harbor seals, and sharks. Feeding time is always a young-crowd pleaser. Don't overlook the old-fashioned Dolphin Reef gift shop, where you can buy anything from conch shells to beach toys. There's also a dolphin-interaction program, but you don't swim with them. Instead, you sit in a pool as spotted dolphins swim up to your lap.
- Cost: $17.50, dolphin interaction $125
- Open: Sept.-May, daily 9-4; June-Aug., daily 9-6
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