| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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very enjoyable for all ages
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| Thu, Jun 14, 07 1:30 PM |
ShelleyReddy |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| Hi. My parents and 2 nephews (15 & 9 years old) came out to visit me and we decided to take the whale watching cruise. It was a wonderful experience for all of us! I was hoping to see more than just Humpbacks, but they were wonderful none-the-less. I would highly reccommend this to anyone looking for something new and exciting to do. |
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Professional and Great Central Coast Knowledge
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| Thu, Jun 14, 07 10:00 AM |
tlaws0n |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was our first trip to the Central Coast and this was also our first venture out into the bay. No fault of the crew, the swells were a little much for my 5 year old after the first 20 minutes or so. He did love it up until then. Beside that, the trip was wonderful. We saw 4 humpback whales and a jelly fish. Our naturalist guide was great! We learned an incredible amount of history of the area and the description of what we were experiencing out in the bay was top notch. Thanks for a wonderful experience!
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Great experience
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| Wed, Jun 13, 07 10:00 AM |
stuart47 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The crew was skilled and courteous, and the naturalist on board was very knowledgeable. We saw several humpbacks. It was a great way to spend a morning. |
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nice experience
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| Tue, Jun 12, 07 10:00 AM |
eriksen |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
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A complete waste of money and time :-(
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| Sun, Jun 10, 07 1:30 PM |
idontwant2 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| Bad service is the perfect way to describe Princess Monterey Whale Watching company. Bad service because this company only has one boat operator and when we arrived with our tickets in hand we were told by the "owner" Benji " sorry, but my only boat operator has the flu so we had to cancel your trip". If this company really cared about the satisfaction of their customers they would have a back up boat operator. Instead we were given no choice by Benji who sounded like this was common practice and told us to come in the next day for the cruise. Wow! It's amazing how the only boat operator with the flu made a full recover in less then 24 hours. So we return the next day ( paid another day's worth of parking ) and boarded the boat. On this company's website they state that ALL their boat narrators "have more then 10 years experience" as marine biologists. This is totally false because our female narrator could not have been more then 25 years old which means she was a marine biologist and or narrating when she was 15 years old! On the cruise she wasnt very informative at all. She spoke for no more then 30 minutes on our 3 hour tour ( maybe she also had the flu ). We witnessed ( 2 ) whale sightings ( just their tails ) and that lasted for only about 30 seconds. The rest of the cruise we saw ducks, ducks and more ducks. I would never use nor recommend this company ever again. Not because we didn't get a chance to see more then 30 seconds of whales but because of the poor customer service mentioned above. |
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Saw whales but trip seemed short
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| Sun, Jun 10, 07 10:00 AM |
elbimmer |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The other operator runs a trip that is an hour longer. However, the boat was modern and clean. The crew was professional. Overall, an 8 out of 10. |
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wasn't to impressed
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| Sun, Jun 10, 07 10:00 AM |
scoot7070 |
Male |
20-29 |
Unspecified |
Couple on a Date |
| i was hoping to see a lot more than we did. we really didn't get a good look at the whales. we only saw the top of the backs of them and a couple tail shots. it was better then not seeing them at all but we wanted to see more. i know there is no way to predict what they are going to do but as far out as we went (10 miles) we were hoping to see more of them. i would recommend it just for an experience but that is it. i wouldn't go again. |
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Reimbursement...
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| Sat, Jun 9, 07 1:30 PM |
qlinderman |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Unfortunately my car broke down on the way to Monterey ( me and three kids :-/ )and we missed our tour with Princess. I ended up catching a later boat with a different company.
Needless to say the day started off stressful but Princess went out of their way to help and promptly reimbursed me.
I was so grateful !
I plan on doing the tour again in the future and without a doubt I will go straight to Princess Whale Watching for it. |
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Great experience and great service
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| Sat, Jun 9, 07 10:00 AM |
guess15me |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Whale watching with Princess Monterey Whale Watching was great. I went expecting to see a few whale backs and a couple tails. But instead, I saw at least a dozen, including a whale that jumped fully out of the water and twisted in mid-air close to the boat. It was incredible. I was very surprised and impressed. As for service, it was great the entire time. Staff on-shore were very polite and friendly, and were good at giving clear instructions and safety information regarding the trip. The trip was also fully narrated which I thought made the trip even more worthwhile. I was not disappointed the entire time. But if you're going on the morning trip, remember to wear a lot of layers! It's soooo cold. And bring a lot of film for yoru camera. |
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Great trip!!
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| Fri, Jun 8, 07 10:00 AM |
sonjas |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We had a great trip. We saw a lot of whales and the weather was good!!! I recommend this to everybody who is in Monterey!! |
