Epcot-- Swimming with dolphins

[MarkC]

Question for you Disney pros-- has anyone done the dolphin swim at Living Seas? I see you can do so for $150. Was it worth it? How much time do you get interacting with them? Any advice and information will help. We're thinking of doing this in August 2009. Thanks.

[sandeecheeks]

We have not done this tour but I did some research into it and then we decided to do the dolphin interaction at Discovery Cove instead. The Epcot Dolphins in Depth tour is 3 hours, and Disney says that you will be "up to your waist in water for UP TO 30 minutes". Dolphin interaction is NOT guaranteed and it is the dolphins choice to participate or not in the interaction. For this reason we choose our interaction at Discovery Cove. It is more money at $269 but you get the entire day at Discovery Cove, dolphin interaction is guaranteed, and you also get to swim with the sting rays and exotic fish. We have it booked for Nov 5/08 and are looking forward to the experience. If you haven't checked it out yet they have a website at discoverycove.com.