Dolphin Cove (SeaWorld San Antonio)
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| Location | San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA; and Orlando, FL |
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| Owner | Busch Entertainment Corporation |
| Slogan | As real as it gets. |
| Operating season | All Year |
| Website | seaworld.com |
Dolphin Cove (which is part of the main attraction Key West) is a SeaWorld attraction, which can be found at all SeaWorld parks. It holds about 700,000 gallons of water[1] and visitors can directly interact with the dolphins.
Dolphin Cove was designed to reflect a natural ecosystem and has a underwater viewing area underneath it where the visitors can watch the dolphins while listening to relaxing music[2]. Additionally the visitors are even able listening to the dolphin's communications[3].
The Dolphin Cove habitat is one of the largest dolphin pools in existence, on which the visitor can directly interact with the dolphins and features, approximately, two foot high waves, a sandy beach and a naturalistic imitating coral reef.
How to find Dolphin Cove when visiting SeaWorld
The Main attraction Key West, is located just to the left of the main entrance to SeaWorld (see map).
Feeding the dolphins
At designated times throughout the day, visitors can feed the dolphins for 5 dollars per fish-tray and thereby interact with these animals. Additionally Trainers will give informational and educational speeches about the Bottlenose Dolphin[4].
Touching the dolphins without feeding them
If visitors go down to the end of the Dolphin Cove, there is an area where they, if they don't have food for the dolphins, can still stand right at the edge of the lagoon. Most of the dolphins will be down with the visitors who have food, but there is usually a trainer over in that area with food to assure there is at least one dolphin in that area for those visitors to interact with.[5]
Specimen of Dolphins
Dolphin Cove mainly consists of Bottlenose Dolphins, one of the most common and well-known dolphins. The dolphins are shifted between Dolphin Cove, Dolphin Nursery and Discovery Cove; depending on pregnancies and space availability.
The Bottlenose Dolphin can be found in warm waters (such as the Gulf of Mexico), which explains why it's possible to find this Dolphin species worldwide.
Locations
Dolphin Cove can be found at every SeaWorld adventure park, which includes SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld San Antonio.
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Dolphin Cove in Orlando
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Dolphin Cove in San Diego
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Dolphin Cove in San Antonio
History
- When founded in 1964, SeaWorld San Diego was the first of its kind to feature the first Dolphin Cove.
- In 1970 the second park SeaWorld Ohio was build in Aurora, Ohio, near Cleveland; but was sold to Six Flags in January, 2001. It also featured a Dolphin Cove.[6]
- In 1973 the third Dolphin Cove opened together with SeaWorld Orlando[7].
- In 1988 the fourth Dolphin Cove in SeaWorld San Antonio opened its doors.[8].
- On February 28, 2008 Busch Entertainment announced plans to open another SeaWorld park in Dubai, UAE. It is, yet, unknown whether or not the park will feature a Dolphin Cove.
References
- ^ http://www.orlando-florida.net/seaworld/attractions/dolphin-cove.htm
- ^ http://www.dwtickets.com/Discount_SeaWorld_Tickets_s/56.htm
- ^ https://www.orlandoattractions.com/index.php?id=68
- ^ http://swbg-adventurecamps.com/infobooks/Bottlenose/home.html
- ^ http://orlandofuntickets.com/SeaWorld-Insider-Tips.php
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20000419111944/seaworld.com/seaworld/sw_ohio/swoframe.html
- ^ http://www.traveldk.com/orlando/dk/highlight/seaworld-orlando
- ^ http://sanantonio.about.com/od/sanantoniothemeparks/p/seaworld.htm
See also
