the swim on Tortola during the Eastern cruise last May.
The ride over on the ferry was pretty yucky. Not only because one of the 4 yo and myself got seasick (very, very rough water), but because it was the most disgusting nastiest bathroom I have ever seen in my life. The water was brown, well wait, it wasn't water because the toilets don't flush while moving. They flush them later with water. So the toilet was full and OMG it stunk. By stunk, I mean one of those bathrooms on the interstate that hasn't been cleaned in a century at an old ratty gas station. Wet toilet paper was stuck everywhere, pee, poo, etc. I had to hold my breath and then try and hold the 4 yo over the disgusting toilet. In all fairness, if he had never gotten sick we would have made the hour ferry without going to the bathroom and I never would have known, but as it was, when his stomach got churned he thought he had to go. Also, the seasickness subsided as soon as we touched ground. Oh, and also, Disney had tried to give everyone seasickness tablets before we left and I hadn't accepted them. I didnt realize they weren't just a "courtesy" but a necessity. Doh! I figured we didn't need them because bc I've never been seasick!
The dolphin swim itself was pretty nasty and stinky. The dolphins were pinned in a stinky stale fish tank type lagoon. I was picturing something like the little island at Nasseau. It smelled very fishy and the water was pretty murky and nasty. Picture a zoo with cages vs. a zoo in natural habitat. We got the "free" swim, but I had they impression they do that for every group.
The kids loved it the whole thing start to finish. They didn't care how dirty/nasty anything was, of course, I made sure not to let on that I thought so! I will never go back on that excursion again.
Another bummer was it took the whole day so we didn't have time to see anything of St. John, which was a bummer. Oh and it cost over a thousand dollars for our family of 5, which is so not worth it on so many levels.
Sorry to be a damper,
Valerie
) but a lot of people loved the dolphin program at Dolphinaris on Cozumel. It's an enclosed pool, so you don't get the tide issues of the program at Chankanaab. 
. With just the encounter you still get the dolphin kiss and dance with it, just no swim. It was fun seeing the dolphin do tricks right in front of us and getting to pet it and such.
