Family Themed Sleepovers
 After everyone has gone home, and the Aquarium has closed its doors for the night, we invite you to join us for an exciting night of exploration! Stash your gear, meet your adventure leaders and get ready to explore the Aquarium through a variety of special activities, tours, presentations and guest speakers.
After a delicious evening snack, we head into our behind-the-scenes marine lab to continue on the second half of your adventure, where you can touch local invertebrates including live sea stars, sea urchins, anemones and more!
Bed down in front of one of the Aquarium's spectacular marine galleries. In the morning, after a calm continental breakfast, tour the Marine Mammal Deck and Amazon Free Flight Gallery as the Aquarium wakens for a new day.
Dates and Themes
2010
Saturday March 6 - "Sense"-sational Sharks!
Immerse yourself into a world of a predator like no other animal. Join our crew of Shark Experts on a fantastic journey to dive into a species known to live among the dinosaurs. Spend the evening staring at shark teeth of all sizes, touch the rough denticle shark skin and watch a dissection of a shark in the wetlab!
 Saturday July 17 - Is it a bird? Is it a seal? No, it's a whale!
The adventure begins at the Aquarium with a guided nature walk around Lost Lagoon (led by interpreters from the Stanley Park Ecology Society) to search for the creatures that call this habitat home. The fun continues as we return to the Aquarium for an evening snack followed by an exploration of sea otter paws, shark jaws and other clawed Aquarium critters. Then it is lights out as you settle into your sleeping bag to watch the beluga whales swim by from Arctic Canada’s underwater gallery.
Saturday July 24 - Walk on the wild side
Explore one of the precious jewels in Stanley Park as you explore the forests with our interpreters. Explore the trails of Stanley Park as you immerse your senses into the sights, sounds and smells of the historic urban park. As light turns to darkness, return back to the Aquarium to enjoy a light snack. Here, you will be led on a private tour through the galleries in front and behind the scenes as you get fingertip to tentacle adventure in our wetlab. At the end of the evening, we will make our way down to Arctic Canada underwater gallery, where you will bed down for the evening in your sleeping bag.
Saturday August 14 - Animal Training - The Inside Story
Ever wonder how we train to do those amazing feats? Enlist to become an honourary trainer in this engaging behind-the-scenes experience takes you on an inside look at the animals, animal care and the training techniques and methods used at the Vancouver Aquarium. The group will set up camp in Arctic Canada underwater gallery as the beluga whales lull you to sleep. Evening snack and breakfast included.
Saturday August 28 - Big Game Hunters
The circle of life. It is the basis of predator versus prey. Come join our expert interpreters as we travel around Stanley Park and observe some of the many predators lurking in the forest. After tracking down some of the big game hunters return to the Aquarium for a quick snack. Take a trip into the Wetlab where we’ll show you that size isn’t a factor to be a big game hunter for some of our invertebrates. We will also visit some of the big game hunters in other parts of the world including the Sharks in the tropics and the Amazon. Once our hunger is satisfied, the group will return to the Arctic Canada underwater gallery and camp for a peaceful night’s rest.
Friday October 29 - Fish or Treat!
Trick or treat, smell my feet, and give me something good to eat. End your Halloween night and join us at the Vancouver Aquarium for a spooky filled adventure through our galleries. Legend has it that on Halloween the past meets the present. Bring your costumes to go trick or treating on a night stalkers tour where you will join other families in a quest to find the elusive ghost of Joshua Brown, a former aquarist. The Vancouver offers the ultimate in safe and exciting trick or treat fun. Bed down in Arctic Canada as you fall asleep with our magical Beluga Whales.
*All dates and themes are subject to change due to various issues including but not limited to the safety of the animals, building renovations, weather and registrations.
Costs
- $125.00 per participant
- $100.00 per members of the Aquarium (receive a 20% discount)
- All prices are subject to any applicable taxes; please note the HST Changes that is slated for July 1st 2010
- All prices are in Canadian funds
- An adult must accompany children 16 and under
- Minimum age: 5 years
Registration
Pre-registration for all programs is necessary, and can be made up to two days before the program date, pending availability. To register for a program, please call 604-659-3552 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or send an e-mail to programs@vanaqua.org.
If you would like information for community & school group Sleepover programs, please see Ecosystem Expedition.
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