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Celebrate Halloween With The Aquarium Of The Pacific

The Long Beach Aquarium will celebrate Halloween weekend with Fright Dive on Friday and Scarium of the Pacific on Saturday and Sunday.

The Aquarium of the Pacific will give families the opportunity to celebrate Halloween with fun events.
The Aquarium of the Pacific will give families the opportunity to celebrate Halloween with fun events. (Courtesy of the Aquarium of the Pacific)

LONG BEACH, CA — Families can celebrate Halloween weekend with the fish with two events at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Fright Dive - Friday, Oct. 28

To kick off the Halloween weekend, the Long Beach Aquarium will hold an after-hours celebration featuring local bands and DJs, works of art and cocktails, drinks and food trucks. Costumes are not required, but they're encouraged.

Tickets are for visitors who are 18 and older and cost $29.95 or $24.95 for Aquarium members. Hours for Fright Dive go from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Scarium of the Pacific - Saturday, Oct 29 and Sunday, Oct 39

The 23rd annual Scarium of the Pacific will be an event for the whole family. All day long kids can enjoy coloring contests, a vampire magician, underwater pumpkin carving and creepy critters.

Costs are the same as general admission, which is $36.95 for adults, $26.95 for children and $33.95 for seniors. Aquarium members and children under 3 years old get in for free.

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Both Fright Dive and Scarium of the Pacific require advance reservations for entry.

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