[lovemysons]

Great! I was wondering if you were going to write a TR!! Waiting patiently for more. :)

[Daisee]

Oh.. time at the beach, a pirate cruise, Margaritaville (favorite of ours too), sounds like a great start.

[inluvwithdisney]

Here's all 3 of my kids. As you can see there were not very many on the cruise that afternoon, I love that!!!

[inluvwithdisney]

Day 4 ~ June 2nd ~ DISCOVERY COVE!!!

We got up very early for Discovery Cove. I heard the earlyier you get ther the better! So we were in a cab on our way by7:30! Even driving up to DC was gorgeous!! My DH was sure we would be the only ones there that early, well he was wrong (I love that).

So we checked in pretty quickly and got an 11 am swim time with the dolphins!! As you walk into the park there are employees to greet you and guide you along the beutiful pathway. You take a compllimentary picture and then you are greeted by a "guide" who explains where everything is and then sends you off to breakfast!!

Breakfast was a good continental breakfast. While were eating the birds were everywhere you kinda had to guard your food My youngest DD was not really very good at guarding hers and a bird stole a croissant right off her plate!! It was hilarious ( She did not think so )!

Anyway we had a while before the dolphin swim so we got a place on the beach and visited first the Stingrays! That was very cool!!! The stingrays in this area were not very big! If you have done the Stingray swim on Castaway Cay these were very small in comparison. It was still amazing to walk in the water with these creatures and they were not shy at all, they rubbed up against you constantly!!!

Then we went to the snorkle lagoon. It was amazing!! And the Stingrays in there were HUGE!!! There was an area where they all seemed to hang out and it was a little eerie swimming thru there ! You could see the barracudas and the sharks behind the glass, they looked like they were in the same water with you and were huge too. Then on to the "pool" area. The area was sooooo cool, it was very warm water with a very unique "lazy" river!! It was very deep in spots and had very natural looking water falls and rocks on the bottom! It was fun! The kids loved the pool and river area!

After that we had a snack, it was great that you just had to walk up and get what ever you wanted!! Kinda felt like a cruise!! The it was off to wlak thru a couple of shops and go for our dolphin swim!! They give you some instruction and put you into groups. Ours was our family and another family of three. Then you head to the dolphin pool!!!!

Our kids were so excited, me too. First they bring the dolphin in for you to pet then they have you direct the dophin to do some tricks, and each person gets to do a dolphin kiss. At some point you individually interact with the dolphin several times! You each get to feed the dolphin too. My youngest DD did not wat to touch the fish so she fed the dolphin ice cubes . Then you got to each have the dolphin pull you around the pool. That was amazing and so priceless to see our kids do it.
At he end they said they were going to give the dolphin a "TOY"! So they picked to people to get the toy from the dolphin! They pick my DS and youngest DD(The reason they picked them is we paid for a special birthday package for the two of them) So they giave the buoy's to the dolphin and the dolphin brought them to my kids The buoy's read Happy Birthday Cody/Jessica and they got to keep them!! It was fun. Then when we came out of the dolphin pool there was a lady with a birthday bag with a tshirt and water camera and they each got a free picture and DVD of the swim. They loved it. Then later they got a cake too and a little celebration too. I was glad I paid for it!!!
Then we went to lunch, which was unbelieveable! Very yummy! We guarded our plates more carefully this time!
After that we snorkled more and swam some more and then went shopping! We picked up our pictures and DVD's and then were off to the hotel again. We had the same guy pick us up he was great!
The day at DC was wonderful and amazing!! I would do it again someday! I liked that it was never crowded anywhere you never waited for anything!! And the treatment was incredible too, the only time we were not at Disney where I felt the treatment was top notch! It is very much worth the $$$$$!

[inluvwithdisney]

Here is the birthday buoy!!

[inluvwithdisney]

Another view!

[Daisee]

WOW.. Discovery Cove sounds awesome.. Rlander & I need to seriously give this some thought.

[lovemysons]

Originally Posted by Daisee

WOW.. Discovery Cove sounds awesome.. Rlander & I need to seriously give this some thought.

I was going to say almost the same thing, substituting DH for Rlander.

It sounds like something we would really like to try.

[lisalovesmickey]

Great TR!

I can't wait for the rest.

Thank you for sharing.

Lisa

[Jennatrz]

So glad that you liked DC. It is really fun. Your tr is great. Can't wait to read more. Soooo keep it coming...

[inluvwithdisney]

Day 4 continued....

So after the day I finally had a chance to speak to the owner of Happy Limo about our driver!! We were to use them later in the week and I called earlier in the day and cancelled! So guess who called back..., yep the owner!!

She was great actually! I explained how we have used them ALOT! and never had an issue and this driver was sooo unbelieveably out of line that I felt like we were done with them. Soo she informed me that the driver was put on unpaid suspension until she talked with me and she did not run the $30 tip I gave him because he obviously did not deserve it. Then offered a better car for our other transfer and I needed a pick up at seaworld too and she thru that in for free and assured me we would never get that driver again!! Needless to say they have always been great and I was happy with the way it was handled!

We went back to city walk for the evening and just hung out! US and IOA close soo early that we were unable to do either but City walk was fun!

[lovemysons]

Originally Posted by inluvwithdisney

Day 4 continued....

So after the day I finally had a chance to speak to the owner of Happy Limo about our driver!! We were to use them later in the week and I called earlier in the day and cancelled! So guess who called back..., yep the owner!!

She was great actually! I explained how we have used them ALOT! and never had an issue and this driver was sooo unbelieveably out of line that I felt like we were done with them. Soo she informed me that the driver was put on unpaid suspension until she talked with me and she did not run the $30 tip I gave him because he obviously did not deserve it. Then offered a better car for our other transfer and I needed a pick up at seaworld too and she thru that in for free and assured me we would never get that driver again!! Needless to say they have always been great and I was happy with the way it was handled!

We went back to city walk for the evening and just hung out! US and IOA close soo early that we were unable to do either but City walk was fun!

Wow, I am impressed that the owner called you back and rectified the situation for you.

[inluvwithdisney]

Discovery Cove ~~ Stingray Lagoon

[lisalovesmickey]

Originally Posted by lovemysons

Wow, I am impressed that the owner called you back and rectified the situation for you.

Yeah, thats really cool. I will remember them if I ever have any needs just b/c of your story.


Lisa

[inluvwithdisney]

Discovery Cove ~ My DD