Discovery cove

[debcon]

hi we have booked dicovery cove for when we go to america this year !!!!! we've done it twice b4 n loved it my dd and her cousin paige really enjoyed the dolphin swim but personally i really enjoyed the snorkiling with the tropical fish and stingray and the food is great to you get to choose a 3 course meal a starter main meal and pudding my dd loved the chocolate cake !!!!! but this year when we go there will b 13 of us and atm my dm says she can not swim very well so she wont be doing the dolphin swim ,so she says she will look after infant but i am persuding her to do the the dolphin swim !!!!! so do u think they will let us go in two groups at different times so when they r swiming we look afta infant n wen we r swimming they will look after infant !!!!! plz help xxxxxx

[colin39]

:wave: we did it last year,but without the dolphine swim, however we are going to did it again this year with the swim:thumbs-up
:cool2: we cant wait to rtn. im gunna getya little fishy:cool2:

[debcon]

well you really missed somrthing not doing the dolphin swim i would definately recommend it me my dh and dd loved it x

[florifan]

yes i'm sure you will be able to split into 2 groups doing the swim at different times, just ask when you get there in the morning to the check in counter

[KimberlyKirsty]

swimming with the dolphins is a great experience! loved the snorkling part too! i wasn't to keen on the sting ray! they are huge!!! it really is a great experince a definate recommendation to anyone!

[joshiemonkey]

you are sure to be able to do this. but make sure you check when you arrive on site

[toddy17]

:wave: we did it last year,but without the dolphine swim, however we are going to did it again this year with the swim:thumbs-up
:cool2: we cant wait to rtn. im gunna getya little fishy:cool2:

I didn't think that you could do discovery cove without the dolphin swim. We swam in 2005 (check out photo) and thought we would do DC last year without the dolphion swim but they wouldn't let us book unless someone was swimming with dolphins. We would love to go again for the all the other areas but are not bothered about the dolphin swim.
Ang

[Clements]

We are going to Florida for the first time in April. We have booked Discovery Cove. We are all swimming with the Dolphins apart from my mum. Will she be able to watch us though?

[florifan]

yes she will, each group of 8 or so people are allocated to a dolphin and trainer in a seperate part of the dolphin lagoon and other family members can watch from the shoreline just behind and take photos etc. Your mum will then be able to join in with all the other activities available if she wants to

[florifan]

Yes she will - each group is split into 8 people or so and allocated a dolphin and trainer in a separate part of the dolphin lagoon, other family members can watch from the shore line just behind and take photos etc, she can then join in the rest of the days activities if she wants to

[easygoingeezer]

Last time I let my nephew and Dad swim with the dolphins, I preferred to snorkle with the fishes. Nephew was 6.5 then and not a good swimmer but he let the dolphin take him for a ride.

I love the snorkeling part best to be honest.

[ChoppyGirl]

Even if you are not a strong swimmer they supply life jackets so everyone can do it. Although I wish I had not bothered as you are only in the deep bit for about a minute or so and I could have managed easily managed. The lifejacket spolit the photos a bit (I still bought loads!) For most of the time you are in a shallow bit with your feet on the floor, you only go out into the deep for the bit when the dolphin pulls you. You just can't do DC without the swim!!!:omg:


PS Where Pooh Bear gone EGG?

[monkey3]

Toddy 17-you can do DC without the Dolphin Swim but you cannot book it online(it will only let you book with a minimum of 1 swim). You just need to telephone them to book.

[toddy17]

Toddy 17-you can do DC without the Dolphin Swim but you cannot book it online(it will only let you book with a minimum of 1 swim). You just need to telephone them to book.

Thanks, we'll give them a ring and check it out. Last time we went there were 7 of us who all swam with the dolphins as one group. This time only DH and I going so not bothered about the swim.
Ang:)

[debcon]

well finally me and my friend talked my mum in to doing the swim so we will have to do different times so lets hope this will be ok thanks for all your replys!!!

[m219226]

Hi - we did the dolphin swim last year. There was 11 of us and we had been booked into 3 separate groups groups of 6, 4 and 1. We did all want to swim together. We asked for the groups to be changed, they were changed to a 7 and a 4 with 4 children being left without an adult. We asked again and eventually we were allowed to swim as a group of 11 as the trainer didn't mind a larger group. We all wanted to be together as we had booked a birthday package and wanted everyone to be in the video and photographs. As it is an expensive day we were expecting to purchase the video (well DVD) as a keepsake. The way the dophin experience is set up it is difficult for non swimmers to take photos from the beach. All in all it was a great day, I would avise you all to turn up together to register for your swim so you can make sure that your party is not being split up in a way that you are not happy with as it does tend to spoil things for everyone when you are trying to make last minute changes the way we had to do