It's about four or five hours to Naples/Everglades from Orlando, so if the trip is 16 hours in duration, that means that the tour itself will only be about 6 - 8 hours of that time. You'll want to know what kind of transport is offered to and from Orlando -- is it a van, a car, a bus, what?
It does sound like a great way to at least get a *taste* of southern Florida without having to 1) spend the night or 2) navigate the Everglades by yourself. Seeing the glades from an airboat would be VERY cool -- I only ever did it by car, and I know you can see a LOT more by boat.
The price sounds reasonable.
I've done a lunch cruise along the Naples' waterways and it's a gorgeous ride -- tons of spectacular houses to look at, but the water views, though spectacular to US, won't be what you get at home.
Ah, I was wondering about that when I looked at the map. I would assume a bus - it'd be airconditioned wouldn't it?
Confirm with the company, but yes, pretty much everything in Florida is air-conditioned.
If you want to see sheer unadulterated American tourism at its worst best, go to "I-Drive" in Orlando. You will see an incredible cross-section of humanity, many blinking lights, and some of the tackiest crap ever to grace God's green earth.
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It does sound like a great way to at least get a *taste* of southern Florida without having to 1) spend the night or 2) navigate the Everglades by yourself. Seeing the glades from an airboat would be VERY cool -- I only ever did it by car, and I know you can see a LOT more by boat.
The price sounds reasonable.
I've done a lunch cruise along the Naples' waterways and it's a gorgeous ride -- tons of spectacular houses to look at, but the water views, though spectacular to US, won't be what you get at home.
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Ah, I was wondering about that when I looked at the map. I would assume a bus - it'd be airconditioned wouldn't it?
Thank you for the info, It's such a relief not to go in blind, so to speak.
the water views, though spectacular to US, won't be what you get at home.
Cool! Touristy stuff!
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Confirm with the company, but yes, pretty much everything in Florida is air-conditioned.
If you want to see sheer unadulterated American tourism at its worst best, go to "I-Drive" in Orlando. You will see an incredible cross-section of humanity, many blinking lights, and some of the tackiest crap ever to grace God's green earth.
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No, I don't want to see tacky crap, that's why don't want to go to Graceland. *g*
By Touristy stuff! I mean sight seeing, and museums etc, and by sightseeing I mean nature and parks and monuments, not Giant Bananas (or whatever)
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