How many at a time

[MKLOVER]

I have booked to be at DC on 24 February 2003. How many people are in the water at the same time?

and how many dolphins tend to be there too?

 

[alexandra uk]

Its normally a group of around 8 people with 1 dolphin

 

[vernon]

Just to expand on Alexandra's post, there are usually 4 or 5 groups in the lagoon. The lagoon is designed to have 4 or 5 smaller "bays" , each bay will have one group of 6-8 people and one dolphin. so in total there would be 4 or 5 dolphins ( I think they have a total of about 12-15 dolphins at DC and rotate them), about 30-40 people plus 8-10 "trainers" and 5 photographers.

 

[robvia]

I counted 3 smaller bays.
6-8 people in a group.
There we're two groups in our bay at the same time.
They can use two dolphins at a time for a group if they want. 1 dolphin for the shore stuff, and one in the middle for the ride back to the shore. Then again, ours was a baby, so it's hard to say how many they'll have.
They can bring dolphins in and out of the bay in seconds. It's a point command. The trainer points their finger and whooosh, the dolphin is there.
Look at my TR and you'll get an idea of how it works.
http://home.attbi.com/~robvia/SeaWorld1.htm