Loterie Farm fly zone extreme ?

If you book the excursion with RCCL can you do the extreme version or just the fly zone?

Thank You

We were at Loterie Farm today and did the zip line. There is much more than just "zipping" involved. A lot of stamina is required for just the basic course. It is much like being in the military with trying to walk an obstacle course 20 ft. in the air with a line attached. You should be in good shape for even the basic course.

We were at Loterie Farm today and did the zip line. There is much more than just "zipping" involved. A lot of stamina is required for just the basic course. It is much like being in the military with trying to walk an obstacle course 20 ft. in the air with a line attached. You should be in good shape for even the basic course.

Hey Spurs Fan....did you book through the cruise line or go on your own? Also, was the "extreme" version much different? My understanding was that it was higher and had more "zipping" rather than the "obstacle course" type stuff. What was the cost? Thanks for any info.

We were not on St. Martin on a cruise, but spent a week above Orient Beach.

We just drove over to Loterie Farm around 9:30 and there was no wait at all. I can not answer your question about the extreme having more zipping. I did see some of the wires and they were higher up.

My husband and I did the extreme while vacationing in St Martin. It was awesome. The extreme course is waaaaayyyyyy up the mountain. You ride a truck up to start the course. The zips are really high and long. I loved it. It is Kind of scary but scary in a good way. You can book it on your own and take a cab to the farm. They offer it 3 times a day. Our Zipline guide told us that you cannot book it through the ship because it requires the participants to be in really good physical health which of course cannot be determined when booking through the ship.

My husband and I did the extreme while vacationing in St Martin. It was awesome. The extreme course is waaaaayyyyyy up the mountain. You ride a truck up to start the course. The zips are really high and long. I loved it. It is Kind of scary but scary in a good way. You can book it on your own and take a cab to the farm. They offer it 3 times a day. Our Zipline guide told us that you cannot book it through the ship because it requires the participants to be in really good physical health which of course cannot be determined when booking through the ship.

Do you think my 14yr old son which is in good shape and about 6ft tall could do the extreme course?

JHA

For all interested, here is the reply to a couple of e-mails sent directly to Loterie Farms. You can go to their website at www.loteriefarm.net and get additional information or e-mail them direct at info@loteriefarm.net . I was a little disappointed they do not allow ANY kids under 18 to do the extreme version. Seems a bit strict and that may cause us not to go at all. Anyway, that seems to be their policy.

Hello Tom,

The age limit for the Fly Zone Extreme is 18 years old and we cannot make any exceptions. The time that the cruise ship groups arrive varies and sometimes they arrive before we are officially open. You can try to beat the groups but there is a chance that you have to wait until the group is finished.

Regards,

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On Sun 02/08/09 21:05 , Tom Mueller muellertjm@yahoo.com sent:

We were there last week. My husband did the extreme and I did the regular one. In "comparing notes" so to speak, it seems that the regular Fly Zone had more varied obstacles, shorter zips, and not as many zips. The extreme had some of the same obstacles (like walking on a wire while holding to two other wires) but they were much longer. The regular Fly Zone actually had some more difficult obstacles (like walking on a wire while holding to only one wire directly above the other at about chest level.) The extreme one had 13 zips total and some were very long. My husband LOVED it! I am 46 yrs old, 5'3" and 180lbs. I did the whole obstacle course, although another lady who looked to be in a lot better shape than me complained the whole time about how hard it was and quit about 2/3rds of the way through. The only real problem I had was that it was HOT and I really wished I had brought a bottle of water with me. I was seriously dehydrated by the time I finished. You definitely need both hands free to do the course, so to bring water you would need some other way to carry it. The have water, and punch waiting when you finish, but they really need to have a water station 1/2 way through.

One other thing to note, when we have done zip lines before, in Puerto Rico and other cruise destinations, there have been many guides with each group, and the guides took the responsibility of hooking and unhooking your safety lines and the pulley that you zip on. Here there was one guide with our group of 8-10, and two guides with my husbands group of 30. You were completely responsible for hooking and unhooking your safeties and pulleys at each transition. Once the guides show you how to do it at the beginning you are on your own. It was a pretty simple concept, and easy to do, just a little "scary" not having someone with more experience there to supervise and make sure you did it properly. That and the fact that I don't like really long zips is why I chose not to do the extreme version.