Complete scam.
A group of 12 of us bought this with our resort. What started at $90 per person + $25 park entrance fee ended up being way more expensive than planned. In the shuttle they arrange for you, they have a short video that promotes the safety. Along with that, there's a brochure that states the different UTVs: 55hp, 150hp and 450hp. Once we got there, we were all excited to get to our UTV since we all watched the fast one (who wouldn't?).
Upon getting to the register, we tell the cashier we want to do the turbo ones. We were told the standard was the 55hp but if we want the other ones, it's either an additional $200 or $450 charge, which also includes a private tour and the use of our cell phones. Obviously, we didn't want to pay more so we chose the standard. We then had to pay an additional $45 per vehicle for insurance or if we opt to not do the insurance, we would have to leave a credit card on file for any damages that could be done. We also had the option to pay ANOTHER $10 for personal injury insurance along with a waiver declining the insurance.
Once you're done with the registration, they walk you over to the gift shop where they tell you that because of the dirt, you should purchase either a turban for $17 or a mask for $10.
You then proceed with the free lockers where you have to put your phone and all belongings as they are not allowed unless you upgraded your vehicle and got the private guide.
Once you cross the fun, but yet sketchy bridge you finally get told the rules: No drifting, no going over the speed limit (45-50mph), you must remain in a straight line and no racing. Then you finally get your ride.
Our tour guide, Victor was alright. Nothing too exciting. We drove to the camels which was included in our trip and got that over with. Finally, we are able to ride around. The ride mostly consists on boring ocean rides and an occasional bumping ride. He stopped to talk to our group as some of us were "drifting" and he claims his buddies (the people driving around to take your photos) saw them.
At the end, we returned our helmets and then he asked us to leave a tip. Clearly we didn't have our things, so we didn't do this until we got back to the lockers. There's a place in the area that has some bomb ass tacos and burritos. Probably the only reason why I'm giving this two stars. We we were sitting down, our tour guide once again came up to us and asked for a tip. We gave him $20 and still asked for more! We ended the trip with the tequila tasting which I'm assuming was good per my friends since I don't drink tequila.
Now, here's the catch. Since you weren't able to take your phones, you got no photos. Hence the guys following you around. I asked the lady at the photo center to look at them and she pulled up the file. I pulled out my phone to let me group know we have the photos and she immediately shut the screen down and yelled "no photos". I told her I wasn't taking any, just texting my group and she put the photos up with the watermark. No big deal. I asked how much for the photos and she stated $175 for the whole roll or $20 per photo. SCAM.
We all laughed and asked where our shuttle was.
Overall, one star for the whole experience and I was nice enough to give them another star for the tacos/burritos. read more