Lagoon Pontoon
While in PCB you'll see signs, flyers and advertisements to take a Shell Island cruise / tour and like us, you'll probably be curious as to what exactly Shell Island is and why in the world would you want to leave the beach and go to an island?
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I did some internet sleuthing to find out what all the hype was about and ran across the site for Lagoon Pontoon. Looking around I noticed that you can rent Jet Ski's and Pontoon's and drive yourself to Shell Island (among many other places) at your leisure. Even better was the fact you can rent double decker boats with twin watersides off of the top deck! So I got to thinking...
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Kids + waterslides + Adults + Waterslides =
let's do this!! where do i pay??
Located off the far end of Thomas and Lagoon Drive, the whole process was simple and straightforward. After booking online, you simply drive down to the marina, grab a cart, and wait under the shade for your launch time to be called. You'll find plenty of space to relax and the little ones even have their own area with regular and pint sized seating and shade, located conveniently (for them, not my wallet) right next to the Snow Cone stand.
You have the option of 2 different styles of Pontoon, both seating 12 passengers. One being the aforementioned double decker and the other a single with a full length canopy shade, Both styles include Bluetooth stereo's and life jackets and require very minimal driving instruction. Due to our party size, we rented one of each and headed down to the lagoon to board our vessels!
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The body of water you'll be "driving" (or shall I say boating) in, is the Bay side of PCB/PC, which is a much calmer body of water than the Gulf (You wouldn't catch me operating a flat bottomed boat in those savage waters. If you've seen "The Wolf Of Wall Street" and remember the scene where they were experiencing "A Little Chop", then you understand exactly how it would feel piloting one of these in the Gulf). The boats are relatively easy to drive and no prior experience is necessary, so don't be discouraged from trying it out.