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Bilikiki Cruises的点评
点评：My dive/travel experience:
Certified 1999
Instructor
100 total weeks of foreign dive travel
2463 dives
This trip had been canceled several times for us due to covid and I was so excited it finally happened since I am a big fan of World War II history. However, let me start by saying the live aboard only visits a couple of spots with wrecks and they are all in very poor visibility (less than 30 feet). As far as the diving I give it a "C" rating. There was plenty of fish and some of the reefs were beautiful, but the other than fish factor was very poor. What I mean is there was very little octopus, cuttlefish, crabs, lobster, nudibranchs, eels and rays etc. There were some very cool swim throughs and tunnels though. The night dives were a total waste and generally very murky.
Now for the ship. It looks way nicer in the photos than it does in person. This is definitely not a luxury ship and the service compared to other liveaboards is below par. It was comfortable, but this is a no frills boat. For the price of the trip I expected a lot more. There is no wake up call in the morning and no hot towels when you exit the night dives or hot cocoa. No turn down on your blankets nightly and no chocolate on your pillow. However, the food was actually some of the best I have ever had on a liveaboard. The ship also had not outside toilet, which meant if you had to go you had to do it in your room.
The staff was just okay. The briefings were out of control long with much unnecessary information. I felt that those doing the briefings just like to hear their voices. There were times when there were no dive masters in the water with our group and other times when the dive masters would just leave you behind. I asked why they do it that way and I was told that they get very experienced divers on their boat and that the divers don't care to follow anyone. I found that hilarious as I have plenty of experience and I prefer to follow someone so I don't have to navigate. Also, can you really say all of your guests are experienced.
My biggest issue was the couple in charge (I will not use names). They definitely had a left leaning agenda and wanted to spout untrue or ugly information anytime they could. I honestly believe it was a lack of intelligence. The male made a remark once during a briefing that 70% of the Great Barrier Reef was gone due to climate change. Well I was just there and can tell you he is wrong. Also, he told us we could not use lights on seahorses when taking photos as it blinds them and then they can't eat and will die. Another stupid remark. He is right that seahorses don't have eyelids and can't close their eyes, which makes lighting an issue, but I have repeated several dive locations through the years and seen the same seahorses each time. I can say these seahorses are subjected to dive lights daily and have survived for me to view them many years in a row. We were on the ship at the time that Donald Trump was shot and the female of the managing couple said out loud, "Someone should have done that a long time ago." That was ugly and hateful. Lastly, the female did not understand professionalism and repeatedly used foul language in conversations and during dive briefings.
I would like to leave with this. The managing staff constantly spoke about protecting the reef and the wildlife; however, it was ironic that on the final night they have a champagne party for the guests and the male was popping the corks and allowing them to fly into the ocean. Also, there is a dive they call "Devils Highway" which is their best spot for seeing manta rays. This is a dive I wish I had never done as it was so poorly briefed and was so poorly executed that much of my camera gear was damaged and not worth my time. But here is the kicker as you are required to sit on perfectly healthy coral for this dive. We killed a lot of organisms to see the manta rays on this dive. See my attached photos of us sitting and lying on the reef.
Certified 1999
Instructor
100 total weeks of foreign dive travel
2463 dives
This trip had been canceled several times for us due to covid and I was so excited it finally happened since I am a big fan of World War II history. However, let me start by saying the live aboard only visits a couple of spots with wrecks and they are all in very poor visibility (less than 30 feet). As far as the diving I give it a "C" rating. There was plenty of fish and some of the reefs were beautiful, but the other than fish factor was very poor. What I mean is there was very little octopus, cuttlefish, crabs, lobster, nudibranchs, eels and rays etc. There were some very cool swim throughs and tunnels though. The night dives were a total waste and generally very murky.
Now for the ship. It looks way nicer in the photos than it does in person. This is definitely not a luxury ship and the service compared to other liveaboards is below par. It was comfortable, but this is a no frills boat. For the price of the trip I expected a lot more. There is no wake up call in the morning and no hot towels when you exit the night dives or hot cocoa. No turn down on your blankets nightly and no chocolate on your pillow. However, the food was actually some of the best I have ever had on a liveaboard. The ship also had not outside toilet, which meant if you had to go you had to do it in your room.
The staff was just okay. The briefings were out of control long with much unnecessary information. I felt that those doing the briefings just like to hear their voices. There were times when there were no dive masters in the water with our group and other times when the dive masters would just leave you behind. I asked why they do it that way and I was told that they get very experienced divers on their boat and that the divers don't care to follow anyone. I found that hilarious as I have plenty of experience and I prefer to follow someone so I don't have to navigate. Also, can you really say all of your guests are experienced.
My biggest issue was the couple in charge (I will not use names). They definitely had a left leaning agenda and wanted to spout untrue or ugly information anytime they could. I honestly believe it was a lack of intelligence. The male made a remark once during a briefing that 70% of the Great Barrier Reef was gone due to climate change. Well I was just there and can tell you he is wrong. Also, he told us we could not use lights on seahorses when taking photos as it blinds them and then they can't eat and will die. Another stupid remark. He is right that seahorses don't have eyelids and can't close their eyes, which makes lighting an issue, but I have repeated several dive locations through the years and seen the same seahorses each time. I can say these seahorses are subjected to dive lights daily and have survived for me to view them many years in a row. We were on the ship at the time that Donald Trump was shot and the female of the managing couple said out loud, "Someone should have done that a long time ago." That was ugly and hateful. Lastly, the female did not understand professionalism and repeatedly used foul language in conversations and during dive briefings.
I would like to leave with this. The managing staff constantly spoke about protecting the reef and the wildlife; however, it was ironic that on the final night they have a champagne party for the guests and the male was popping the corks and allowing them to fly into the ocean. Also, there is a dive they call "Devils Highway" which is their best spot for seeing manta rays. This is a dive I wish I had never done as it was so poorly briefed and was so poorly executed that much of my camera gear was damaged and not worth my time. But here is the kicker as you are required to sit on perfectly healthy coral for this dive. We killed a lot of organisms to see the manta rays on this dive. See my attached photos of us sitting and lying on the reef.
翻译：我的潜水/旅行经历：
1999 年认证
教练
总共 100 周的海外潜水旅行
2463 次潜水
由于疫情，我们的这次旅行被取消了好几次，我很高兴它终于成行了，因为我是二战历史的忠实粉丝。但是，首先我要说的是，船上生活只访问了几个有沉船的地方，而且这些地方的能见度都很差（不到 30 英尺）。至于潜水，我给它评为“C”。那里有很多鱼，一些珊瑚礁很漂亮，但除了鱼之外的其他因素非常糟糕。我的意思是，那里几乎没有章鱼、乌贼、螃蟹、龙虾、裸鳃类、鳗鱼和鳐鱼等。不过有一些非常酷的游泳通道和隧道。夜间潜水完全是浪费，而且通常非常浑浊。
现在来说说船。它在照片上看起来比在现实中好看得多。这绝对不是一艘豪华游轮，与其他船宿相比，这里的服务低于标准。虽然很舒适，但这是一艘没有装饰的船。对于这次旅行的价格，我期望的更多。早上没有叫醒服务，当你结束夜间潜水时没有热毛巾或热可可。每晚没有夜床，枕头上也没有巧克力。然而，这里的食物实际上是我在船上吃过的最好的食物之一。船上也没有室外厕所，这意味着如果你必须去厕所，你就得在房间里上厕所。
工作人员还可以。简报会失控了，有很多不必要的信息。我觉得做简报的人只是喜欢听他们的声音。有时我们小组下水时没有潜水大师，有时潜水大师会把你丢下。我问他们为什么这样做，他们告诉我，他们的船上有非常有经验的潜水员，潜水员不在乎跟随任何人。我觉得这很有趣，因为我经验丰富，而且我更喜欢跟着别人，这样我就不用自己导航了。另外，你能说你的所有客人都是有经验的吗？
我最大的问题是负责的那对夫妇（我不会透露他们的名字）。他们肯定有左倾的议程，想在任何可能的时候散布不真实或丑陋的信息。我真的认为这是缺乏智慧。在一次简报会上，那位男士说，大堡礁 70% 的面积因气候变化而消失。好吧，我刚刚在那里，可以告诉你他错了。另外，他告诉我们，拍照时不能对海马使用灯光，因为灯光会使海马失明，然后它们就不能进食，就会死。又是一句愚蠢的话。他说得对，海马没有眼睑，不能闭上眼睛，这使得灯光成为一个问题，但这些年来，我重复了几个潜水地点，每次都看到同样的海马。我可以说这些海马每天都要接受潜水灯的照射，而且它们存活了下来，让我连续多年都能看到它们。唐纳德·特朗普被枪杀时，我们就在船上，管理夫妇中的女性大声说：“早就应该有人这么做了。”这太丑陋和可恶了。最后，女性不懂专业精神，在谈话和潜水简报中反复使用粗言秽语。
我想带着这个离开。管理人员不断谈论保护珊瑚礁和野生动物；然而，具有讽刺意味的是，在最后一晚，他们为客人举办了香槟派对，而男性却打开了瓶塞，让它们飞入海中。此外，还有一种他们称之为“魔鬼高速公路”的潜水，这是他们观看蝠鲼的最佳地点。我希望我从未做过这次潜水，因为简报太差，执行太差，我的大部分相机设备都损坏了，不值得我花时间。但关键是，你需要坐在完全健康的珊瑚上进行这次潜水。这次潜水时，我们杀死了很多生物来观察蝠鲼。请参阅我附上的我们在礁石上坐着和躺着的照片。
1999 年认证
教练
总共 100 周的海外潜水旅行
2463 次潜水
由于疫情，我们的这次旅行被取消了好几次，我很高兴它终于成行了，因为我是二战历史的忠实粉丝。但是，首先我要说的是，船上生活只访问了几个有沉船的地方，而且这些地方的能见度都很差（不到 30 英尺）。至于潜水，我给它评为“C”。那里有很多鱼，一些珊瑚礁很漂亮，但除了鱼之外的其他因素非常糟糕。我的意思是，那里几乎没有章鱼、乌贼、螃蟹、龙虾、裸鳃类、鳗鱼和鳐鱼等。不过有一些非常酷的游泳通道和隧道。夜间潜水完全是浪费，而且通常非常浑浊。
现在来说说船。它在照片上看起来比在现实中好看得多。这绝对不是一艘豪华游轮，与其他船宿相比，这里的服务低于标准。虽然很舒适，但这是一艘没有装饰的船。对于这次旅行的价格，我期望的更多。早上没有叫醒服务，当你结束夜间潜水时没有热毛巾或热可可。每晚没有夜床，枕头上也没有巧克力。然而，这里的食物实际上是我在船上吃过的最好的食物之一。船上也没有室外厕所，这意味着如果你必须去厕所，你就得在房间里上厕所。
工作人员还可以。简报会失控了，有很多不必要的信息。我觉得做简报的人只是喜欢听他们的声音。有时我们小组下水时没有潜水大师，有时潜水大师会把你丢下。我问他们为什么这样做，他们告诉我，他们的船上有非常有经验的潜水员，潜水员不在乎跟随任何人。我觉得这很有趣，因为我经验丰富，而且我更喜欢跟着别人，这样我就不用自己导航了。另外，你能说你的所有客人都是有经验的吗？
我最大的问题是负责的那对夫妇（我不会透露他们的名字）。他们肯定有左倾的议程，想在任何可能的时候散布不真实或丑陋的信息。我真的认为这是缺乏智慧。在一次简报会上，那位男士说，大堡礁 70% 的面积因气候变化而消失。好吧，我刚刚在那里，可以告诉你他错了。另外，他告诉我们，拍照时不能对海马使用灯光，因为灯光会使海马失明，然后它们就不能进食，就会死。又是一句愚蠢的话。他说得对，海马没有眼睑，不能闭上眼睛，这使得灯光成为一个问题，但这些年来，我重复了几个潜水地点，每次都看到同样的海马。我可以说这些海马每天都要接受潜水灯的照射，而且它们存活了下来，让我连续多年都能看到它们。唐纳德·特朗普被枪杀时，我们就在船上，管理夫妇中的女性大声说：“早就应该有人这么做了。”这太丑陋和可恶了。最后，女性不懂专业精神，在谈话和潜水简报中反复使用粗言秽语。
我想带着这个离开。管理人员不断谈论保护珊瑚礁和野生动物；然而，具有讽刺意味的是，在最后一晚，他们为客人举办了香槟派对，而男性却打开了瓶塞，让它们飞入海中。此外，还有一种他们称之为“魔鬼高速公路”的潜水，这是他们观看蝠鲼的最佳地点。我希望我从未做过这次潜水，因为简报太差，执行太差，我的大部分相机设备都损坏了，不值得我花时间。但关键是，你需要坐在完全健康的珊瑚上进行这次潜水。这次潜水时，我们杀死了很多生物来观察蝠鲼。请参阅我附上的我们在礁石上坐着和躺着的照片。
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