We did our tour yesterday (June 15). I would recommend it for the first time to the park. I don't think we would have covered as much territory on our own. The park opens at 9 but you cannot go to the animal exhibits until 10. Your tour will go rain or shine. We had rain/thunderstorms twice during the day. Please be aware that the drainage is not that great in some places. At times we sloshed through water a couple of inches deep. At the start of your tour, they give you a big bottle of cold water for each person. They even provided ponchos for two people in the group that did not have rain gear with them. You get to spend 10-15 minutes at each feeding place of dolphins, seals, and stingrays. We probably spent 20 minutes at the Peguin Encounter. You will see the mantees, whales, and polar bears too. We saw the Shamu show and the Clyde and Seymour Show. The seats were in center sections of the arena. We got an hour for lunch which was serve on the terrace where the Luau is held. The chicken crossiant and deli sandwiches were very good. The pasta salad has a ranch dressing on it. The fruit was an orange and there was the choc. chip cookie and rice crispy treat. Iced tea and lemonade are also served. Our guide, Katherine was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. Your tour also gets you front of the line access to Kracken, Atlantis, and Wild Artic. We were only able to do Wild Artic. Wild Artic has a motion and non-motion viewing so there were no issues with health or height issues. It was thunderstorming both times we tried to fit in the rides and they were shut down. At the end of the tour we were given front of the line tickets for Kracken and Atlantis for that day. I am hoping Sea World will honor them the next time we go, because we could not use them because of the storm and it was our last day in Florida.