First, let me begin by saying my friend and I were SUPER excited about experiencing this. It is about an hour from Merritt Island on a wildlife preserve. It was easy to find and the hosts were fantastic. And the water did, in fact glow with the fungi that make this possible. However, I would never, ever EVER do this again unless I had on a full body hazmat, air conditioned suit. I wore leggings, a T-shirt and water shoes. As soon as I got out of the vehicle, I was swarmed with thousands of tiny, black, angry, mosquitoes. You literally FELT each bite that these demonic blood suckers did. They bit me THROUGH MY CLOTHES. you felt them land on you, bite you, and buzz in your ears. They bit every single part of my body. Hence, three days later I am still suffering with tremendous itch. Pain and an overall foul attitude because of this experience. And yes, for those wondering I did have plenty of mosquito repellent to no avail (others around us used DEET and were still getting bit) And no, I would not recommend this outing to any adult and ESPECIALLY children unless you want to put up with their incessant complaining about the ITCH. To end this horrifying ordeal, this brief description provided was all BEFORE we got in the kyack for 90 minutes where we continued to be tortured. I should have listened to my friend and immediately left the premises and drove the hour back home. Do. Not. Do. It.
Response from Host
Aug 2024
You said you're a Florida resident? After reading this review, it sound alike you're not from anywhere near Florida. First the bioluminescence isn't a fungi, it is a plankton. The "fantastic hosts" explained this to you during your tour. 2nd, to come on to a site to leave a review for a place of business that you admitted the guides, service, etc was fantastic and leave us a 1 star review for mosquitoes, in FLORIDA, AS A FLORIDA RESIDENT is ridiculous. You should be ashamed of yourself. This company did nothing to revive a 1 star reviews due to bugs you had advanced knowledge of. You were asked to wear long-sleeved tops and shorts or pants, whatever your comfortable in. We advise you to bring bug spray etc.. Did you think this was for the animals to not be bit? How unbelievable selfish to leave a 1 star review for us. Had we provided a terrible experience that was echoed by other guests, I'd totally understand the 1 star, but mosquitoes? From a Floridan?
Grow up! You should be ashamed a grown person wrote this review.