{"id":22305,"date":"2016-03-23T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=22305"},"modified":"2016-03-23T12:14:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:14:29","slug":"long-beach-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/long-beach-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"California Aquarium News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/auqu.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entertainment-hungry tourists have plenty to see and do in California, thanks to a building bonanza at theme parks and attractions. Among the latest news:<\/p>\n<p>LONG BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/arestravel.com\/5454_attraction-tickets_a110.html\">Aquarium of the Pacific<\/a>\u00a0(aquariumofpacific.org)\u00a0will open\u00a0a new Pacific Visions wing, a 29,000-square-foot, two-story sustainable biomorphic structure in late 2018. Reminiscent of a\u00a0whale shape\u00a0its exterior\u00a0evokes the depth, variability and luminosity of the Pacific Ocean. Step inside to find a\u00a0state-of-the-art immersive theater, expanded special exhibition &amp;\u00a0art galleries, and more room for live animal exhibits. The $53 million project designed by EHDD\u00a0is the second and final phase of a Campus Master Plan adopted in 2005.\u00a0EHDD designed the original facility as well as the critically acclaimed Monterey Bay Aquarium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC\u00a0FESTIVALS 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International Children&#8217;s Day April 9 &amp; 10<\/li>\n<li>Earth Day Celebration April 23-24<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/long-beach-urban-ocean-festival.html\">Urban Ocean Festival<\/a> April 30-May 1<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Islander Festival June 4-5<\/li>\n<li>Moompetam: Native American Festival September 17-18<\/li>\n<li>Baja Splash Cultural Festival September 24-25<\/li>\n<li>Autumn Festival November 5-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment-hungry tourists have plenty to see and do in California, thanks to a building bonanza at theme parks and attractions. Among the latest news: LONG BEACH: Aquarium of the Pacific\u00a0(aquariumofpacific.org)\u00a0will open\u00a0a new Pacific Visions wing, a 29,000-square-foot, two-story sustainable biomorphic structure in late 2018. Reminiscent of a\u00a0whale shape\u00a0its exterior\u00a0evokes the depth, variability and luminosity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}