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Featuring:

 Disney    Discovery Cove    SeaWorld    Islands of Adventure

Then on to Disney's Animal Kingdom park. Day 2

Emphasis:  Animal Discovery Animal Kingdom  

Later that evening, what could be better than to tell of our Safari at the Adventurers Club!  

The Club Motto is "Some days you get the bear, some days the bare get you; but always dress for the hunt".  That's exactly what we did.  Boy did we get attention!

EPCOT (Day 2)

We had our digital images recorded in the Innoventions area of Future World. We took some time to learn about the land in 'The Land' pavilion. 

Christina is learning a bit about the 'Segway' peoplemover, a 2-wheeled device that can help reduce the traffic in larger cities and offer a non-polluting alternative to the car for short distance travel.  

Dinner at Norway, enjoying some delicious Scandinavian foods before calling it a night

Day 3 the Magic Kingdom

Day 4 Disney-MGM Studios.

Fun:  The Adventurers Club- Pleasure Island  

Discovery Cove:  Emphasis:  Animal Interaction- Swimming with Dolphins.  

    Discovery Cove is THE place to go to get the ultimate dolphin experience; a 1-on-1 interaction with a dolphin.

As we entered, we were met by one of the other fun animals, the lesser anteater.  He'd make a great pet!

We took a brief class on dolphins and their care before entering the water with our trainer (pictured here).  An unforgettable experience.  Swimming with 'Coral', a 20 month old Bottlenose Dolphin.  Most of the small group were hugging, kissing, petting and getting dorsal fin rides from her.  John got the chance to pick her up almost out of the water.

SeaWorld

    Emphasis:  Surf and Turf- Dolphins, Sea Lions and Clydesdales.  Our Discovery Cove adventure also enabled us to get to SeaWorld at no additional cost.  One of our first stops was a seal, sea lion and walrus show.   

Just before heading out to another theme park, John stopped in to see a dolphin and whale show.  Here a trainer is propelled 20+ feet in the air by a false killer whale.  Not having enough time with the dolphins, John went to their dolphin cove and got up close with the critters at feeding time!  

We didn't even have to go far to see wildlife.  John saw this Florida softshell turtle just outside the hotel room!  

Universal Studios Islands of Adventure   Emphasis:  Dinosaurs-  Island's of Adventure is Universal's action-packed thrill ride theme park.  

Our favorite spot in the park was one devoted to the movie Jurassic Park.  Here, across the lake is the Jurassic pack visitors center where you can see and do indoor things, but time for that later . . .  

Linda parks a Jeep out in from of a Jurassic Park remote station.  On the right she and Christina are checking on a Triceratops that needs a medical checkup.

Christina discovers a dinosaur that needs to be put back in its pen.