swimming with dolphins in orlando

cashman_2

can anyone tell me the cheapest or the best way to swim with the dolphins in orlando please, i have a very excited 6 year old.
cheers cash.

and please don't suggest going in the sea

melancholly

the only place I know of for dolphins is discovery cove which isn't cheap.
but if you are going very soon you might still catch the manatee season - you can go swim with wild manatees on organised trips. some of my family went last january (i was stuck in the rainy old uk and am still bitter!) and they loved it. i'll try and find a link to the people they went with.

monkeyspanner

Discovery Cove is expensive but they used to throw in a free multiday pass to Sea World don't know if this is still the case. If you are in Sea World you can then get cheaper tickets to Busch Gardens and there is a shuttle bus there from Sea World.

Poppy9

I'm going to Discovery cove next week. No cheap way to do it I'm afraid. It includes 7 days entry (either before or after) to either Seaworld or Busch gardens (not both). There is also the 14 day option with some ticket sellers.

nelly_2

Discovery cove is a brilliant place. Heavy price though but its worth it. after march 20 its $179 dollars to get in plus $100 more to swim with dolphins.

Discovery cove price page linkyness

Its the most expensive park Ive ever been too (and I've done loads in USA) but it has a beach, its not crowded, you get to swim with fish that you only see on tv generally, all them brightly coloured ones and even stingrays as big as a bed. It has a bird feeding area where they feed out of your hand if your lucky. Its deffinately worth going to if you can stretch the budget. You get a free lunch and get to keep your snorkel but not the goggles.

We didnt do the dolphin swim but we stood on the nearby rocks to watch.

Heres what you get for the extra $100.

You stand in the water in a group of six, for half an hour, while a trainer gets the dolphin to flap its flippers right in front of you, and spit water at you and do a few tricks and stuff like that. Then individualy they take you out about 20 meters into the water the dophin comes over, you grab its top fin and it swims to the beach and thats about it.

We REALLY didnt think it was worth $100, but a 6 year old might think its the best thing that has ever happened.

Discovery cove really is a GREAT day out.