Sorry only read first page,
I have been to buddy 3 times and am going back in April, We experienced a rather militant new DM on the boats and our decision was to make fun of him till he left us alone. just a personality thing not a corporate policy.
the staff that has been there for the last 4 years was all smiles and fun. We are no longer going on boat dives because we discovered slaagbi(SP) and the passengers on the boats were pissing us off.
Buddy may be have some $$ issues, that junk boat they bought was a bust and they now have some bigger boats to pay for and economy is not best, I have no inside information and am likely totaly wrong.
My only complaint and it was my fault was that I was charged 600 to recover a truck that I lost the keys to on our last dive of the week, we did not have time to go get it (it was locked in the park). would have liked to pay maybe 250 or so. Oh well, next time I will tie the keys to my BC.