I made the decision to write this review in order to hopefully save others from the disappointment which affected my whole vacation due to a depletion of funds which were supposed to last for 10 days. The rest of us were left with nothing but nausea and much emptier pockets. Instead of offering all passengers any type of gesture or reimbursement (partial refund, a voucher for a future ride, merchandise, ANYTHING), the family of the sick passenger was given free clothing (not sure what this cost) as well as free pictures (worth $45 to anyone else who wanted to purchase). After what seemed like a rushed and shortened experience (understandably so), we were treated to another projectile vomit episode FROM THE SAME PASSENGER! This time it landed on the landing and ladder that half the boat needed to disembark. Now that all the passengers were in the enclosed space, no less than four additional people puked as well although they were all able to use the vomit bags available around the boat to contain their bile and its smell. Instead of escorting the passenger off the boat, the crew did a haphazard job of cleaning up and closed the hatch. While doing so, one of the family member's passengers projectile vomited on our captain, on the walls and on the seats. After we had all boarded and had been seated, we were asked to "scooch" down because there weren't enough seats to accommodate them. Our excursion began with the crew warning those prone to motion sickness to buy some medicine available in their boat while on our way to the submarine. In sum, this was a lot of money to spend, for not very much of an experience. The jokes were occasionally mildly entertaining but 5 minutes would have been enough stretching it to 45 minutes was torture. All the crew seem to be hard of hearing, because they let him shout the whole time. The operators know there is not enough here to hold your attention for 45 minutes, so there is an on-board comedian screaming over the public address, so loudly as to be painful. The sub had no spotlights to compensate.Ĥ. At this depth there is no color spectrum (only longwave blue light reaches this deep), so everything is a drab blue-grey, whether wrecks or rocks or fish. Because the sunlight is so weak at this depth, the sub has to pass very close to whatever objects you’re supposed to be looking at, so you can hardly appreciate what they are (imagine looking at a Ferrari, but so close that you can only see one square foot at a time).ģ. So the sub has to go down to 100 feet, where there are a few artificial reefs (concrete and pipes) that are really ugly, and a few sunken ships and airplanes (but you’ll only see them for a few minutes, perhaps less than 5 minutes out of the 45 minutes underwater). There are a few fish, a turtle or shark here and there (distant), but no large schools.Ģ. The underwater view is mostly like a dead moonscape. This area of Oahu has almost no living coral or kelp to speak of. Most men imagine it would be really exciting to ride a submarine and see lots of underwater sights, and so they drag their wives and children on this ride, but here’s the reality:ġ.
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