When I first read about Dive Quest (Disney Epcot) and the GA Aquarium diving I thought it was very cool idea. Then I visted Epcot back in May and saw a "diver" in the tank. I used the word "diver" loosely because of all the flailing around he was doing with his arms and legs. After I saw there was no way to police the caliber of divers that were getting in the tank, my opinion of aquarium diving changed. In the wild, if we are spastic bozos in the water, they can just swim away from us. If they are locked in a glass cage, they have no way to get away from those people. As much as I am dying to swim with a Whale Shark, I think I’ll try and do it in the wild and stick to watching the caged ones from the other side of the glass.
In fact, I’ll be at the GA Aquarium this Thursday (3 July) with the family. Trip 2 for this year.
Dale