点评:This was, unfortunately, my worst tubing experience. The biggest issue: this place has no real plan to help in urgent situations like sudden thunderstorms. Actually, they will attempt to gaslight you based on whats on the radar, instead of admitting they already received calls on the river about dangerous conditions and not even walk outside to see the thunder and lightning storm while it was there.
After being dropped off, it took nearly an hour just to swim out of the let-off area before even getting into the current. By then, torrential rain, lightning, and thunder had started. We waited about 30 minutes, got back in, and the storms continued. I called multiple times, but was told “we don’t see it on the radar” and that even if it thundered and poured, the only option was to hurry back because they had no way of helping us. I even asked them to just step outside and look — the storm was obvious.
What made this worse is that while I was calling, they continued sending more groups out, at least three more loads of kayakers and rafters, even as lightning and downpours were ongoing. The full trip ended up taking over 5 hours in unsafe, miserable conditions.
On the river, it felt dangerous. Lightning would pause just long enough for us to get back in, then start again. Temps dropped quickly, and we had no paddles or way to control the tubes. Thankfully, another family with rafts let us hold on, which was the only reason we made it downstream safely.
By the end, the company sent ATVs near the exit, but that was little help after hours of exposure. When we got back, there was no concern, no apology, just a couple of towels tossed at us.
Bottom line: This business does not have a safety plan for storms and will not come out to assist you. Worse, they kept sending customers out into dangerous weather long after it was clear conditions were unsafe. Terrible customer service, zero care for guest safety.
翻译:不幸的是,这是我最糟糕的一次漂流体验。最大的问题是:这个地方根本没有应对突发雷暴等紧急情况的真正方案。实际上,他们会试图根据雷达上的信息来欺骗你,而不是承认他们已经接到了河上关于危险情况的电话,甚至在雷电交加的时候也不肯出去看看。
下水后,光是游出泄水区就花了将近一个小时,甚至还没进入水流。那时,暴雨、闪电和雷声已经开始了。我们等了大约30分钟,回到水里,暴风雨还在继续。我打了好几次电话,但他们告诉我“雷达上没有显示”,即使下着雷雨交加,唯一的选择就是赶紧回来,因为他们没有办法帮助我们。我甚至让他们出去看看——暴风雨很明显。
更糟糕的是,就在我打电话的时候,他们继续派出更多团队,至少有三批皮划艇和漂流艇,尽管当时闪电和暴雨还在持续。整个行程最终耗时超过5个小时,而且路况极差,既不安全,也很糟糕。
在河上,感觉很危险。闪电会短暂地停顿一会儿,让我们回到河里,然后又重新开始。气温骤降,我们没有桨,也没有办法控制漂流艇。谢天谢地,另一个有漂流艇的家庭让我们坚持住,这才让我们安全地顺流而下。
最后,公司派了四轮驱动车到出口附近,但考虑到我们几个小时的暴风雨,这几乎没什么帮助。我们回来时,没有人关心,也没有道歉,只是扔了我们几条毛巾。
总之:这家公司没有暴风雨安全计划,也不会出来帮忙。更糟糕的是,在情况明显不安全很久之后,他们还是继续派顾客冒着危险出去。糟糕的客户服务,完全不关心客人的安全。