WE thought it was well worth the money spent and don't see what everyone found so bad about it. We (my DD's 12 and 5) and myself were in the second group to go in we felt that we had more than enough time with the dolphins. We got to rub them and then Lucaya who was "our" dolphin flipped over onto her back and we got to rub her on her belly. When DD 5 asked about her "blow hole" the trainer had her make a big noise. Then the trainer had Lucaya splash us with her nose and then we each got a kiss from her while the photographer took our picture. Then when we got out, we sat on the side to watch the other people take their turn. Before any groups went in, all the dolphins circle around the square dock everyone has their feet hanging over and the dolphins swam really fast and close to our feet and splashed everyone! During the time the groups are having their encounter, the other groups sitting on the dock still have the other dolphins coming up to their feet and then when each group is done, they have them do some pretty amazing jumps. I used a whole underwater camera on pictures from this, so I felt there was a lot going on. DH came with us only to videotape and take pictures of us while we were doing this and those pictures look great! The people who were doing the swim actually were done BEFORE us as they were waiting for us on the ferry back.
