Discovery Cove

Discovery Cove is a theme park located in Orange County, Greater Orlando, Florida, USA. It is owned and operated by Sea World Parks & Entertainment. It is a theme park where you can interact with a variety of marine animals (particularly bottlenose dolphins, tropical fish and rays), exotic birds and land mammals.

Discovery Cove has its "Trainer for a Day package" that gives its guests the opportunity to schedule a reservation, so they can talk, touch, play and swim with bottlenose dolphins. This package contains a 30-minute dolphin session, deep water dolphin interaction, private photo sessions, ample time with the dolphin trainers and a behind the scenes. Is not it exciting? The 30-minute dolphin sessions run by trained Dolphin Adventure Guides, which will inform our customers about security and information they have to learn about the dolphins before falling in the dolphin pool. The presentation of information on how to use hand signals and positive reinforcement to persuade the dolphins to perform behaviors before engaging in a one-on-one swim. The deep water dolphin interaction between a single dolphin and a group of about eight people, while one-on-one swim lasts about 15 seconds.

Discovery Cove's main attractions are: Coral Reef, where guests can use their park-provided snorkeling gear to see and interact with thousands of tropical fish, including an underwater shark and barracuda tank placed behind protective glass, the Stingray Tank, where guests can swim after a briefing with Discovery Cove Adventure Guides, the free-flight aviary, which contains over 250 tropical birds that guests can interact with. Some birds are parrots, toucans and more than 30 other species of birds are more or less exotic and tropical attraction River runs straight ahead through aviary and surrounding park, allowing guests to float around to different scenes in Discovery Cove. It is next to the heated freshwater pool resort.

Discovery Cove is also an amusement park that is environmentally friendly, because instead of using polystyrene foam and petrochemical-based plastic service they used biodegradable food wares. The park is also planning to use materials that are organic and biodegradable (bamboo, vegetable-based starch, corn, sugar cane fiber, etc.) for their food-service containers and service.

Discovery Cove entrance is comprehensive. Means that it is a package that includes food, beverages, equipment rental, and a ticket to SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. But there are other alternatives if the entrance of the park. These are: dolphin-swimming, non-dolphin-swim, and "Trainer for a Day" packages. To be admitted into the park, you should place a reservation first because it can only accommodate 1,000 people in a given period. The entrance to the park includes all you can eat or drink at Resto and snack bars, including booze. Recently, the park launched a "Twilight Discovery Program, which includes gourmet dinner and drinks. Entrée choices may include salmon, mahi mahi, Jambalaya, hamburgers, chicken fingers, pasta and roasted chicken, along with a selection of sandwiches, salads and desserts. Discovery Cove also offers their guests snorkeling equipment (mask, wetsuit / vest, snorkel) that they can keep. Entrance package also includes cupboards, towel, sunscreen and beach chairs. There are also private Cabanas rented.