My family (one 5 year old and wife) and I had an excellent time here with the mermaid adventure. The staff do a great job of entertaining the kids and point out things under water. That being said, if you cannot snorkel or scuba this is a great way to see underwater. We saw a lot or turtles, sea life, and of course the mermaid living in the area. Our daughter loved that last part and the show that goes with it. She talked about it forever after we left. Great job! The only reason I cannot give them a 5 star rating was that the van transfer was a little problematic with the music that the driver choose to play while children were in the car (yes I talked to him about it and he got defensive). Other than that, excellent time and we will probably go back! Thanks!

This was a the perfect tour for the people in our group that couldn't snorkel. My mother has arthritis, and the younger kids in our group just didn't have the swimming ability to really get out and see the reefs by snorkeling.

For the rest of us that were strong swimmers, we generally saw a lot of the same aquatic life that we saw while snorkeling just by swimming around the local reefs that are right off the beach. That said, even for us, it was nice to have a guide that pointed out the names of some of the fish, and did a good job of pointing out things that we might have missed.

The semi-sub is air conditioned and fairly comfortable. The tour takes about an hour from the time you board to the time you exit, and you probably spend 45 minutes going around 3-4 coral reef formations. We saw sea turtles, and probably every kind of reef fish you could imagine, the captain did a great job of taking us to through narrow parts of the reef where there was life all around us, and the tour guide in the bottom of the boat did a great job pointing things out and naming all of the fish, corals, and turtles we saw.

That said, it was $60 per person for what is essentially a 45 minute event, which I find pricey, even for TCI. If I could do it all over again, I'd probably just send the non-snorkelers on the trip and the rest of us would just stay back and snorkel our usual spots and see the same things.