My sister and I had a blast riding the banana boat. The captains were super friendly and easygoing, and they were accommodating when our party ended up smaller than originally planned at the last minute. The boat itself was quite a thrill ride! Had a lot of fun hanging on for dear life. There are convenient hand signals to use to signal your speed preference to the captain (faster, slower, good as is), the only drawback being of course it's a little hard to let go and signal when you're hanging on for dear life at higher speeds haha. The boat was pretty good though about testing certain speeds and adjusting as we signaled. We also saw a whole pod of wild dolphins! The captain even slowed down and pulled over to give us a closer look, and sitting right there on a banana in the ocean we had an even better view than the nearby dolphin-watching boat haha. It is a thrill ride and the only thing between you and falling off into the ocean is a handle, and the banana can also go up and down a lot on the waves generated from the main boat, so I don't recommend this for those who are less physically able or afraid of being dragged around at high speeds over unshallow water. Overall though we had a super fun time and would definitely do this again!