Interact With Dolphins

During Discover Dolphins Dockside, you'll meet one of our experienced caregivers and enjoy a meet-and-greet from the comfort of one of our floating platforms. While kneeling lagoon-side, you'll have the opportunity to feel what a dolphin feels like, give some hand signals to the dolphins, and even pose for a photograph of your experience.  Photographers are on hand to capture each magical moment and all participants will take home a complimentary photo of their interaction. 

The Discover Dolphins Dockside program is not timed, but rather is based on completing a set number of behaviors with the dolphins at the dolphin's pace. This program offers a great alternative experience for those who want to meet a dolphin without entering the water, families with small children, or guests looking for a budget-friendly dolphin experience. 

At-A-Glance

• Offered Daily at 9:45AM, 12:45PM, & 2:45 PM
• Must be 6-Months Old to Participate with an Adult, 5 Years Old to Participate without an Adult (Note: For children age 4 or under, an accompanying adult is required to pay in order to assist the child on the platform).
• $65 Per Person
• Program includes general admission and required education and safety briefing.
• Please note, this program is a brief meet-and-greet. Participants seeking a more in depth experience should consider our Deluxe Discover Dolphins Dockside or swim-with-dolphins programs. This program is not based on time, but rather on completing a pre-set number of behaviors. Participants should allow 30 minutes for check-in, safety briefing, dockside experience, and visiting the facility.

Our Enrichment in Action program allows our guests to enrich the lives of our animals with an unstructured interaction. After learning about all of the fun ways we can provide enrichment to the dolphins, guests will help select an enrichment activity before getting the opportunity to join their trainer for a dolphin playtime experience. 

Participants may be able to give the dolphins their favorite toy, spray a water hose in the pool for the dolphins to interact with, blow bubbles for the dolphins, or participate in one of many other fun activities. By providing daily enrichment, we can provide the best welfare to our resident animals, and in an effort to promote their participation in enrichment, we vary the activity each day! This means no two Enrichment in Action programs will ever be the same. 

Please Note: Dolphins are able to choose to participate in enrichment or not, and therefore direct interaction with the dolphins is not guaranteed for this program. Because of the unstructured nature of this program, the program is not timed but rather the dolphins determine the duration. 

At-A-Glance

• Offered Daily at 2:30PM
• Must be 5 Years Old to Participate with a Paying Adult, 10 Years Old to Participate without an Adult 
• $59 Per Person