Worst Liveaboard Experience, Island Dancer, Fiji
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just curious, if you found the air bad why would you still dive it? Accidents happen from bad air.
Mike
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Making mental note next live-a-board trip:
Batteries for dive lights - check
Mask.... - check
Fins.... - check
rat traps... - check
Batteries for dive lights - check
Mask.... - check
Fins.... - check
rat traps... - check
paschen
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I have had no response from the Dancer Fleet HQ regarding my concerns regarding the boat/staff however the Fiji coordinator has offered to refund me the value of my bag to my credit card... so that is a start.
I will post some photos eventually - currently in China for the next few weeks - but the diving was pretty special, even with the limited (15-20m) vis.
I will post some photos eventually - currently in China for the next few weeks - but the diving was pretty special, even with the limited (15-20m) vis.
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Thank you, Cohugore, Shmuggy, and Paschen, for posting your experiences. Wow--rats and roaches, that's pretty much all I have to hear. I would have booked a trip on any Dancer boat without hesitation before I saw this thread, based solely on their reputation and my very positive experiences on the (co-owned) Aggressor boats. This is sad news--I guess times have been hard for the industry for a while now.
I'd love to hear from others who can confirm (or refute) this appraisal.
I'd love to hear from others who can confirm (or refute) this appraisal.
robint
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holy cow.... roaches and rats. Not cool. Bad air and bad crew... even worse. This is really bad for the Dancer fleet, especially after that review of their ship in Palau which got similar reviews (minus the rodents).
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I'm sorry to hear about your experience, but I'm going to stop saying that I can't imagine how my Palau trip could have been worse-- now I know! Rats!!!!! And bad air, which is obviously a much bigger deal, but there's something about rats...
I am thinking about Fiji and unsurprisingly am planning never to go near the Dancer fleet again-- any recs for top land-based places (not in terms of price but quality?)
I am thinking about Fiji and unsurprisingly am planning never to go near the Dancer fleet again-- any recs for top land-based places (not in terms of price but quality?)
I usually take comments on bad food with a grain of salt, people have very different opinions of bad food.
But rats, roaches and bad smelling air is not subjective at all.
But rats, roaches and bad smelling air is not subjective at all.
Shasta_man
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It'd be OK to throw the TV overboard anyway... am noting this was post #2 and no further responses for 3 weeks. I always stay at First Landing too for the proximity to the marina but have never dove with them...
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