Well that's what you get for using those mainstream, once-over-lightly guidebooks.
Actually, the original Dolphin Encounter at Sea World was a pale foreshadowing of the current attraction at Discovery Cove. It was a "backstage" experience in a training tank with none of the marvelous tropical themeing of the current DC experience.
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