Plunge in! Maui Ocean Center is offering kama'aina 20 percent off the regular Shark Dive Maui rate for dives every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Divers are guaranteed shark sightings in the aquarium's 750,000-gallon Open Ocean Exhibit, home to an array of sharks, rays and colorful fish.

Divers must be scuba certified and 15 or older. Certification and a valid Hawai'i photo ID must be presented. Divers may have one complimentary viewing guest; up to four additional guests will receive 20 percent off general admission or kama'aina rate (with state ID).

Make reservations no earlier than one business day prior to the dive, or after noon Friday for a Monday dive at 808-270-7075. Shark Dive Maui costs $159.20.

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 808-270-7000, www.mauioceancenter.com.

LONDON

SEE CREEPY-CRAWLIES AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM'S DARWIN CENTER

Millions of insects and plant specimens are now on view in the second phase of the new Darwin Center at London's Natural History Museum, which opened last month in the 200th anniversary year of Charles Darwin's birth.

The futuristic center, which resembles a cocoon, houses insects and plants in optimum conditions. Visitors begin at the seventh floor, from which a sloping walkway leads past glass cases full of creatures, and windows showing scientists at work. In the Attenborough Studio, visitors can join discussions and watch movies, and by approaching the climate change wall observe how humans influence climate.

Museum curators chat on video; explorers and scientists are highlighted, including Darwin, Joseph Banks and the first woman to travel solo in the South Pacific, Evelyn Cheeseman. http://nhm.ac.uk. 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. daily. Free.

— Advertiser staff

MADE IN FINLAND; FLORIDA HOME PORT

WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIP READIES FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE

She's the biggest cruise ship in the world. Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas is longer, taller, wider, heavier and more expensive than any other passenger ship ever built; five times the size of the Titanic; and more than half again as large as the Queen Mary 2. A piece will have to be retracted just so it can squeeze under a bridge and make it out to the Atlantic from Turku, Finland. On its 18 decks, a crew of 2,165 will tend to as many as 6,296 customers, nearly 45 percent more than the largest cruise ships now operating. Oasis has attractions never before seen on a cruise ship, including a park with trees and hanging gardens, a boardwalk-style area with a merry-go-round and a theater that has booked the Broadway musical "Hairspray."

www.royalcaribbeanoasisoftheseas.com.

— Washington Post