Fun things to do in Virginia Beach

At Cinema Cafe, you can buy dinner and watch a movie while you eat. This Cinema Cafe plays movies that have already been out a while though, so it's cheaper than going to the regular movies. Plus, Tuesdays and Thursdays are $1 nights!

HA Comedy Club- a great place to go and laugh your butt off. The comics are so funny and have those thick New York accents. The place is great and they have dancing downstairs. The jello shots were the best.

While Graves and de Grasse drifted down the Virginia coast, the smaller French fleet of Admiral de Barras arrived from Newport carrying Rochambeau’s supplies and cannon, and sailed uncontested into Chesapeake Bay. Graves’ critics cite his failure to dispatch seaworthy vessels back to the bay, arguing that the copper-sheathed bottoms of the British ships gave them a decided edge in speed and that they would likely have won a race back to the Chesapeake.

On September 10, Graves broke contact with the French and headed his battered fleet back to New York for repairs, leaving the French in total control of the Chesapeake and probably sealing Cornwallis's fate.

De Grasse then set about the task of transporting Washington's and Rochambeau's forces from the northern Bay area to Williamsburg

We went to Pinboys Bowling Alley to have lunch and bowl a few games. It was alot of fun.

Not very expensive except for the food. And the food wasn't that great. We had nachos, sodas, corndog and chicken fingers.

We had fun bowling though and met some nice people from England.

Owls Creek Marsh Pavilion
The Pavilion tells the story of life in Owls Creek salt marsh, the waterway on which the museum is located. Exhibits include dozens of aquariums and terrariums featuring river otters, seahorses, fiddler crabs and a macro-marsh where animals and plants are magnified ten times their normal size. Visitors will enjoy the one of-a-kind interactive theater where they can test their knowledge about the local environment. In addition, an outdoor aviary features over 55 local bird species such as egrets, pelicans, royal terns, ducks, turkey vultures and great blue herons.

Nature Trail
Take a walk on the wild side! Connecting the museum's two buildings, the 1/3-mile nature trail meanders through more than ten acres of salt marsh preserve along Owls Creek. A 30-foot observation tower, information boxes, elevated boardwalks and shaded trail system give viewers clues about the menagerie of life to be found in this living exhibit.

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Planning Your Visit
Welcome to the Virginia Marine Science Museum! To make the most of your self-guided museum tour, be sure to visit both buildings, as well as the nature trail that connects them. Allow four-to-five hours for your visit, including a 45 minute IMAX movie .

Admission sales and parking are available at both buildings. Your ticket is good all day at both buildings. There is also handicapped parking at two of the parking lots and the building is entirely handicapped accessible. Be sure to hold on to your ticket stubs and receipt so that you can get back and forth between buildings or return later in the same day.

Atlantic Ocean Pavilion & Main Building
The Atlantic Ocean Pavilion and Main Building host the 300,000-gallon Norfolk Canyon Aquarium including sandtiger, nurse and brown sharks, as well as stingrays and other large open-ocean dwellers. You'll also find the 70,000-gallon sea turtle aquarium, sea turtle hatchling laboratory, hands-on ocean exploration exhibits, jellyfish and octopus aquariums, and even a life-size model of a humpback whale

The Haunted Fun House is located on 26th street and oceanfront. It also has a big arcade inside for the kids.

Inside the many different discount booklets at the beachfront area, you can find discount tickets for admission.

This is a favorite, but be warned they use live actors and you might get grabbed.

Virginia Beach has Large pieces of art work spread throughout the main strip along Atlantic Avenue. Look in between the hotels and there they are. This does seem to be an artsy kinda town. So check them out, they are a lot of fun.