One of my favorite days of vacation was when we got to be ultimate trainers for a day. This gave us a look behind the scenes at the Atlantis animals. We arrived at the Dolphin Cay in the morning and it was a beautiful beach and the water was filled with dolphins swimming around. It was so quiet and peaceful.
We checked in and started our day behind the scenes with a tour. Our tour included a photographer that took photos all day so we didn't have to worry about it. This was great because I now have really nice photos of the memorable day. We got to see where they put together the food for the day for each animal. This room smelled so bad though. I pretty much couldn't wait to get out of that room. We then moved onto the hospital where we got to see animals that were being taken care of. We even got to hold some.
Next up was the nursery. This was absolutely adorable and we got to hold the four-week-old sea turtles. We also got to hold the three-year-old sea turtle. Max wasn't feeling this very much. He really wasn't into holding them.
Next up was feeding the sharks. This was really cool and the kids loved it. The sharks were ready to eat and they were feisty. Max was really looking forward to this because he loves sharks.
We moved onto the stingrays. We got in the water with them and fed them shrimp. There was snorkeling involved and I wasn't very into that. Max wouldn't even get in the water. He fed the stingrays shrimp from the stairs and he definitely did not snorkel.
After lunch we went back to the dolphins. This was really cool. We got in the water with them and they pushed us across the water from our feet and they pulled us across the water as we held onto their fin.
The dolphins did some tricks.
We got to pet and feed the dolphins before we swam with them for a bit.
After a fun time with the dolphins, we met Canilla. This was probably my favorite part of the whole trip. Canilla was the sea lion and she was a character. She smiled, did tricks, did the dab, "attacked" us, etc. She was a hoot and a ham for the camera. Towards the end of our time with Canilla her friend, Sunny, came out to join us too. This just made the day, if not the whole trip. Everyone had huge smiles on their face. It was so fun!
The last part of our day was experiencing the beautiful parrot. We got a demonstration with the trainer and plenty of photos. In the last photo when the parrot flew over our heads, he kept hitting Andy in the head. I am not sure if the bird was used to flying over someone so tall or if it was intentional.
Experiencing the Ultimate Trainer for a day was so fun. It was a great experience and even better that it was just our families for the whole day. I would highly recommend this experience for anyone visiting Atlantis.
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