I can really recommend a day out at Weymouth Sealife Centre, because I felt that it was a fun, educational, and a tranquil family day out, and thought the place was worthy of a really good review on CIAO.

If you combine visiting this attraction with a good cheap nights rest at the Premier Inn ((http://www.premierinn.co.uk/). the night before, and then a leisurly breakfast at the Brewers Fayre (Lodmor Inn nextdoor to Premier Inn and two minutes walk from Sea Life Centre), you should hopefully be in the right frame of mind for getting the best from this attraction.

The only problem that I encountered was that my youngest son did not want to go is some of the marine life exhibition pods because they were quite dark, but the aquariums were lit, however with eventual encouragement he did go in and was fascinated by the various sea life creatures which we saw. I especially liked the dark room where the jelly fish were made to look luminous by the lighting affects which made them look like they were floating and glowing in the dark. At an outside exhibit the children were given an opportunity to stroke a crab. Unfortunately we missed feeding times, but I believe there are opportunities to see the animals being fed, and feed the stingrays.
What added reality to the sealife centre, is that with some of the pods you were hit by the smell of the sea, at first you might think of it as a stench if you are not familiar with the smell and not had a relaxing break around the sea in a long while, but then you get used to the smell of the sea and seeing the sealife creatures and hearing the relaxing 'meditation ??' music which is played constantly as you walk around, and you can almost feel like you have been beamed off to another world, as you walk through tunnels with sharks and turtles swiming above you. There is also a small model village, which you will see between the sealions and one of the other attractions.

Difficult for me to cover from memory everything I saw on the visit, but I can recommend the day out as well worth it. Here is a quote from their website which may give you a better idea about what else is there. "Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park & Marine Sanctuary is unique among the network of SEA LIFE attractions in that its numerous marine life exhibitions are housed - not under one roof - but in separate pods within a landscape that also hosts a number of other outdoor features. The latter includes otter and seal sanctuaries, and the Park's resident colony of Humboldt penguins."

If you book online, you will save £5 off the cost of a ticket.

I think the standard door prices are a lot of money for a family with a budget, the online discount makes the price slightly more acceptable.