Discovery Cove - Part Two
After the dolphin swim, we were led by the photographer to another cabana-type place to view our photos. This is a super good marketing idea, as the pictures came out beautifully. I bought the Adventure Package, which included five 5X6 prints, one 4X6 print (I think), 2 keychains, and the photo CD. Expensive yes, but worth it. We were to pick them up in the afternoon.
My mom and I headed over to the Aviary next, as I read on the DIS that it was good to head over there in the morning because the birds were the hungriest then. We did have some good interactions with some birds, as shown here:
After the interaction, I think I might have headed over to the "resort pool" (not sure of the official name, but I can't find my map at the moment). I dipped my feet in the water (it was nice and warm) and tested out my snorkeling skills (haha - it was as easy as I remembered it - the last time I used a snorkel was in 2006, probably, when I was in Belize). My mom got some frozen lemonade which she loved, but I wanted to try it later. Btw.....ALL of the food provided at DC is included in your admission. :D Even the beer......(which I did not have - but perhaps.....I may try the cocktail next time? If I am not driving, of course).
Think we headed over to the Grand Reef next. The Grand Reef is a new attraction that opened in June of this year. It is soo nice! However, the water temperature is a bit chilly. It has to be, or else the fish in there would not survive. I snorkeled for quite a bit over there. The stingrays were my favorite. It was so awesome to swim with them and touch them! The fish were beautiful as well.
^ Yeah, the sunscreen is kind of hard to rub in. ;)
^ The stingrays were amazing to be around.
There was a bridge area over the shark tank, and we spent a couple minutes there, and I also got to talk to one of the employees (trainer?) there.
We headed over to lunch around 11:30ish. I had the jumbalaya (picked out the chicken and shrimp), vegetables, and carrot cake (YUM).
Stay tuned for Part 3!
My mom and I headed over to the Aviary next, as I read on the DIS that it was good to head over there in the morning because the birds were the hungriest then. We did have some good interactions with some birds, as shown here:
After the interaction, I think I might have headed over to the "resort pool" (not sure of the official name, but I can't find my map at the moment). I dipped my feet in the water (it was nice and warm) and tested out my snorkeling skills (haha - it was as easy as I remembered it - the last time I used a snorkel was in 2006, probably, when I was in Belize). My mom got some frozen lemonade which she loved, but I wanted to try it later. Btw.....ALL of the food provided at DC is included in your admission. :D Even the beer......(which I did not have - but perhaps.....I may try the cocktail next time? If I am not driving, of course).
Think we headed over to the Grand Reef next. The Grand Reef is a new attraction that opened in June of this year. It is soo nice! However, the water temperature is a bit chilly. It has to be, or else the fish in there would not survive. I snorkeled for quite a bit over there. The stingrays were my favorite. It was so awesome to swim with them and touch them! The fish were beautiful as well.
^ Yeah, the sunscreen is kind of hard to rub in. ;)
^ The stingrays were amazing to be around.
There was a bridge area over the shark tank, and we spent a couple minutes there, and I also got to talk to one of the employees (trainer?) there.
We headed over to lunch around 11:30ish. I had the jumbalaya (picked out the chicken and shrimp), vegetables, and carrot cake (YUM).
Stay tuned for Part 3!