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The excursion looks fantastic. Of course you bought the pics! What a special memory for you and Claire. I hope we won't hear in the next installment about sunburns...
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OK, I am SOLD on the Blue Lagoon Dolphin Encounter. I've added it to my saved activities, since I can book NEXT WEEK! We are traveling with friends doing a 1st time DCL cruise, so they have to wait 15 days longer than us to book. I'm hoping they can get on the same one as us!
Great pictures! Can I ask how much the DVD/photo package was?
What adorable pictures of your girl--And the two of you with Dot is just priceless! I bet she's still talking about the excursion (not to mention the cruise...)
Did they provide you with dolphin safe sunscreen or were you free to put your on?
Looking forward to hearing about your afternoon on the ship and what your mom was doing while you were apart!
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Looks you both had a great dolphin encounter. I loved mine when I did it in Sea World in San Diego. The picture make for great memories, and you will always smile when you see them. At least I do.
I hope that the sun burn wasn't bad. ANd that it didn't ruin the rest of the day.
What a great excursion and the pics were totally worth it. You both look like you are having so much fun with those dolphins!
Don't feel bad for a second about not doing the swim with the dophins there. We did a few years ago and now looking at your pics, the only difference was they did that push on our feet across the lagoon. The interaction with them is the best part. Glad you both enjoyed it.
Can't wait to hear more !!!
What great pics of you and Claire on your excursion!!
**When you said keep an eye on the lady to the right w/the camera... I thought the ending was going to be she dropped her camera in the water.... glad that wasn't the case...
**When you said keep an eye on the lady to the right w/the camera... I thought the ending was going to be she dropped her camera in the water.... glad that wasn't the case...
The excursion looks fantastic. Of course you bought the pics! What a special memory for you and Claire. I hope we won't hear in the next installment about sunburns...
we did get burned, but we survived. It could've been worse.
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OK, I am SOLD on the Blue Lagoon Dolphin Encounter. I've added it to my saved activities, since I can book NEXT WEEK! We are traveling with friends doing a 1st time DCL cruise, so they have to wait 15 days longer than us to book. I'm hoping they can get on the same one as us!
Great pictures! Can I ask how much the DVD/photo package was?
Great. It was fun. I looked for the receipt, and I can't find it, but I think it was $89 with a sale they were having. Probably regularly $119. Not cheap, but nothing is.
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Originally Posted by Big Baloo
What adorable pictures of your girl--And the two of you with Dot is just priceless! I bet she's still talking about the excursion (not to mention the cruise...)
Did they provide you with dolphin safe sunscreen or were you free to put your on?
Looking forward to hearing about your afternoon on the ship and what your mom was doing while you were apart!
PS Sorry about your sleepless night! Those stink!
I don't recall them saying anything about sunscreen at all. I brought regular stuff, but of course forgot to put it on beforehand.
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The encounter looks wonderful, wasn't able to see the video (her at work), but I will be checking back once I get home. The pictures are great.
Thanks. It was fun!
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Looks you both had a great dolphin encounter. I loved mine when I did it in Sea World in San Diego. The picture make for great memories, and you will always smile when you see them. At least I do.
I hope that the sun burn wasn't bad. ANd that it didn't ruin the rest of the day.
It was a great memory, thats for sure. We did get kind of red. Especially our arms, but we were OK.
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What a great excursion and the pics were totally worth it. You both look like you are having so much fun with those dolphins!
Don't feel bad for a second about not doing the swim with the dophins there. We did a few years ago and now looking at your pics, the only difference was they did that push on our feet across the lagoon. The interaction with them is the best part. Glad you both enjoyed it.
Can't wait to hear more !!!
Good to know that. Our guy kept telling us not to slip off the platform or he would have to charge us $80 more for the swim. LOL!
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Wow! What an awesome excursion! You and Claire look like you're having so much fun. Looks like it was a truly memorable experience!
It was really cool. Once in a lifeimte thing!
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Originally Posted by lazanya
That excursion looks like so much fun! What a great memory for you and Claire!
Thanks. It was cool!
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What great pics of you and Claire on your excursion!!
**When you said keep an eye on the lady to the right w/the camera... I thought the ending was going to be she dropped her camera in the water.... glad that wasn't the case...
LOL! I never thought about that. I guess I keep you all guessing
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That was exactly where my mind went too!
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Glad you got the dvd and pics, that was an awesome excursion! What a trip you girls had!
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