| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Valentine Sunset Cruise
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| Sat, Feb 14 4:00 PM |
teriedw |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We were really happy to see a grey whale, a school of dolphins and a couple of sea lions...the sunset was amazing and the weather was beautiful! I would highly recommend this cruise! |
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Captain made sure the trip was thrilling
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| Sat, Feb 14 3:30 PM |
wburry |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| Hard to see the whales, but when we hit a very large pod of dolphins, it was thrilling to all 6 of us from the 1 and 3 year old, to the parents and grandparents alike. |
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Great Valentine's Adventure
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| Sat, Feb 14 2:00 PM |
imsospastic |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Even though the trip out was in between whale-migrating seasons, we got to se a straggler on its way. The tour guide was very informative, especially for such a large group. The trip was less personal than what we wanted, but it was our first trip, so now we know what it is like. Great opportunity for taking pictures. Really enjoyed the incentives given to come back. This trip was reasonably priced, and customer service was great, overall it was a nice experience. |
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don't purchase the ticket
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| Sat, Feb 14 2:00 PM |
rkrchen |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| don't purchase the ticket unless you're absolutely sure that you will make it on the boat. their ridiculous no refund/no exchange/no reschedule policy is completely unreasonable. my date and i purchased tickets and as we arrived at dana point she began to not feel well. even so, we could not even get a refund...we didn't even go on the boat!! |
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nice short trip
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| Sat, Feb 14 2:00 PM |
ashishgoyal |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Don't forget to take the warm clothes because the ocean breezes are chilling.
Overall experience was nice. |
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Good trip
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| Sat, Feb 14 2:00 PM |
Dmdthompson |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| We got lucky and had good weather. The crew was very polite and the boat was very clean. Probably the best price out there for the trip. |
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purchased whale watching tickets and saw whale....
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| Sat, Feb 14 2:00 PM |
titanium3974 |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| What a nice 'value' experience, the boat hands were decent, the guy working the grill on-board 'yes' grill (really decent food) was friendly, and congenial. The captain, knew what he was talking about with regards to whales but didn't talk too much....all in all well worth the $29 per person. |
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Beautiful Day on Whale Watching Excursion
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| Sat, Feb 14 12:00 PM |
ricklyn |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| This was a Valentine's Day excursion my husband and I decided we wanted to take. I was pleasantly surprised with the cleanliness of the boat and the guarantee of seeing whales (or at least dolphins) or they will give you "whale tickets" for another trip. Yes, we ended up getting the whale tickets but that was out of the generosity of the operators of the trip because we actually did see a small pod of white sided dolphins jumping and playing with a sea lion. It was really neat! There were about 100 people on our 2 hour trip but the boat was easily large enough to accomodate 200 people so there were no feelings of overcrowding. After we returned to the dock, we decided to have a late lunch at The Jolly Roger which was "a few steps" away. One other note...we decided my 86 year old, wheel chair boun father-in-law could easily come with us on our return adventure. The boat was very handicap accessible. |
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Unfortunate
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| Thu, Feb 12 2:00 PM |
kcy555 |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Just saw 3 sea lions and 3 dolphins and was unfortunate not to see any whale. Ride was a little bumpy during that time so we felt a little nausea. Was given whale check to go back some other time.....but to travel all the way back there from LA is quite far and thinking that there is another big chance not to see a whale makes us not want to go back. I just found that there is another one at Long Beach with same price and recommend it if you're closer to that area. |
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Personally not terribly exciting. Disappointing
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| Tue, Feb 10 12:00 PM |
trish320 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| There is very little seating for those that need it. be prepared to standOur 74 old mother with her freshly healed broken foot looked forward to this adventure.. at this point probably a once in a lifetime thing for her...We went after a few days of rain and wind,The swells were very high, and nowhere for her to sit on the main deck , as there are no seats there( all the seats were taken on the upper deck) sitting down below caused motion sickness within minutes so she had to stand and hold her ground and balance with her feet. she was very sore afterward. the last 15 min as we were heading in we saw 2 whales...quite a ways away. that was it. you had to look hard. they surfaced twice and were gone. the next day we went fishing and we saw dolphins swimming with our boat and sea lions, but mom wasn't with for that trip. personally disappointed on behalf of my mom.I'm glad we took advantage of the 1/2 price Tuesday The crew were looking.. but if they are not to be seen not much they can do about it.They seemed knowledgable and were very pleasant. Everything was very easy. from ordering tickets, directions and getting tickets at the counter in the shop.Parking was free and there was plenty of it |
