Tag: Discovery Cove

  • Orlando and Southern California Theme Park Results in the 2012 Golden Ticket Awards

    It’s the top award for theme park and amusement parks worldwide.  Each year, ‘Amusement Today’ magazine hands out its Golden Ticket Awards for the best of the best in several amusement park categories.  On September 7th & 8th, several amusement and theme park officials and fans gathered at the Dollywood Resort in Pigeon Forge, TN…

  • Orlando Theme Parks: An Amazing but Silent Period of Growth

    Hey!  <Shake…shake…shake> wake up!   <Tap…tap…tap> come over here, there’s something we need to talk about.  I’m not sure everyone is aware of what’s going on, but we need to get something out on the table.  Sometimes things can happen under the radar and we aren’t even aware of it, but that’s not going to happen…

  • Video: Discovery Cove’s First Expansion – The Grand Reef

    On Friday, June 10th SeaWorld’s all-inclusive “boutique” park Discovery Cove opened its first expansion in history.  The DIS Unplugged’s Kathy Werling attended and submitted this first-hand report.  The Grand Reef is an all-new tropical reef where guests can wade, swim, and snorkel with thousands of species of tropical fishes.  The area will also include an underwater…

  • The Grand Reef at Discovery Cove in Orlando opens

    Yesterday I was invited to visit the all new Grand Reef at Discovery Cove in Orlando, FL.  Discovery Cove is an all inclusive tropical retreat where you can swim with dolphins, snorkel and experience a beautiful under sea world of exotic fish and graceful sting rays, see exotic birds, or just relax and enjoy the…

  • A Day In Paradise: Discovery Cove

    We’ve wanted to visit Discovery Cove ever since we first heard about it, and it was everything we were looking for while on vacation – intimate, uncrowded, and relaxing.  Continue after the break to learn more about our day in paradise snorkeling with tropical fishes and rays, swimming with dolphins, and drifting down the laziest…

  • Discovery Cove Opening Grand Reef for June 2011

    Discovery Cove, the all-inclusive boutique park across the street from SeaWorld Orlando, celebrated its 10th Anniversary this year.  On Wednesday, October 13th, the park announced the building of a new area behind the Dolphin Encounter called the Grand Reef.  This new area will supplement the popular tropical reef where guests can snorkel with over 10,000…

  • Video: Reality TV Survivors Visit Discovery Cove

    Last weekend, July 23-25, 2010, contestants from the reality shows Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Big Brother were in Celebration, FL at the Celebration Town Center for a reunion.  The event was part of a fundraiser for Give Kids The World.  During the weekend, some of the celebrities took time out to visit SeaWorld’s Discovery…