Look, I’m not going to pretend this is some profound wilderness encounter like swimming with wild orcas. It’s a supervised, perfectly safe, artificially beautiful Las Vegas experience. And that’s why it rules.
You’ll be standing in water at a temperature controlled to 72 degrees, while a 400-pound mammal giggles at you. You will laugh. You will make stupid faces. You will probably say “oh my god” about seventeen times.
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Who Should Do This?
Everyone. Seriously. If you bring your kids, they’ll think you’re the coolest parent ever. If you go with a date, you immediately become more interesting than the person who just did a bottle service photoshoot.
If you go solo? You’re an absolute legend. You’ll walk away with a story that doesn’t involve losing $200 at a roulette table. “Oh, you won 50 bucks? Cool. I got serenaded by a dolphin named Thor.”
And the best part? The trainers are hilarious. They’ll tease you if you look scared. They’ll tell you that SpongeBob is not a realistic depiction of marine life. One trainer once told me, “Remember, you’re the guest. They’re the celebrities.” And it’s true.
