Reviewed by: Erin
This was a unique and fun experience, I did this to try and get over my fear of rays, and not sure if it worked but I did have a good time. Bit disappointed that they don't do photos for this activity as it would have been nice to have as a keepsake but taking into account everything I am glad I chose this one.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mille Sass
This was my second time in Sea Life Park, and it was amazing like my first one. This time I only swim with the dolphins, and it was the Royal Swim. I can only give my best recommendations for this trip. Just do it :-)
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Hillary kostka
This was a chance of a lifetime for me and my daughter. The staff experience and hospitality was some of the best on Oahu. Spoke english, Japeneese, and Hawaiian. Very informative. The only thing was that the price was pretty steep for the park as a whole if you didn't have any encounter activities planned. Would love to do it again.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Lars D
The staff was very professional and everybodys individual needs were catered to. Everybody got the opportunity to pet the dolphins and ride on its belly. The dolphins did exactly as they were told (sometimes they had to be told two times).
This is a once in a lifetime experience and being so close to a big (because they were very big, bigger than I expected) mammal and seeing how gentle they can be, was fantastic.
There were also shows with dolphins, sea lions, turtles and penguins.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This was an amazing experience. The foot push was very unique to this experience and worth the extra cash. I would highly recommend.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Maj Juul
Ever since I was a little girl, I have dreamt of swimming with dolphins. The dream came true combined with a sea lion and ray encounter. The fascinating and fun dolphin and wholphin, the cheeky sea lions and the mysterious rays are absolutely worth a visit whether you are a family, an individual, a couple, grown up or child... Just do it.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
My kids and grandkids loved the experience. They all said it was one of the best things they did while in Oahu. The 5 childrens' ages were 12, 10, 9, 6, & 5 and 4 adults. The photos and video were wonderful! The extra value of the free video with a copy of your web page ad was great. My family will be talking about it for years! Mahalo!
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: CRJ
Great program. Daughter and I really enjoyed interacting and swimming with the dolphins. The trainers are very knowledgeable. The various shows at the park were also great. Family really enjoyed the afternoon. Good use of a afternoon on Oahu. The only downside is the price - - - it is a little expensive.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: skip86
We had a wonderful time. Our bus driver to Sea Life park was hilarious and he took us on the scenic route where we saw whales spouting, and some of the local beaches. The activites were great and the staff was very nice. Overall it was a great experience.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Kara
My daughter was the one who swam with the dolphins and thoroughly enjoyed it. The park was very nice for families to enjoy also.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Nikki S
My travel agent set up this tour for us, as it had been my dream to swim with dolphins and she did a great job! We were just blown away by this amazing experience with these wonderful animals, thank you so much!
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This was our first time to the Sea Life Park, and if it had not been for the dolphin, and sea lion shows this was would have been a busted trip for us. We did not participate in the dolphin swims, and after our tour bus dropped us off at the park, we walked around to see the different exhibits. Given the number of exhibits (which you can find more of a zoo) we were finished within an hour. We were very disappointed until the individual shows began. This saved this trip for us.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Barbara Faulkner
I had a great time at Sea Life Park doing the Royal Dolphin Swim with Carly as my guide. This is something I have always wanted to do and I felt like a little kid again. Since we've been home, we've discovered that the movie "50 First Dates" was filmed at Sea Life Park and we enjoyed seeing where we were on the movie. Carly was awesome! The dolphins were incredible!!! My only complaint is that is wasn't long enough. Would highly recommend.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: The Bean's
Overall it was a good experience. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Had a great time swimming with the Dolphins and the Sea Lions. But was a little disappointed in the Ray experience. Did not have much time with them and their pond was fairly dirty, but their handler was extremely nice. Would definitely recommend the Dolphin and Sea Lion experiences, but not sure we would do the Rays again.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: albert becker
we had such a great time here doing the swim with the dolphins the trainers were great (kristy) awsome job..thank you for a perfect day...kathie n al becker
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Raven Girl
We did three parts with manta rays, dolphins and sea lions. It was nice going on a Tuesday as 2 of the 3 activities it was only me and my son and the 3rd the group was nice and small. We actually got to get a belly ride from the wolphin (dolphin/ whale hybrid). She was very cute and sweet. The trainers all took time to explain things and didn't just say no you can't do that, they always explained why it would be bad for the animal. They took time to talk about the animals themselves and seemed genuine about their jobs.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Sabina Avila
This was a trip for my Granddaughter she's been wanting to come to Hawaii since she was 2 years old. I thought I bring her before she turns 12 yrs (this April 25). You all made her day!! She loved it and so did I just love seeing her so happy... It was the best day ever!! (as she puts it) Thank you all at Sea Life Park for making this day so wonderful for my Granddaughter and a day I will always remember...
THANK YOU!!!
Sabina
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Krystal
My husband and I were on our honeymoon. I have always dreamed of swimming with dolphins, and couldn't wait to experience this. They sent us to a pool in the back of the park and gave us life jackets. We then got into the VERY COLD water and onto this platform. The water eventually warmed up, and everything was fine. The trainer showed us the dolphin and let us pet her. We then got to put on masks and watch her do tricks under water. She asked my husband and I go first. So, we swam out into the deeper water and off the platform. I crossed my arms while my husband gave an arm signal for the dolphin to pick him up. Riding the dolphin was just surreal, it's something that you probably only get to do once in a lifetime. It was definitely worth every EXPENSIVE penny! But, once you've done it already, I wouldn't pay to do it again.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
It was a wonderful adventure for our grandchildren They loved it. The park has only a small storage area with a single use key. We put everything in it, then realized the camera was in it. Not worth another $2.00 to get it out and cameras were not allowed in the water. Pretty much forced you to buy their pictures at $16.00 a pop if you wanted any memories. Activities did not start on time. We were under time constraints and it was pretty tight.
Everyone was very friendly but time was not a consideration for them,
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
The swimming with the dolphins was great. The rest of the park seemed kind of run down. They need to run the shows more often. We missed the main show because it was only shown while we were swimming with the dolphins. Kind of pricey. Guess I was expecting Sea World quality.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
The activity was fun but the dolphin trainers were rushing the whole time. There were six people in the pool with the trainers and everything felt very rushed. It would have been nicer to just learn and enjoy rather than "go here, now go there!"
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Nancy
Excellent activity. It was very exciting to be in the water with the dolphins and to be able to touch them. The kids loved it.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
The Hawaiian Ray Encounter at Sea Life Park was a really memorable part of our vacation. We actually got to interact with stingrays and observe them. They just glide through the water with little effort. We went snorkeling multiple times, but this was the first time we actually saw stingrays.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
We decided to do the Sea Lion swim since we've done the dolphin encounter before somewhere else. I'm glad we did! It was very different and the Sea Lion was very sweet and cute! Well worth it for such and unusal and sweet experience.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Newbie
We got the encounter package and had a busy busy day. Got some great pictures out of it and got to pet the worlds only wholphine! The park is a little expensive, but overall was worth it. The trainers were all very patient with people's children and everyone had a great time!
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
we loved it!! we will come back again in the future!! amazing!!
Shelley/Owen from Calgary, AB Canada
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: MW
We used hawaiiactivities.com a couple years ago to book parasailing and it went well so we booked the Dolphin Adventure this year through his same website and got great service from hawaiiactivities while booking.
We did the Dolphin Adventure and had a great time. I thought 30 minutes in the water wouldn't be long enough, but it was perfect.
For the belly ride you need to swim to the deeper end, but you're wearing a life jacket which keeps you a float. I don't know how to swim and was able to just doggie paddle with my life jacket to get to the deep end.
The staff there is very friendly, including the driver that took us to and from the park.
Note that if you choose to use their transportation, be prepared to wait around for a while, either to get into the water or to get a ride back to the hotel since it appeared there's only one transport sheduled for the morning activities. We left Waikiki at 9am for the 11:45am activity and didn't leave the park until 2:30pm. Seali
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This tour was very enjoyable, we had friendly drivers picking us up & drop us at the hotel and they made an effort to get you all excited and made you feel like you were really on holiday.
The park itself was great, its small but with all the tours and activities with the Royal pass, time flew and then it was closing time. Everything on the tour was a magical experience, starting with playing with a sea lion, to the ray fish, to riding with the dolphins and seeing the first ever crossbreed of a whale/dolphin. absoultey great and an unforgetable day. Truely worth spending the money for the royal pass as you really do get to play and ride the dolphins. The only disappointment was that we spend alot of money paying for the DVD and photos of us with the dolphins and not all the different rides with the dolphins were captured by the photographer and camera person. They were really disinterested and most of the time on their cell phone instead of paying attention to capture people's first
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: SBurnette
My husband & me did the Dolphin Swin Adventure. We had the time of our lives. The trainers were great & very knowledgeable. I never thought I would get the chance to be up close with dolphins, but with the great value I got I was able to. It is definitely worth the money. If we get the chance to go back to Hawaii we will definitely swim with the dolphins again. WE LOVED IT!!!!!!
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Palakea
Loved the dolphins. Got to get a kiss, but the price of the pics was outrageous. Best to take pics yourself.
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Posted on: | 2013/01/03 |
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