ST. LOUIS — "Pirates & Pumpkins," a family adventure, is open now through October 31, 2024 with special trick-or-treat activities on Fridays and Saturdays in October.
The Aquarium is decorated with pirate-themed scenes, including a ghost ship with smoking, booming cannons. On the exciting treasure hunt inside the Aquarium, guests can take a self-guided tour through a highly themed wonderland of treasure caves and grottos.
Social media fans will love the Instagram-worthy photo opportunities throughout the transformed Aquarium during their fall journey.
Patches of realistically carved and lighted pumpkins representing the Aquarium's sea life will greet visitors as they explore the attraction. One of the highlights is a pumpkin shark scene complete with a boat for family pictures and scary selfies.
Guests make their way through the marine habitats and hands-on, hands-wet animal adventures at the Aquarium, learning amazing animal facts and enjoying pun-filled pirate jokes. Along the way little buccaneers can learn to talk like a pirate and can create their own pirate names.
Treasure seekers will explore elaborate pirate scenes and kids can fire the pirate ship's fearsome cannons. At the end of the quest, only the bravest adventurers can sit at the Pirate King's Throne for a triumphant picture.
Pirate-costumed scuba divers will carve pumpkins underwater inside the Aquarium's Shark Canyon habitat at 1:15 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in October.
"Pirates & Pumpkins" is included with admission to the Aquarium. Tickets are available online at www.stlouisaquarium.com. Prices vary.