Instant Reader Report
on Unexso / Our Lucaya in
Bahamas / Freeport, Grand Bahama on
2002/10
by
Thomas O. Moens , IL, USA
Report Number 021009205508849

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Dive Conditions

Babysitting, stay with divemaster at all times, etc.  

[None]  

Overall Rating

Our trip was initially scheduled for September 12, 2001. Obviously, it was
delayed a bit.  We finally found our way to Freeport on October 11. Our
Lucaya was a nice resort, if somewhat homogenized, but we arrived in the
midst of a labor dispute, so some of the staff were somewhat less than
friendly.  We later learned that the 15% gratuity added to all bills went
to resort, not to the staff, thereby explaining some of the attitude.  

After all the hype, Unexso was a great disappointment.  The tourist volume
was a bit low, being one month after 9/11, but that certainly did not
increase the level of service.  After boarding the SS Hunkajunk, we were
treated to the rudest captain we have ever encountered.  Though there were
several boats, they seemed to use the worst equipped and running of the
bunch.  Billows of smoke followed us all the way to the reef.  After
leaving the island, we had to go out of our way to pick up our divemaster,
who was apparently already "recreating" on another boat.  Unexso
never asked our experience level nor did they ask to look at our dive
logs, but put us with the only other divers they had--two nervous first
timers.  We were forced to suit up and sit on the dive platform until
everyone was ready, and then we were directed to scootch into the water on
cue.  Then we had to stay with the divemaster for the entirety of our
short, shallow dive.  

When we returned, Captain Schmuck docked as far as possible from the rinse
tank, and no one seemed to be able to locate any carts to haul gear.  When
we did lug everything back to the tank, we thought maybe we should just
wait until we got home and rinse everything in the muddy Mississippi,
rather than use that science experiment excuse for a rinse tank.  The
island and the reefs seem nice enough, just shop around for a dive
facility. 

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