[nagdu] Guide dogs at Discovery Cove

[Wayne Merritt]

Hey Marsha, Marsha, Marsha, ... :) Sorry, couldn't resist.

Discovery Cove is a Sea World related theme park that gives people a
chance to more closely experience wildlife. They offer dolphin
encounter packages for a 30 minute encounter with a dolphin. The park
admission, whether you go for the dolphin experience or the "trainer
for a day" is somewhat higher than admission at other theme parks, but
it is all inclusive. In that, your admission covers any equipment you
use during the day, all meals and snacks, locker rentals and other
things. They advise to make the reservations at least 2-3 months ahead
of time since they allow only 1,000 guests in the park on any given
day. I hesitated to do it after seeing the prices, but now think that
I will. after all, how often do you get the chance to have a dolphin
experience? Plus, when making my hotel reservation for convention last
week, I asked the reservation agent how far the park was from the
hotel , and they said, "Oh, about 10 minutes." That clenched it for
me.

The Discovery Cove website leaves a little to be desired for the
average JAWS user as far as being usable, but the address is:
www.discoveryCove.com

However, I've found most of the info through Google searches and with
YouTube videos that I searched for with Google. They also offer close
up encounters with many exotic fish, birds, and other things too.
After I get some more information, I think I'm going to go for it and
call the convention hotel to adjust my reservations. If you want to
know more, then check out the Swim with Dolphins podcast from Hear and
There that was posted to the Blind Cool Tech site:
wwww.BlindCoolTech.com
You may have to do a virtual find with control F for the podcast since
the page is very large.

Or, Hear and There direct link to MP3 file (link may wrap to next line):
http://hearandthere.net/Documents/1075%20Kitty%20Hevener%20Swims%20with%20Dolphins%20at%20Discovery%20Cove,%20Florida.mp3

Wayne

On 3/6/11, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> What is Discovery cove? Is there a website? This sounds very very
> interesting and fun to do!
>
> Marsha
>
>
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> Subject: [nagdu] Guide dogs at Discovery Cove
>
> Greetings all. Even though I haven't been posting as much, with work
> getting busier and personal time being taken up more with electronic
> stuff (such as  new Windows 7 laptop among other things), I haven't
> had as much time to post to the list. I do read some of the threads
> though and respond when I've got something to say. Anyway, I know that
> we've talked before about taking one's dog to a theme park and that
> it's up to each person to decide. I'm considering going to orlando a
> day early in July and going to Discovery Cove for their paid dolphin
> experience. I'm curious if anyone has been to this newer theme park
> and if there were kennels where you could leave your dog, or what you
> did with your dog while you were off enjoying the dolphins or other
> parts of the park? I'm not comfortable with leaving my dog in a hotel
> room all day but I honestly don't know how she will react when at the
> park. She will probably be fine and will likely be more curious than
> anything with the new sites, sounds and smells, but it's the detailed
> part of me coming out and wanting to cover bases as much as possible
> before the event comes.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Many thanks,
> Wayne Merritt
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