Let me explain why I gave this place 1 star.
If you are thinking about taking your secret second girlfriend or boyfriend or mistress on this zipline tour, DON'T.
Let me start from the beginning. I spoke with Nancy to do the booking. She was nice and helpful.
I was actually excited to go on this zipline tour. When you get there, you have to sign waiver (perfectly understandable since it's for our safety and to cover their behinds). FYI: I am the type of person who reads every single word if I am putting my initials or signature next to it.
After I gave the people behind the desk my waiver, I waited to watch the safety video. They have lockers where you can put your belongings and lock them up, so if you brought some stuff or any stuff, you will have to leave them behind (it's free of charge, which is nice). No, you cannot take anything that will hang out from your body because they do not want them falling out and having to retrieve them, and you don't want to lose your stuff either (no no on the phone). I was more than ok with all of them.
We were taken to the site in a minivan and the driver was informative as we were driving up (the drive was about 15-20 minutes).
The guys helping and zip lining with us are helpful, fun, and nice. They would tell you little to-do's and not-to-do's. If the weather is cold, make sure you wear warm clothes or layer up because if your group is big, you will have to stand on the platform and wait for everyone to get to the same platform, so it can get chilly standing there. We had a good time up there zip lining. The guys who are helping with the zip lining were great. If I were only rating my zip line experience, I would give you guys 5 stars. They informed us that Brad, the photographer, took about 9 pictures/person. I imagine we looked really silly in some of the pictures because can't control every part of your body when you are hanging from above the ground with just one rope. I imagine some of your skin would be showing in some of the pictures.
When we got back, they show you all the pictures that were taken on the little screen, so everyone on that trip could take a look at them and see if anybody wanted to buy the pictures. I always buy pictures that were taken on my trips, so I was already going to buy the pictures. I asked the blonde hair girl, I would like to buy the pictures and she asked me if I wanted to the whole CD or individual pictures. I was kind of confused, so she said that if I buy the CD, I get every picture they took during my tour. I said ok, so that means that other people in my tour group would have my pictures too and she said yes. At that time, another group left the building already and everyone else from my group was still watching the pictures on the screen, and she was only helping another person with the CD. I told her that I was not told that my pictures would be given to everyone else, I did not see anything that says that on the waiver form that my pictures (some weird, some funny, some my butt is sticking out) would be distributed to strangers. I requested that I would like my pictures taken out from that group when they are given to someone else but I would be buying all my pictures. Her response was "We are not going to go through all the pictures and take out your pictures. Besides everyone is going to just delete other people's pictures" She doesn't know that for sure.
Seriously that was her response? Most people would not care about this, but I DO! I am a private person and I do this because there are so many creeps out there, so just trying to be very cautious and safe. I did buy the CD, this way if any of my pictures from the CD got distributed somewhere down the line, I have some proof of the source who did this. It would not have taken her that long to delete a few pictures instead of responding to me with an attitude. I was going to ask until they delete my pictures so, but I went with other people and they were hungry already, so wasn't going to be inconsiderate, so I had to leave.
Had I known or read that my pictures (good or bad) would be distributed to every single person on the tour, I would have simply asked the photographer not to take my pictures (as easy as that, but they don't give you that info ahead of time).
I love going on vacations (long or short) well..who doesn't? What I don't like is businesses not accommodating the customers and giving away other people's pictures despite the fact that the customer is requesting not to do so. The zip lining place in Orlando not only gave you your own pictures, but also a video of you zip lining without anybody else in them.
So there I warned you. If you want to go on the tour, keep in mind that this place will distribute your pictures with or without your permission without letting you know ahead of time. read more