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Reflection On The Carnival Orientation

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While my family was on the Carnival Elation cruise ship, my parents gathered us together and said they had a surprise. We had no idea what it could be. We sat on the deck at the back of the ship. We could hear the gentle roar of the ocean, and felt the breeze of the ocean air hitting our faces. My parents said we were going to be visiting Mount Olympus, and while we were there we would be swimming with dolphins. I had always wanted to see a dolphin, but now I was going to be in the ocean with a dolphin. I just couldn 't believe it, and started to laugh with joy. We quickly went to our cabins and got our swim suits. The boat was already pulling into port and we didn 't have much time. We made our way to the lounge and met up with 10 other people that also would be going to Mount Olympus. We had to wear a bright red wrist band, so that we could make it into the dolphin cay without any …show more content…

The video seemed to take forever, especially since I knew I was a mere 50 feet from the dolphins I had waited my entire life to see. Once the video was over we got into the wet suits and finally went to meet our dolphin. Her name was Tess, and she was only three years old. Despite her age she seemed larger than I thought a dolphin would be. Her handler had Tess do some jumps and tricks for us, and rewarded her with treats. He told us that the most vulnerable position for a dolphin is when they swim upside down and let you touch their stomach. She swam past us several times and let us touch her belly. Her belly was so white and soft and like silk to the touch. With cues from her handler, she reenacted several movies, such as Free Willie and Flipper. But my favorite reenactment was Jaws, when Tess pretended to be the shark. She was so strong she jumped at least 15 feet out of the water and did different twists and

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