Discovery Cove is a one of a kind experience. It teaches you important facts about the marine life in the ocean, by letting us snorkel with them. But first when you walk through the lobby, you enter the world of the undersea, the lobby is just fantastic. It features oceanic things such as fish, the colors of the ocean, and ships. This prepares you for the habitat that you are about to enter. When the person gives you your identity cards, you are now allowed to open the doors, and step into the ocean. There are tons of water pools, caves, beaches, and trails. This are essentials for the creatures for Discovery Cove, some being rare fish, sting ray, turtles, and most important dolphins.Some advice to you when you go there is to sign up for the dolphin experience, it is the most amazing experience in your life. Just to be able to swim with them is an experience that is rarely done twice in peoples lives. Once you do it, you want to do it again and again and again. You never want to leave Discovery Cove, you want to live there and never ever leave. That's the one and only truth. The caves are there to help you realize the habitat that sea creatures reside in. Some of the caves have very dark water, which you have to go under to see everything. Nothing is ever the same when you leave, I mean it. So do me a favor, sign up for your visit now!!! And don't forget about the dolphin experience!!!

Discovery Cove is an amazing adventure. It is really the type of thing that you do only once for the experience, since it is so expensive, but it was well worth the cost.

Highlights of Discovery Cove include feeding the birds in the aviary (watch out though, my husband got bit by one!); snorkeling; swimming in the tropical lagoon/lazy river which has pretty waterfalls; lounging on the gorgeous white sand "beach"; and of course the main attraction, swimming with a dolphin!

Discovery Cove is all-inclusive, and you have continental breakfast, a big delicious restaurant lunch with dessert, and unlimited snacks and drinks all day. There is also no additional fee for the use of wetsuits, and they provide disposable snorkeling masks and goggles. Lockers are also free to use for the day.

I would recommend Discovery Cove to anyone who is a good swimmer. They have life vests, but the water is very, very deep which can be scary if you can't swim. Some areas were 15-plus feet deep!

The dolphin swim is 30 minutes long; you pet the dolphins, kiss them, watch them do tricks, and ride along with them as you hold onto its fin and it pulls you along. They have photographers who take your photos and you may purchase them afterwards.

The snorkeling was also incredible, there are tons of fish, rays, and you can even see barracudas and sharks (those are behind glass, but the regular fish aren't!).

It had always been my dream to swim with the dolphins since I was 7 years old, and when I went to Florida this past summer, it was the only thing I wanted to do. Discovery Cove was more than I ever expected. It was amazing. I swam with the dolphins for a half-hour, which  was not long enough, but it was all the time I was given. The whole park is full of things for everyone in the family to love and enjoy. If I ever go back to Florida, I will definitely be coming back here.

Discovery Cove

This attraction is owned by the people who own Busch Gardens and Sea World. A top tip is that when you book a day at Discovery Cove, you receive six free days at Sea World, and if you pay a little extra, you can visit Busch Gardens as well!

Book in advance, as only 1,000 people can visit each day. Included in the price is a lovely meal with entertainment. All equipment, i.e. wet suit, snorkel mask, suntan lotion, towel, etc. (you can keep the snorkel).

The site is lovely, with silver sands, lovely, clean, fresh-water pools, a river around the outside, and a salt-water pool teeming with sea life in the middle.

You can also book a swim with dolphins, but we were not able to get a place on our chosen day. Next year, we will book further in advance because my son would like the dolphin swim. An addition since our visit is the possibility to camp on the beach and have an evening meal and swim! It would be worth consideration next time.

We had a lovely day, and I would definitely recommend a visit; it’s a nice, relaxing day after the Disney parks, etc.