a pictorial diary of experiences
When we visited Atlantis in 2002, we spent a morning at Blue Lagoon Island for the “dolphin encounter”. Atlantis has since created their own Dolphin Cay, which is home to dolphins and sea lions rescued from the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi after hurricane Katrina. I mentioned the sea lion interaction before so here’s a video to summarize the dolphin...
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When we first saw the Ruins Lagoon back in 1998, we were both speechless. Since then, we’ve been back to Atlantis three times, and each time it is one of the first items on our agenda. We were thrilled to learn that they now allow a limited number of guests to snorkel in this tank each day. The tank contains schools of jacks and snapper, but its most famous residents are the giant manta...
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Greetings from Atlantis. We’re back from our morning “deep water interaction”, or DWI as Andy referred to it. We got to spend about an hour in the water with a few dolphins, doing a few posed interactions as well as cruising next to them on motorized water scooters. Yesterday was sea lion day. After a visit to the fish kitchen where their meals are prepared, we got to hang out...
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