Dolphin & Sunset Cruises With Olin Marler’s Fleet

It’s our first dolphin cruise of course. We got a deal online and decided to spend couple of hours out in the ocean looking at dolphins instead of getting burnt by the beach. It turned out to be the best decision we have made during this trip.
First of all, the captain and the crew are just so nice and informative. The captain continuously told us about all the places to visit around the beach on the way to the ocean. He then kept stopping by the areas with the most dolphins and stopped there letting us to enjoy watching Dolphins swimming around. Luckily, the weather was so great!
During the cruise, I got a little seasick (I know! I am ridiculous!) so I was just laying down a bit inside the cabin and the crew members were concern and checking on me constantly to make sure I was okay.
It was a great experience overall and I will definitely come back next time!!!

Took the fire works cruise.
Talked to local couple and they stated this was the best way to see the 4^th of July fire works show.
The captain maneuvered us to not only see the Destin show, but also the Fort Walton Beach and Holiday Isle.
Even with the brief rain it was a fantastic show. Nothing to block our view.
While most people raced to sit on the upper deck, the best seats were on the bow of the ship.

The weather was not our friend when we were in Destin. It rained the first night we were there and our tour was rescheduled. Then our tour had to be rescheduled again the next day because of weather. However, when we finally got our tour in, it was excellent. I loved hearing about the history of Destin. The dolphins were a little shy on our tour and maybe the weather had something to do with that but our tour guide took us around the harbor until we found dolphins. Our tour ran a little longer but that was ok since we found dolphins. When I have the whole family back, we will go on this tour again.

My wife and 3 kids booked 5 tickets to take the Dolphin Tour. My kids are little and they were really looking forward to the trip. The boat crew was really nice. The captain was very friendly and funny. All seemed to be going great. Then, we were told after cruising the harbor that one of the boats motors wasn’t working and that the tour was be canceled. They couldn’t get the boat back to the normal dock they let us off a few blocks down the harbor and we had to walk our kids all the way back and then stand in line to reschedule or get our money back. Now I know things like this happen and I don’t blame the company, however, the way it was all handled was not customer friendly. We had to wait in a long line in the sun after walk back, when I got up to the front they wanted to just reschedule me not even knowing if it would be fixed by the next cruise. I didn’t do it because I had already spent my morning waiting for this tour and didn’t want to be disappointed again. There was a man behind the desk that looked to be a supervisor. He over heard me saying to the women at the window, that I would consider taking their next tour if it was discounted or comped due to the hassle they put my family through. The man barked back at me saying «No, we will rebook you or you can have your money back.» Nice way to treat customers. Anyway, I wasn’t happy as I had booked online to save some money (when you have a family of 5 this helps) and now I was stuck with finding another cruise at no discounted rates. As you can image, we left not happy with how we were treated. What a great opportunity for this company to display great service, but they showed their true colors. We found another cruise and as we left we looked over and saw the still stranded boat. I’m glad we didn’t take them up on their offer to reschedule, we would have wasted more than just a morning. I give the crew 5 Stars the whole experience 2 Stars due to the office staff.

Great dolphin cruise and crew! Captain Roy, Kenny, and Bryan were very friendly and great dolphin spotters! This was a perfect tour with my family! Highly recommended. We saw lots of jumping dolphins. Be sure to pay attention to their restaurant recommendations along the quick marina tour because we found a great breakfast place to enjoy afterwords!

Scored a rocking deal on Groupon for a Dolphin cruise. Took the 2:30 trip yesterday and we were not disappointed. Very family friendly and the crew took good care of everyone. The captain was very friendly and funny. Area information was provided throughout the trip. We spotted several groups of dolphins including a few babies as well. A couple sharks on the sand bars also. Plenty of seating, shade, and restrooms on board. Make sure to bring cash to tip the crew.

I spent a great deal of time reading reviews before we selected them for the sunset dolphin cruise and I have absolutely no regrets. My main concerns going into the cruise was comfort and a family friendly atmosphere and they delivered a 5 star performance. There isnt a bad seat on the ship and the crew is extremely friendly and helpful. Also, if your main concern is seeing dolphins, they also get 5 stars. We saw several dozens of them and Roy (our Captain) had the experience and know-​how to persuade the dolphins into surfing our wake, it was very impressive!

My husband & I went on this cruise in mid Sept. The weather was gorgeous. The crew was very nice & informative. They first took pictures of the passengers which you could buy — we chose not to have our picture taken. You could buy drinks & snacks for $ 1, but we brought a little cooler with drinks. They started the cruise by stating safety measures. They informed adults to please make sure the kids weren’t standing at the rails since we would encounter some large waves. They told us we could roam around the boat. Leaving the harbor, they gave us a little history about Destin & pointed out some sites. We did see some pods of dolphins, but couldn’t get too close since they were in shallow waters. They stopped on the way back to watch a guy on a small boat pull a big fish out with his rod — we all cheated for him. Nice experience & nice crew. I bought our tickets on Groupon.

Had an amazing time on this cruise. 5 of us went ranging from my 7 year old daughter and myself and mom and brother and sister in law, we all had a great time. Captain was fun and upbeat, played great music and made sure we got to see dolphins. We did the sunset cruise which was beautiful. Even better was we originally booked a wed cruise on Tuesday, which it ended up raining Wednesday, they called and canceled the cruise and gave us all our money back! We called Thursday am and re booked for that night. Book off
and got excellent prices way cheaper than the other tours in the area.

We called the day before to inquire about the 1 pm cruise. We were told to call back the day of the cruise to check on its availability. We called that morning and were told there weren’t enough people for the 1 pm cruise and that they were working on filling the 3:30 pm cruise. They took our number and said they would call if the cruise was not going to go out. We arrived at 3 pm to find 2 young ladies sitting in the booth. We were told there weren’t enough people for the cruise and when we asked why they hadn’t called, they just shrugged their shoulders. Very unprofessional. There are several other dolphin cruise companies along the dock. I’m not sure how they are, but they’ll certainly get first chance at my business next time.

Couldn’t have had a better cruise! We saw over 20 dolphins, and the captain sped up the boat and had us watch the dolphins surf the wake… it was awesome. The crew was so friendly, and the boat was spacious and very clean. It’s so affordable, I wished we could have done it again the next night. Beautiful way to see the sunset too:)

Took the dolphin cruise mid September at 5pm. Took a bit of a tour around the area telling us a bit about the history of Destin. At first my wife was thinking stupid history lesson, but I was supprised to hear her say that was cool. As we were boating around they give you the chance to get the birds to pick a piece of popcorn out of your hand. My wife tried it and after several mins of holding the popcorn. Swoop out of the sky a gull snatches it right out of her hand. Startling us a bit because they sneek atack you from behind. Kinda makes you jump a bit.
The dolphin part was great loved the ride checking out the coast. Not too many dolphins at first then all the sudden they were like look at me, look at me I’m a little dolphin. Jumping around and playing in the waters. bring a big lense if you can to get that close shot. Hard to perdict where they are going to jump out of the water from so be prepaired to snap a shot.
Give this a go, fantastic value for the fun we had.

This was our first ever dolphin tour and we had a blast. We took the earliest cruise and got a deep discount of half off so definitely check it out online for any promotions. The crew was extremely knowledgable and had interesting and helpful tips about the area.
We saw at least five dolphins and got to spend a good amount of time watching them.
The boat was clean and spacious, and there was plenty of shade and even air conditioning. The glass bottom wasn’t anything too special but cool seeing it for the first time.
I feel bad because apparently you are supposed to tip the captain and the crew and we didn’t know and didn’t have cash, otherwise it was extremely enjoyable and I can’t wait to do it again next year.

We took the 5pm Sunset Dolphin tour and had a real nice time. The crew was very friendly and had popcorn for us to feed the seagulls and blankets for when the sun started to set. Their boat has three levels where the bottom level has a glass bottom which didn’t show much except the emerald water.
The tour was pretty generic. There were two other Dolphin tour companies out and we basically played follow the leader around the dolphins. There were plenty of dolphins to watch though and the Captain was full of dolphin and Destin trivia to share over the loud speaker.