I'm currently planning a trip to Disney from June 6-12. I've only been there about 3 times in my life and I am excited to pass the experience on to my boys (12 and 5). I've only ever been to Sea World once when I was a kid...and that was in Ohio before they moved it, so I made my wife promise we could plan at least one day to spend at Sea World. Now that I'm about to purchase the tickets I'm seeing a lot of "extras" that I might be interested in purchasing, but the website doesn't have a lot of details on exactly what you're paying for and I'm hoping some of you have done these things and can share your experiences with me.
Basically I have decided to purchase one extra, but I don't know which one to get....so if you can help me decide I'd be eternally greatful!
- Behind the Scenes tour: This sounds like fun, but the write-up on the website makes it sound like more of a wildlife conservation PR tour. Given some of the other options, would I be better off passing on this for something else?
- Dolphins Up-Close tour: I would really like to take my family swimming with the Dolphins at Discovery Cove but I can't justify the $1300 price tag...even with the free access to Sea World and Aquatica. I'm positive this isn't anywhere near the DC experience but it could be a very memorable time for my kids depending on how much access we get to the dolphins. Has anyone else done this and can you give me a review?
- Sea Lions Up-Close tour: Same as above....could be a lot of fun but I'm hesitant to pull the trigger unless I can find more info about it and hear some reviews.
- Wild Arctic Up-Close tour: Sounds really cool, but the pictures look like it's a museum tour and not really an "interact with the animals" type of thing.
- Dine with Shamu: Since there's a sticky about this at the top of this board I'm assuming this is probably the most popular extra....sounds like it's a 1-hour "dinner" with about 30 minutes where the trainers and Shamu are around. Do the kids get to interact with the Killer whale? Is this the best of the bunch?
My biggest wish is for interaction with the animals. My kids would love to feed/pet dolphins, whales, Sea Lions, etc. so the more of that the better. I'm just not sure which extras allow that.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Basically I have decided to purchase one extra, but I don't know which one to get....so if you can help me decide I'd be eternally greatful!
- Behind the Scenes tour: This sounds like fun, but the write-up on the website makes it sound like more of a wildlife conservation PR tour. Given some of the other options, would I be better off passing on this for something else?
- Dolphins Up-Close tour: I would really like to take my family swimming with the Dolphins at Discovery Cove but I can't justify the $1300 price tag...even with the free access to Sea World and Aquatica. I'm positive this isn't anywhere near the DC experience but it could be a very memorable time for my kids depending on how much access we get to the dolphins. Has anyone else done this and can you give me a review?
- Sea Lions Up-Close tour: Same as above....could be a lot of fun but I'm hesitant to pull the trigger unless I can find more info about it and hear some reviews.
- Wild Arctic Up-Close tour: Sounds really cool, but the pictures look like it's a museum tour and not really an "interact with the animals" type of thing.
- Dine with Shamu: Since there's a sticky about this at the top of this board I'm assuming this is probably the most popular extra....sounds like it's a 1-hour "dinner" with about 30 minutes where the trainers and Shamu are around. Do the kids get to interact with the Killer whale? Is this the best of the bunch?
My biggest wish is for interaction with the animals. My kids would love to feed/pet dolphins, whales, Sea Lions, etc. so the more of that the better. I'm just not sure which extras allow that.
Thanks in advance for any help!