Our plan for the day was a shallow water dolphin excursion at the Atlantis resort, which walking around the outside appears to be a pretty amazing place!
In our small group, we were with a dolphin named Sheree, rescued from an aquarium in Mississippi after Katrina. After her tank was destroyed by the hurricane, she was attacked at sea by a shark and survived. Everyone got a turn to kiss the dolphin and pose for pictures before the trainers and dolphins showed off some tricks.
We had a little time to play in the sand while we waited for our turn with the dolphins. And it took an extremely long time to view and order the pictures (I think the employees were on island time!). We grabbed lunch at the resort and looked around a little, but by that time it was time to head back to the ship.
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| the aquarium at the resort |
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| In this photo, although hard to see, was a 14 foot manta ray! |
