Did you know there’s another place in Orlando besides Disney World where you can meet a mermaid?

We just met a mermaid!

SEA LIFE Orlando is a huge aquarium located in Orlando’s ICON Park, right in front of The Orlando Eye. They have tons of exhibits featuring marine life and experiences. Now, you can meet a mermaid at the popular aquarium, and that’s exactly what we did!

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You can meet a real-life mermaid at the Mermaid Meet & Greet at SEA LIFE Orlando! It’s a close-up interaction with mermaids in the enchanting grotto. Listen to their captivating tales from adventures at sea, and take a picture with them! It’s open Friday through Sunday from 11:30 AM to 6:30 PM.

Mermaid meet-and-greet

That’s not all the mermaid fun there is to enjoy at SEA LIFE Orlando! You can go see a mermaid swimming during Mermaid Dives. Watch them swim around the Atlantic Ocean habitat surrounded by sea turtles, stingrays, eels, and sharks. You can catch these on Friday through Sunday, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, 2 PM to 4 PM, and 5 PM to 6:30 PM.

Mermaid Dives!

There is also something called A Mermaid’s Quest, which will be a new virtual reality experience. You’ll join a young seafarer on a thrilling journey to uncover the secrets of the sea. The VR will also teach you about the conservation of the ocean.

SEA LIFE Orlando

SEA LIFE Orlando’s mermaid events are available every Friday through Sunday in May until the final day on Memorial Day! Every mermaid attraction is included with any aquarium ticket that you purchase, so you don’t need to worry about add-ons. You need to check the attractions out!

Come see the mermaids!

Orlando is home to some of the biggest theme parks in the world, but there are some other attractions, like SEA LIFE Orlando, that people need to check out. We really enjoyed our time there, and we know you would too. For more, make sure to stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog!

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Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Sea Life Orlando to attend their media preview Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ