Tag: dolphin

  • Walt Disney World’s Champion Sugar Artist, Chef Laurent Branlard

    Frequent Walt Disney World travellers may be familiar with the good deals found at the Swan and Dolphin Resort, the “Heavenly Beds”, and signature restaurants by Todd English and Don Shula.  However, they may not realize the hotel complex is also home to one of the Top Pastry Chefs in America (named Top 10 Pastry Chefs…

  • SeaWorld Orlando Welcomes New Baby Dolphin to the World

    SeaWorld Orlando recently announced the birth of a bottlenose dolphin.  The new calf was born on Tuesday, July 26th at 9:36am.  The newborn dolphin weighs 35 pounds, and is 40 inches long.  The sex of the calf will be determined at a later date.  Visitors to SeaWorld can view the mother and calf at the Dolphin Nursery…

  • 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…

  • US Congress Questions SeaWorld’s Educational Value

    On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, the United States Congress debated the educational value of keeping killer whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals in captivity in zoos, aquariums, and theme parks.  The hearing was triggered by a “perfect storm” of spring events including: SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau’s February 24th death by the killer whale Tilikum, the…