I DID NOT GET TO THE END OF THE POSTS BEFORE POSTING THIS...SO I AM SORRY IF I REPEAT ANYTHING.
MY FAMILY WENT LAST YEAR TO DC AND IT WAS AMAZING. I BOUGHT THIS AS A SURPRISE, BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT TO MCO, EVERYONE KNEW! I KNEW ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, AS A FRIEND WENT THE YEAR BEFORE - SO I WAS MOSTLY PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING. (I ALSO WATCHED HIS VIDEO FROM HIS EXPERIENCE) I GOT THREE DOLPHIN SWIMS, AND ONE NON-DOLPHIN SWIM. I FIGURED I COULD TAKE PICTURES. I HONESTLY DIDNT WANT TO BUY THE OVER PRICED PKGS. HOWEVER, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SAVING UP FOR THIS EXPERIENCE - YOU HAVE FIVE...YES FIVE YEARS TO BUY THE PICTURES THEY TAKE OF YOU AT DC. THE VIDEO NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED ASAP. THEY DO NOT HOLD THAT. I CHOSE TO BUY IT AT A LATER DATE.
Items Prices
8x10 Photo $29.99
5x7 Photo $15.99
2 Keychains $15.99
4 Wallets $15.99
Photo CD (5 images) $100.00
Video (avail. no longer than 40 days after date of swim) $59.99
Shipping Fee $7.00
YOU JUST NEED THE FOLLOWING INFO, WHICH IS ALL ON YOUR PASS FOR SEA WORLD/BUSCH GARDENS:
NAME, DATE OF SWIM, TIME OF SWIM, CABANA AND DOLPHIN. THEN THEY SEND YOU THE "PROOFS" OR THUMBNAILS ONLINE. THEY ARE TINY...SO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THEM PRIOR TO LEAVING THE PARK.
ON TO THE EXPERIENCE: WE GOT A 2:15 SWIM TIME - SO WE HAD TIME TO STROLL AROUND AND CHECK STUFF OUT. WE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO THE LAZY RIVER. WE JUST SWAM AROUND. HONESTLY, I WAS A LITTLE SHAKY BECAUSE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER DRASTICALLY CHANGES. WHEN WE SUITED UP IN OUR GEAR, I MADE SURE I TOOK A LIFE VEST FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS MY SON, BECAUSE I HAVENT BEEN SWIMMING IN A LONG TIME, AND KNEW ABOUT THE WATER DEPTH (I THINK IT WAS 8 FEET IN PLACES...AND IT REALLY DROPS!!) AT THE WATERFALL, I GOT HIT IN THE HEAD THE WRONG WAY WITH SOMETHING...THAT MADE ME LOOSE MY BREATH. I HAD TO HOP UP ON THE EDGE OF THE ROCKS, AND CATCH MY BREATH BEFORE CONTINUING INTO THE AVIARY. WE SAW ONE BIRD FLY OVER...BUT DIDNT STOP THERE. ALTHOUGH I WISH I HAD. AFTER GETTING OUT OF THAT...WE HEADED OVER TO THE STING RAYS. OMG...THIS IS AWESOME. MY SON DECIDED TO HANG BACK WITH MY DAUGHTER, BUT ME AND SCOTT (HB) DECIDED TO STAY FOR THE FEEDING. THEY COME RIGHT ON YOU! THE INSTRUCTORS TELL YOU HOW TO FEED THEM, WITH FISTS SO THEY DONT TRY TO TAKE YOUR FINGER WITH IT. THEN WE WENT TO EAT LUNCH. I ENJOYED THE FOOD VERY MUCH. THE CHEESECAKE... TO DIE FOR. THEN OFF TO THE SWIM. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE ENCOUNTER FOR US. I GOT TO SWIM INSTEAD OF TAKING PICS, MY HB WANTED TO INSTEAD. OK. SURE! THE WATER IS QUITE COLD, AS THE DOLPHINS NEED TO BE IN COOLER WATER. TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO GET USED TO THE WATER...OR JUST DIVE IN! YOUR CHOICE.
YOU SIT IN THE SHALLOWER WATER, DOING THINGS WITH THE DOLPHIN, I WONT SPOIL THAT. THE PHOTOGRAPHER CATCHES ALL THE KEY MOMENTS. THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR DOLPHIN GROUPS AT THE SAME TIME. I GOT HUTCH. (SO DID MY FRIEND WHEN HE WENT!) THEN THEY BRING YOU OUT TWO AT A TIME TO "SWIM" WITH THE DOLPHIN. IT WAS AMAZING. THEN AFTER THAT, WE WENT INTO THE LARGER PART OF THE WATER AND HUNG OUT...AND WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL (AFTER SEEING THE SLOTH! LOL)