Maremagnum and other Barcelona, Spain Tourist Trap Tips

All very nice during the day, just lay at the pier and enjoy the sun. A few reasonably priced food stands and very good (and very expensive) frappe coffee at the juice stand at the ground floor.
BUT:
Don't go near the place during the night!
The nightclubs are at least horrible, the drinks unbelievably overpriced, the music disgusting. The best description of the atmosphere can be seen at late-night docusoaps with zero IQ drunk Brits abroad.
DON'T GO THERE!

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At Least Do This: There is an irish pub at the top floor. Very expensive drinks and huge cockroaches running around freely (as in the rest of Maremagnum), but at least you won't be bothered by the stupid music and crowd from the downstairs clubs.
Alternative: There are many late bars and clubs around Barcelona. My favourite area is the Marina/Poblenou but it's a 30-minute walk or you need a taxi.
If you want to stay near the Ramblas, try London bar - not a very good choice either, but orders of magnitude better than Maremagnum.

Although Sagrada Familia itself is an absolute must, I regret paying the entrance fee to go inside (8 euro, 9 combined with entrance to Gaudi's house in park Guell).

The main hall is still a construction site, there is not much to see there. As for the stairs up, we spent about two hours reading the graffiti on the stone walls and waiting to go up - the staircase was so crammed that we were lucky if we could go 1 step up every 2 minutes.
Occasionally there were photo opportunities of the view and close-ups of parts of the exterior, but I really don't think it was worth the time and money.

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At Least Do This: Stay outside the church, everything you need to see is here.