Juju Gurgel

Review of Conservancy of Southwest Flori...

I must say that while our family enjoyed our trip,...

I must say that while our family enjoyed our trip, I was a bit disappointed with the trip. Maybe I had higher expectations and it ended up not measuring up to my expectations.

My first disappointment was that the place isn't very kid friendly. Even though they have a couple of rooms designated for children, there are signs in certain areas asking to keep quiet because of the animals.

This one wouldn't have been much of a problem if they had at least been friendly which is the fact that all of their employees/volunteers are elderly folks who seem to have lost their ability to interact with and tolerate little children.

The boat ride was a nightmare! We weren't aware it was an educational boat ride and that the captain would be talking the entire ride, otherwise we would have never went. But we went and good thing that we brought food for our two and three year olds in order to keep them entertained and inside the boat (lol).

Mind you, we were told the rules of the boat the minute we sailed off and one of them did not include not eating on the boat.

So after my kid had already devoured one of the snack bags we had brought for the boat ride, that's when the captain told me that we weren't suppose to be eating on the boat, which he then concluded that it was okay because he never mentioned that as a rule nor did he have it posted it anywhere on the boat or dock.

To be quite frank with you, the boat captain seemed very frustrated and irritated, first by the noise my children were making and then because of our eating.

If I had to do the boat ride again with my children at the age that they are now I would not have done it, too much stress and not worth it.