Frommer's EasyGuide to Disney World, Universal and Orlando 2015 by Jason Cochran

Author:Jason Cochran
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FrommerMedia
Published: 2014-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

A’Lure: The Call of the Ocean SHOW You mustn’t feel bad if you miss this wordless, animal-free revue of arty human tumbling and caterwauling. The plot—something about an enchantress jealous of a stud-muffin fisherman—is as insubstantial as the bubbles that pour from the ceiling. It’s mostly an opportunity to get into the air-conditioning. It’s dark on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Nautilus Theater.

The Rest of the Park

Dolphin Nursery ACTIVITY Between the entrance plaza and the Waterfront, the young mammals are kept with their mothers for the first few years of their lives before graduating to the larger Dolphin Cove elsewhere in the park. Much of the day, human trainers can be found here, feeding the adolescent animals and getting them acclimated to human interaction. A fence keeps you well away from the water.

Key West at SeaWorld ACTIVITY A sorta-reproduction of Front Street in the southernmost city in Florida features the Stingray Lagoon, a pool where you can lean over and feel the spongy fish. You can buy food to feed the rays for $5 per tray of about four fish, two trays for $9, or three for $13.

Dolphin Cove ACTIVITY Feeding times for the bottlenose dolphins (the schedule is posted) are regimented and crowded. Interested parties should collect in a zone near the feeding area about 30 minutes before the posted feeding time. You can take your own photos or SeaWorld will sell you a professional one for $20. Around feeding times, dolphins congregate at the trainers’ dock, which can make seeing them from other parts of the tank difficult, so if you won’t be feeding them, come between meals for a better look. Walk around the far side of the tank, and you’ll find a little-used underwater viewing area with air conditioning.

TurtleTrek ACTIVITY/FILM A circuitous entrance ramp brings you to a popular air-conditioned underwater viewing area for 1,500 Caribbean fish and sea turtles the size of coffee tables. If you look closely, you can tell which turtles are rescues—one lost her lower jaw from a fishing net, another gave a flipper to a shark near Bermuda. In the freshwater tank, much attention is paid to the manatee’s status as one of America’s most endangered animals, and, in fact, the sluggish creatures on display here were all rescued from the wild, where hot-dogging boaters are decimating their numbers. You’ll be herded into a domed room where a (rather poorly) computer-animated 3-D film traces the life cycle of a sea turtle from its point of view. It’s hard not to notice that 7-minute story hits the same beats as “Finding Nemo” (jellyfish fields, marauding birds, sharks prowling a shipwreck). You might be better off staying longer in front of the tank, where the view is more authentic. Tip: If you skip this, at least see the manatees in their habitat located out the attraction’s exit.

Manta RIDE Rising above the park is SeaWorld’s thrill-ride pride, a “flying coaster” ridden face-down and head-first, in a horizontal position. You board sitting upright, and after your shoulders

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