Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to address your concerns. Like all SeaWorld parks our animals receive the highest level of care exceeding all government regulations. It has been my privilege to work for this company for 15 years and I continue to be amazed over the level compassion that our Animal Training team dedicates to all the animals in our care. While we do have a couple dolphins that were collected from the wild this dates back to the 1970’s. The average lifespan of a Bottlenose Dolphin in the wild is roughly 20-25 years while we have many animals exceeding 40 years. This alone is a testament to the care they receive. Currently at Discovery Cove we have approximately 50 dolphins and 30 were actually born at Discovery Cove and roughly 95% were born in a SeaWorld facility. Contrary to popular belief SeaWorld has never collected a single animal from the notorious Japanese drive hunts and has vocally stood against this practice for many years

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I think folks can arrive anytime they'd like during the day. I think those who want to book a swim with dolphins (or other specific bookings above general admission) - they would want to arrive early to get a time slot, but that's a question for the resort. They have free meals (breakfast and lunch) and drinks. So it's a bit expensive to go just for the afternoon, but definitely doable! We just stayed the morning, ate lunch, and then left. A few people were coming in as we were leaving.

Don’t think an issue as long as not in Dolphin experience as loose items, jewellery not allowed Give customer service a call or message they are great Even had prescription snorkel masks for me & my daughter Have a great time

There are paved walkways around the whole of the park, its only when you wish to go onto the sand/pool area that it become tricky due to the sand, the walkways are also covered both sides by trees and vegetation so they are not really "open", just the sand areas are open. They have beach wheelchairs with bigger wheels, I would have thought they are free, but I would suggest calling them to reserve one, I'm sure they will tell you the cost, if there is one. We visited in August and we had a few minor interactions with bees when eating, by that I mean the odd bee coming over, it is a lot cooler in February so I would not expect any issues assuming there will be less bees, Discovery Cove was no different to anywhere else in Orlando for bees, at least in my experience. Hope some of this information is helpful.