We began our day on Monday, October 28, with an elegant breakfast buffet in The Enchanted Garden restaurant. The food was very similar to that in Cabanas but we liked the setting better. Because there were only four of us, we got to sit in a beautiful garden booth. M9 particularly enjoyed the napkins (hats?).
After breakfast we were taken ashore in shuttle boats. Our activity today was a trip to Dolphin Discovery, where we paid visit to the turtle farm and had a wonderful dolphin adventure.
A speedy bus ride took us to our Grand Cayman destination. Our driver was full of information about the Cayman Islands. His knowledge helped distract us from the traffic around us. We arrived safely at Dolphin Discovery. We all got the opportunity to hold green sea turtles. It was quite an experience!
We were all outfitted in life jackets and sent into the dolphin pool where we met our trainer and dolphin. Taking turns with the others in our group, we were each given the opportunity to interact with the dolphin. In addition to touching the dolphin and offering him kisses, we got to do a push and ride. For the push, we held a boogie board and swam out into the pool. The trainer then sent the dolphin to push us through the water by putting it's nose on the bottom of our foot. The key was to lock your knees and hang on. It was kind of shocking to feel a dolphin nose on your foot. The surprise made M9 call for me until the push began and she was so pleased by the feeling of moving swiftly through the water and forgot to be afraid. After the push we got to ride the dolphin. We held onto it's flippers while it swam backwards towing us along. We were mixed about which part of the dolphin experience we liked the best but we all agreed that it was a pretty amazing actitivy to participate in.
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| This is how they always serve ketchup on the Disney Fantasy. |
We returned to the ship, tired but happy.
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