点评:We had a very disappointing experience with this tour. Five minutes after our scheduled 1:45am pickup, we were called and told our pickup was cancelled. At that point, in the middle of the night, we had to scramble to find our own ride. Thankfully we were able to make it to the meeting point before 3:00am, but even arriving on time, we ended up on the last bus to the summit.
Because of this, we missed a significant portion of the sunrise. The sky was already light and the sun was coming up by the time we arrived. We also missed the Hawaiian singing, which we were really looking forward to. The sunrise was the main reason we booked the experience, so it was incredibly frustrating and disappointing to miss it.
To make matters worse, our tour guide made multiple stops in the dark to share long, unrelated stories while most of us were half asleep. These delays felt unnecessary and ultimately contributed to us not making it in time for the full sunrise experience.
The biking portion was also underwhelming. There was very little actual biking overall—just short stretches broken up by frequent stops. During many of these stops, the bike guide went into long, pun-heavy joke sessions that felt like a waste of time rather than adding to the experience. Additionally, there was a long stretch of the mountain where we were not allowed to bike at all and instead had to ride the bus as a group, which was not clearly communicated beforehand.
On top of everything, both the bus driver and bike guides repeatedly brought up tipping, at least 10 times throughout the experience. Being told it’s “rude not to tip” felt inappropriate, especially given the circumstances and the fact that we did not receive the experience we paid for.
We were refunded for the hotel transportation and given 10% off, but that does not come close to making up for missing the highlight of the tour. Overall, this was a frustrating and disappointing experience and not what we expected.
翻译:这次旅行体验非常糟糕。凌晨1点45分,我们原定的接送时间刚过五分钟,就接到电话说接送取消了。当时天还没亮,我们不得不赶紧找车。幸好我们赶在凌晨3点前到达了集合地点,但即便如此,我们还是坐上了最后一班去山顶的巴士。
因此,我们错过了日出的大部分。我们到达时,天空已经亮了,太阳也快要升起来了。我们还错过了期待已久的夏威夷歌唱表演。日出是我们预订这次旅行的主要原因,所以错过它真的非常令人沮丧和失望。
更糟糕的是,我们的导游在黑暗中多次停车,讲一些冗长且无关的故事,而我们大多数人当时都昏昏欲睡。这些耽搁完全没有必要,最终导致我们没能完整地欣赏到日出。
骑行部分也令人失望。整个行程中实际骑行的时间非常少——只有几小段路程,中间穿插着频繁的停车。很多次停车时,自行车导游都会滔滔不绝地讲一些冗长且充满双关语的笑话,感觉完全是在浪费时间,而不是为行程增添乐趣。此外,还有一段很长的山路禁止骑行,我们只能集体乘坐巴士,这一点事先并没有明确告知。
更糟糕的是,巴士司机和自行车导游反复提及小费,至少在整个行程中提到了十次。被告知“不给小费很不礼貌”让人感觉非常不妥,尤其是在我们并没有享受到我们付费体验的情况下。
酒店退还了我们的交通费,并给了我们10%的折扣,但这远远不足以弥补我们错过行程亮点带来的损失。总而言之,这是一次令人沮丧和失望的体验,完全出乎我们的意料。