Dolphin swim and splashes

[JoniGirl]

Originally posted by snookhams
I just had to let everyone know that since my first post back in February Matthew - my youngest has come on in leaps and bounds with his swimming, all helped by Daddy taking lessons too and the purchase of a pair of goggles - we always go swimming as a family at least once a week but treat this as funtime and not an extended lesson although we sometimes work on things that he is finding difficult and last week he swam 25 metres on his back and then 25 metres on his front - I am soooo looking forward now to DC by the time August is here he will be like the 'man from Atlantis' and has now gone up from the beginners class to the intermediates and he is so proud of himself.

He had a dreadful experience but I am glad to say that he managed to put it behind him, and if anything it seems to have made him more determined to swim - but will we be able to take his goggles into DC I know they give you a mask but am unsure how he will feel without his trusty companions............

Glad to hear it - enjoy your trip!

 

[snookhams]

Just wanted to upsate everyone, we went to Orlando again this August, encountered 'Charley' don't want to see another hurricane again, but we went to DC again (we used some of DH redundacny money) and Matthew enjoyed it so much more this time, I really wish we had waited for him to have more water confidence, this time the 2 boys swam out together for the swim/pull back to shore, and DH stayed at the ledge to watch, it was really nice to see them enjoying it (this had been booked as a surprise and they had no idea that we were going until we parked in carpark), they both snorkelled in the stingray lagoon as well , in fact the only one to chiken out of that was DH but he is the weakest swimmer of the four of us, all in all we had a fantastic day again, the atmosphere and surroundings are fantastic only spoiled slightly by a terrible (and boy do I mean terrible) thunderstorm in the afternoon when a lightening bolt hit really near by and we weren't allowed to walkaround had to stay under cover or in shop/restaurant for about 20 mins, Matthew got a bit panicked then as he thought that another hurricane was on the way, and this time we did not have the safety of the closet we had hidden in, but the staff were brilliant at calming him down and taking his mind of it and we were all soon back in the water, and we stayed until closing time.

 

[Mouseman11]

You can speak to the trainer before you get in the pool and explain the situation to them. Your son will be able to pet and give the dolphin a kiss and have his picture taken with the dolphin but they will tell you he can't ride the dolphin if he is scared of getting water on his face. It will limit the experience but he will still have fun. We had goofy as our dolphin and he was great. He helped my propose to my girlfriend by getting a toy from the other side of the pool that said "will you marry me". He swam under water all the way right up to her and gave it to her. Anyway good luck you'll have ablast

Didn't realize the post was from 2002 but hay I'm new to this