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Take hold of the past and explore the excavations which first unearthed the Viking-age city in our brand new exhibitions. As you travel around Viking-Age Jorvik aboard our state of the art ride experience - which now includes commentary in sixteen languages, from all major Scandinavian dialects to Mandarin Chinese – you will encounter Old Norse speaking citizens on the streets of the city and in their homes. Discover the Arabic trader bringing his wares to trade, and the Viking storyteller recounting the apocalyptic Ragnarok myth. At the end of an unforgettable journey, visitors disembark to the JORVIK galleries where they can see some of the fascinating Viking artefacts. Cutting edge displays help you to investigate all of the information gathered from the 5-year-long dig at Coppergate and piece together the jigsaw of where the Vikings came from, why they came here, how they lived and died, and where they travelled to. At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site of one of the most famous and astounding discoveries of modern archaeology. Between the years 1976-81, archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of Jorvik, as it stood 1,000 years ago. Ticket Details Please Note: JORVIK tickets purchased through this channel do not entitle the holder to jump the queue – you must join the queue as normal and will be able to exchange your 365 Vouchers for tickets at the admissions desk. Vouchers must be printed off before visiting JORVIK, entry won't be granted without your 365tickets Voucher.
Please note: Adults MUST be accompanied by a child (up to 17 years old) to visit the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre. Step inside LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and it's like you have just jumped into the biggest box of LEGO ever! With over 2 million LEGO bricks under one roof, what will you discover? Factory Join Mr Brick a Brack and see how real LEGO® bricks are made in the exciting Factory. You’ll see how raw plastic is turned into finished bricks, bursting with creative potential and ready to be turned into anything you can imagine. Master Model Builder Do you want to learn some top LEGO® secrets? Meet the person who knows more than anything about all things LEGO special hints and tips. Build your very own LEGO® model with the help of our Master Model Builder. With hands-on tuition from the best in the business you'll be able to create almost anything imaginable – and earn a special ‘Master Model Builder' certificate to prove it! And if you like what you’ve made, you can buy just the right LEGO® bricks you need to recreate it at home. Kingdom Quest Join the Good King’s army and climb aboard your chariot for a battle against the Evil Skeletons and Giant Trolls. Journey into the depths of our mediaeval castle - a dark, labyrinthine voyage of twists and turns on your way to rescue the Princess from Skeleton Tower. Can you find her before it’s too late? Be careful of the giant red dragon, though. She has a habit of appearing when you least expect her! LEGO Racers: Build & Test There are thousands of bricks waiting for you in the Build & Test zone. What shapes and vehicles will your imagination create today? Time your racing car on our speed test track. The stopwatch is exact to the hundredths of a second, so even the smallest change could make all the difference! All ages are welcome, so there’s no excuse not to join in. LEGO Studios LEGO Studios is home to our 4D Cinema – making you feel a part of the story. You’ll be on the edge of your seat as thrilling 4d effects and surprise features add to the incredible action adventure before your very eyes. Experience Bob the Builder in 4D as Bob, Wendy and Spud build their very own rollercoaster. Spellbreaker 4d takes you into the times of old with four LEGO heroes as they struggle to defeat an evil wizard. Whatever happens to our cinematic heroes, you’ll be along for the ride! MINILAND Witness Manchester and the North West come to miniature life in the spectacular MINILAND® and discover famous landmarks made from nearly 1.5 million LEGO® bricks. With moving airships, trains and helicopters, even the smallest spectator will feel like a giant! Watch as night falls in MINILAND®, the lights come up and the LEGO population enjoys the beautiful LEGO night. How many buildings will you Princess Palace Tall towers, colourful pink turrets and elegant arches: everything a young princess needs to make your own charming little palace amongst the flowers! Visit Princess’ Palace and play out your dreams amongst a special selection of BELVILLE® LEGO. LEGO City: Fire Academy Let your imagination run wild and let off some steam in the Fire Academy. Clamber over the colourful fireman’s ladder, brave the heights of the climbing wall or get down to business with your own bucket of LEGO and endless possibilities. Big, bright and welcoming, it’s the perfect location for a little supervised chaos and brave, trainee fire fighters! DUPLO Village A great place for the younger members of the family to get to grips with the concept of building with LEGO® bricks, the Village contains hundreds of large LEGO DUPLO® bricks for small children with big imaginations! What will your little architects create today? The LEGO® Café Wind down in the LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Café with a relaxing cup of tea or coffee. Choose snacks or a full meal for the whole family from our great selection of hot and cold food. And if they still have energy left, don’t worry, there’s plenty of LEGO® in the café area to keep even the most ardent LEGO builder happy while you relax with one of our complimentary newspapers. The LEGO® Shop Take some of the LEGO magic away with you and get creative at home with big boxes of bricks or special LEGO kits. All the very latest LEGO® products are available, as well as some exclusive LEGO items! Can you recreate any of the wonderful LEGO® constructions you’ve seen in the Discovery Centre? Or will you make something entirely your own? SEA LIFE Manchester Explore our creatures: What’s your favorite sea creature? Are you a Shark lover or Seahorse fanatic? Perhaps it’s the graceful rays or the clever Octopus that you love the most. Maybe you simply can’t decide! Here at SEA LIFE Manchester you can make up your mind and see them all - from the curious and the rescued to the rare and the enigmatic. And you’ll be able to get closer to them than ever before. Blacktip Reef Shark Common Octopus Hermit Crab Cownosed Ray Big bellied Seahorse Jellyfish Nemo (Clownfish) Blue Spotted Stingray Lionfish Starfish
SHEDD AQUARIUM EXHIBITS UNDERWATER BEAUTY – A SPECIAL EXHIBIT Our living world is full of wonder. Celebrate with us the unbelievable beauty living in our oceans, lakes and rivers in a new special exhibit at Shedd Aquarium: Underwater Beauty. Get a glimpse of the grandeur beneath the waves as 100 species from around the world come together in an evocative new space. What is beauty? Spark your curiosity as you see all the ways beauty moves and coexists. Watch sea jellies pulse, eels ribbon and a rainbow come alive with reef fishes. Feel the rhythms, embrace the colors and savor the patterns found only underwater. Experience a world worth celebrating – and saving. Waters of the World Travel the world in 80 habitats. Dive into Oceans, from coastal kelp forests to the seafloor. Explore the self-contained ecosystems of Islands and Lakes. Visit Rivers—big and small—and learn more about our local waters in the new At Home on the Great Lakes exhibit. Meet hundreds of amazing animals, from tiny mantella frogsto a a giant octopus, from a Grand Cayman blue iguana to Nile knifefish, and from moon jellies to sea stars. We even have map turtles, in case you get lost. Caribbean Reef Take a 360-degree tour of an underwater reef community. Follow a green sea turtle. Peek at a moray eel in a rocky crevice. Watch regal rays glide by. Get eye-to-eye with parrot fish and sharks. Visit Caribbean Reef, Shedd’s award-winning 90,000-gallon circular habitat in the grand rotunda. Amazon Rising Take an exotic journey in the Amazon, home to one-third of all living things. Watch out for anacondas and piranhas, spiders, rays and a camouflaged caiman. In churning river channels, still lakes and even flooded treetops look for tetras, turtles and fruit-eating fish called tambaqui. See how the region’s animals, plants and people adapt to the water’s dramatic annual rise and fall. Abbott Oceanarium The Abbott Oceanarium immerses you in the vibrant coastal ecosystem of beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, sea otters and sea lions. You’ll also find a host of fishes and invertebrates that make their homes where freshwater flows into the ocean or where tides turn seascapes to landscapes and back again each day. Use our self-guided map to discover how animals are linked to each other, their homes and you. Polar Play Zone Kids have a place at Shedd that they can call their own—Polar Play Zone. It’s cool as ice and twice as nice! The penguins think so, too. Play! Splash! Pretend! What would you like to be? A sleek sliding penguin? A deep-sea explorer? How about both? In Polar Play Zone, you can slip into a penguin suit and try being a bird in the Icy South play area. From there, head to the Icy North to explore the belugas’ Arctic waters in a kid-sized submarine. Don’t forget to shake hands—or is it arms?—with colorful sea stars in the touch pools. In Polar Play Zone, you’ll learn about polar opposites—big and small, fast and slow, shallow and deep, even north and south—while you play. The Oceanarium Aquatic Presentation is included however based on available seating and remaining show times at the time of guest arrival. (2019 Aquatic Presentation Schedule) Stingray Touch (seasonal experience) is included. Open late May through October. 4D Experience is not included however the 4D experience tickets may be purchased at the theatre for $3.00 per -person SHEDD AQUARIUM (Buy your tickets now and skip the long lines) Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) contains over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with 5,000,000 US gallons of water. The Shedd Aquarium, which opened on May 30, 1930, was the first inland aquarium with a permanent saltwater fish collection. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Shedd Aquarium brings you eye-to-eye with more than 32,500 aquatic animals. Explore the recreated environments of the Amazon River and Philippine coral reefs. NEW - UNDERWATER BEAUTY Our living world is full of wonder. Celebrate with us the unbelievable beauty living in our oceans, lakes and rivers in a new special exhibit at Shedd Aquarium: Underwater Beauty. Get a glimpse of the grandeur beneath the waves as 100 species from around the world come together in an evocative new space. What is beauty? Spark your curiosity as you see all the ways beauty moves and coexists. Watch sea jellies pulse, eels ribbon and a rainbow come alive with reef fishes. Feel the rhythms, embrace the colors and savor the patterns found only underwater. Experience a world worth celebrating – and saving.
ArcelorMittal Orbit Zoom high into the clouds and explore London’s famous skyline from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit – UK’s tallest sculpture. Enjoy a breath-taking panorama of up to 20 miles across London through stunning floor to ceiling windows before experiencing the city’s landmarks from the outside observation walkway suspended 262ft above the ground. Discover sights including Wembley Stadium, St Paul’s Cathedral and Canary Wharf and get a bird’s eye view of the iconic venues of London 2012. The Slide Are you brave enough to ride the twists, turns and drops of the world’s tallest and longest tunnel slide? Relax and enjoy stunning views of up to 20 miles across London before challenging your friends and family to a 40 second descent in the 584ft long slide. Travel through light and dark sections at speeds of up to 15mph as The Slide loops its way around the ArcelorMittal Orbit 12 times taking visitors through gentle curves, thrilling drops and a tight corkscrew!
Opened in 1994, Night Safari is the world’s first safari park for nocturnal animals. Highlights Watch everything come to life by night and discover 2,500 fascinating nocturnal creatures in their natural habitat which spans 35 hectares as you take in the Night Safari. Climb on the guided Safari Tram, a 40-minutes immersive experience, that takes you across 6 geographical zones of the world. Four interlinked walking trails offer close encounters with threatened and endangered species such as the pangolin and clouded leopard. Engage in the interactive Creatures Of The Night Show, where you can learn more about the nocturnal abilities of the animals. Ticket Includes Night Safari Ticket Full Description Home to over 2,500 animals from 130 species, 38% of which are threatened, the Night Safari gives you a chance to get up close and personal with beasts large and small who come out to play after dusk. You’ll travel through discover 7 unique nocturnal zones - from the Nepalese River Valley to the Asian Rainforest and see some of the world’s most exotic species including fearsome predators, primates and cuddly marsupials. The best way to travel through the seven geographical zones is by a 40 minute long open air guided tram. This moving escapade gives you the best seat in the house (or jungle) to observe the animals on the rugged foothills of the Himalaya and the deepest recesses of the Asian riverine forest. Journey through the meandering trail past the authentically created habitats. The naturalistic habitats are designed to simulate the animals’ native habitats and are illuminated with subtle moonglow lighting. The Night Safari also has a no-cage policy and is an open concept zoo. During the visit, make time to experience the live open air shows, showcasing acrobatic animal demonstrations and spectacular tribal dance and pyrotechnics. The Creatures of the Night and Thumbuakar Performance shows add an extra dimension to your animal adventure with their display of animal talent and fire-eating and tribal dances respectively.
Amsterdam Day Tour - From Brussels Departure: 09.00 Duration: 11 hours 30 minutes Languages available : English, French, Spanish Holland is only at a stone’s throw away from Brussels. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit bustling Amsterdam! Once you have crossed the border, you will admire pastoral polder landscapes and a multitude of windmills. Upon arrival in Amsterdam the tour will visit a local crafts center where see the production of Holland’s pride: traditional cheeses and clogs. Time for a short photo break near a traditional quaint Dutch windmill. The tour continues to the heart of Amsterdam, passing the Dutch National Bank and the former Heineken brewery museum. You can embark on an optional guided boat tour that takes you along Amsterdam’s picturesque canals. This is an unforgettable way to discover the old city and it is undoubtedly the number one attraction of Holland’s capital. Next stop: the tour now takes you to Amsterdam’s most famous square called the “DAM”. The guide takes you on a brief guided walk to the Royal Palace and other highlights of the city. Then it is time for some free time. Stroll along the shopping streets, visit the flower market. Just enjoy!