Travel Reference
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All guests are required to wear flotation vests when swimming, and lifeguards
are omnipresent. You'll need your swimsuit, pool shoes, and a cover-up. On rare days
when it's too cold to swim in Orlando, guests are provided with free wet suits. Dis-
covery Cove also provides fish-friendly sunscreen samples; guests may not use their
own sunscreen.
LILIANE
The price is high, but the prize is right. Swimming with a dol-
phin across the bay was one of the most amazing things I have ever done in
my life.
DiscoveryCoveisopen8a.m.-5:30p.m.daily.Admissionislimited,sopurchase
tickets well in advance; call 877-557-7404 or visit
discoverycove.com
.
Prices vary
seasonally from $244 per person to $425, including tax (no children's discount).
Prices for Florida residents start at $219. Admission includes the dolphin swim, self-
parking, Continental breakfast, a substantial lunch, snacks and drinks, and use of
beach umbrellas, lounge chairs, towels, lockers, swim and snorkel gear, and unlimited
admission to SeaWorld and
Aquatica water park
for 14 days surrounding your visit to
Discovery Cove.
If you're not interested in the dolphin swim, you can visit Discovery Cove for the
day for $180-$286 per person, including tax, depending on the season. For only $20
more you can add unlimited admission to Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay for 14 con-
secutive days. The passes are valid before or after your Discovery Cove visit.
For an additional $59 per person, you can experience
SeaVenture,
a 25-minute
underwater stroll on the bottom of the Grand Reef aquarium. Participants wear diving
helmets (large enough to accommodate eyeglasses), and no experience or scuba certi-
fication is necessary. Minimum age is 10 years.
