To the families headed to Orlando, don’t sleep on Discovery Cove! We visited for the first time yesterday and had the best time meeting and swimming with dolphins! 🐬 Back in January when I made our reservations, I signed us up to be Trainers for the Day during our visit (Only eight per day are selected, so reserve your spot early!). Among other things, this extended our time with the dolphins, as well as allowed us the opportunity to meet four different dolphins, taking photographs with three of them. We met Marea, LaToya, Yoko, and Gertie - all as sweet and gentle as can be. Let’s get to some photos and I’ll share more about the park later.
Kisses from Marea.
Glides with Marea.
Belly up glides with LaToya.
Crazy Yoko 😝 and Marea.
Wyatt’s turn.
Mom’s turn.
Brad’s turn.
Clearly, we had a blast with the dolphins and Wyatt + Delta Mae will be strongly encouraged to pursue degrees in animal studies so they can become dolphin trainers and give me all the opportunities to swim with dolphins again. 😊
Throughout the morning, Miranda guided us to a private session at the Asian clawed otter habitat, two meet and greets, one with a sloth and another with a small member of the toucan family. We also fed the fish and sting rays at the grand reef and got a glance at a few marmosets on their island.
We were also taken behind the scenes and learned about the dolphins meal prep, feeding and activity schedules and the water filtration systems in place that keep the waters pristine.
Did I mention this was an all inclusive day resort and that the food and drinks were phenomenal?! Okay, there, I said it. Ten out of ten recommend, and buy their photos too!
The grand finale to our Spring Break Trip of 2022 did not disappoint. Thank you for the experience of a lifetime, Discovery Cove!
