Cocoa Beach Parasail

This was to be my third trip with Cocoa Beach Parasail. My advice? Be careful if you schedule during their slow season. I called on Thursday for reservations on Friday. Arrived a half hour before departure time as requested. Signed the papers, paid the fee. Then I’m told there are walk ups we have to wait for. Well, apparently the walk ups are the important people. They arrived after 11:00 (the scheduled departure time). Took their good old time signing in and then decided all six of them needed a restroom. Now I have been waiting 45 minutes with no end in sight and no explanations or apologies. So that tells me that I really don’t need reservations. I can just call and tell them I’m coming and they should hold the boat for my convenience. Scheduled clients be damned!
Well Pam thanks for your explanation. However, it would have been better received if it had been given at the time. Instead we were left to wonder who the important people were. As in any situation if something occurs that causes a lengthy delay, an explanation at the time goes a long way. And as far as them being signed in a few minutes past eleven, we waited until 11:15. In my opinion that’s a little more than a few. And it was at that time everybody needed a rest room. We didn’t see the boat on the water until 12:10. Again, not a few. And we didn’t see it again all afternoon. So while I understand from a business perspective it isn’t logical to run an empty boat, my daughter and I could have been taken out as soon as the boat returned from an earlier excursions and been back by the time the next people were ready to fly. I may be back to parasail but it’s going to have to be when I’m done feeling like my time doesn’t matter.

Awesome time~ 800 feet in the air… Get the photo package – you do not want to miss the pics of you in the air! They can sit 2 – 3 per a flight. It was an hour excursion for us, 5 parties all together. I got to kiss my bf in the air and get the pic taken so that was amazing… the two crew were pretty chill. I didn’t see animals up above. but the sun was shining. and when i was in the boat i saw dolphins and a floating dead fish, lol. Amazing time, for two of us plus photo package only 170 $. They give us the photos on a sd card which was cool.

Our first time parasailing, and these guys made it great fun! We went in November, so it was a little cool and there was strong wind, but they still took us out for our trip. We had to call a day or 2 in advance to set up an appointment.
My husband and I were grouped with 2 older couples and a family of 3. We were the youngest, most excited and comprehended the rules the best, so they sent us up in the parasail first. We opted for the 800 foot flight at $ 70/​person. Definitely pay the extra $ 5 for the higher flight.
The view of the ocean and coast is spectacular. It’s such a surreal experience because the climate and wind patterns change on your way up to your soaring altitude. When you’re at 800 feet, you can’t even feel the boat move, but you can see it bobbing and chugging forward below you. It’s almost eerily still and quiet — the boat is playing music, but you can’t hear it. Obviously this is the point, but it feels like you are flying solitary since you hear no motors and you’re not held in by anything but a couple of straps. If you look out on the Atlantic Ocean, you can see the curvature of the earth as the horizon continues for miles in either direction. This was the perfect mix of adrenaline and fun. The scariest part for me was actually when they dipped my legs at the end, because I just KNEW that they’d dip me too deep and I’d end up in the water with a parachute wrapped around me.
Once we got back down on the boat, I did get seasick as the ocean was choppy on our day out. I’m a tough cookie though, and that didn’t spoil my fun. The guys on the boat provided me with a cool towel and a bottle of water to help with my seasickness.
We also paid $ 20 for the pictures of us parasailing. They actually gave us an SD memory card, which was nice because I didn’t have to wait around for someone to burn a CD or log in to a website. However, if you don’t have an SD card reader, this might be a problem. Our pictures turned out pretty great, and I’ve posted a few here. I was a brave soul that took my digital camera up in the parasail with me and was able to capture neat pictures from 800 feet.
The only reason I give 4 stars instead of 5 is because of price. For our rides ($ 70×2) plus pictures ($ 20) plus tip (I think we gave at least $ 10) we’re at $ 170 for 15 minutes of actual airtime and about an hour in the boat. But still, the experience is worth it.