Parasail city is a small company that specializes in parasailing on the gulf of mexico. My first trip to Clearwater beach, Fl, I was mesmerized by its beautiful white sandy beaches. Along the boardwalk you will find Parasail City booths where you and friends (up to 12) can pay to parasail. You can choose to go up 800feet or 1000feet. You also have the choice to purchase pictures. The staff in the booth communicate with the captain via walkie talkies.
Once you purchase tickets, you are instructed on the time you are to meet the Captain, who is a U.S coast guard licensed captain, at the dock. Upon arriving at the dock, you are greeted by the captain and co-captain with eagerily faces to board "Serenity". Once on board, we were introduced to the safety rules, put on our vests and told about parasailing.
As you hand the captain your boarding ticket, he knows which person paid for pictures. The co-captain takes pictures of you while you go up parasailing, and at the end of your entire ride, you are directed to go back to the booth and pick up your memory stick. The memory stick includes 100 pictures of you on the boat, to the different stages of your parasailing adventure.
I chose to go 1000 feet up in the air and purchased pictures as well. Three people can go up at once, but no worries, if you and a friend come, they wont stick a stranger with you. Once we get far enough into the gulf, my turn comes, the boat stops and I step into my harness and get situated. I get instructed to sit at the end of the boat. My boyfriend is teasing me because I am excited yet scared. Sharks! Suddenly the boat starts and we start going up high, higher..... I am doing it! Im really parasailing....we spent about 15minutes up there while the boat is driving fast. As we start to come down from our natural high (too easy lol), the co-captains tells us he will lower us so that our feet can dip in the water, my bf starts teasing that sharks are going to bite my toes n i begin to scream lol..... I had a blast.
Since we were the only couple,we got to be last ride of the day, we got to spend extra time on the boat. Our captain took us on a beautiful tour of the gulf. I had so much fun, and highly recommend this place to go parasailing.
Tel: 727-449-0566
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