Amazing skydiving experience! The location is only 1 - 1.5 hours north of Toronto. The website…read morecontains a wealth of information, and the online booking system is quite seamless and convenient. You only need to put a small deposit down when booking to reserve your timeslot. All the staff (from the front desk, resgitration office, and the staff helping you to put on and take off the body suit, to the instructors and videographers) are excellent - very skilled, friendly, and helpful.
In terms of facilities, there are washrooms (which are very clean) including 1 shower stall. There are no lockers for public use (the lockers are for staff only), so put your belongings in your car or have someone (who is not skydiving at the same time as you) look after your belongings. There is a small box for car keys and valuables in the office area. There is 1 vending machine for snacks (chips, etc.) so bring snacks from home if you want to snack while waiting.
When you get there, the process for tandem skydiving is as follows:
1) Sign in at the front desk. The staff will give you a booklet / package of forms to read and fill out.
2) Sit at a table and watch the training video on the tablet. (Be sure to bring a pair of headphones that are not Apple headphones, to plug into the audio jack of the tablet.) The video is about 25 minutes long, and goes over the legal stuff, risks, safety precautions, and procedures (e.g. what to do before and during the skydive, body position, how to do proper landing, etc.).
3) Fill out the package of forms. There is a 1-page quiz to gauge your knowledge from the training video.
4) Hand in the completed package to the staff in the registration office. They'll check everything, check your photo ID, measure your weight (for weight distribution in the airplane and aircraft assignment), and give you your wrist band. If you purchase a media package, you will also get a landyard that you'll need to give to the videographer after (for them to scan the QR code so they can associate the photos & video files to your email address).
5) Wait about 1-2 hours until you get called to suit up. You can wait inside or outside on the grassy area, but stay close to the building so you can hear for your name to get called. It might seem like a long time at first, but time goes by quickly, especially if the weather is good outside and you watch the other people glide down with their parachutes.
6) Once you get called or your name appears on the screen with the aircraft assignment, get a staff member to help you suit up with the body suit, helmet, and goggles.
7) Your instructor will meet you, tighten your body suit, and go over procedures.
8) Get on the airplane. It's about a 20-minute ride until you jump.
9) If you choose tandem skydive, it's about 40-50 seconds of freefall followed by approximately 5 minutes of hovering with the parachute, while you enjoy the panaromic views below.
If you choose a media package, you get a link to the photos and videos almost immediately landing (or shortly after). The quality of the media is really good! 4K video quality.
