Sep 6, 2024
Back to basics, the universe!!! - Very high tech equipment, friendly and knowledgable staff. Perfect location, you forget just how beautiful and huge the sky and universe are. I actually saw Saturn and its rings!! The one thing that sticks with me was the comment that 80% of people have never seen the Milky Way. I hadn’t for many many years and it is spectacular!! An amazing night and experience! The best time! So very glad I did this, didn’t know and had foregotten what I was missing, highly recommend this experience!
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Jul 6, 2024
Superb unique experience - Amazing night stargazing in Zion. Well thought out, organised tour. The guide and photographer we had were excellent. Her knowledge was incredible and everything explained so well. Great equipment and comfortable set up. Looking forward to seeing the photos they took which are part of the package.
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Jun 8, 2024
Simply amazing - This was even more amazing than I had anticipated. Very knowledgeable tour guides who made the experience even better. Would definitely recommend!!
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May 19, 2024
Unique Experience - - Awesome experience!
- Unlike anything I’ve ever done before!
- Educational
- Entertaining
- Memorable
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May 13, 2024
Out of this world experience - This was a wonderful tour! It’s in a very desolate area, but it is easy to get to. The guide, Devin, is so knowledgeable and makes the tour interesting. Her passion for astronomy really shines through. I enjoyed all that I learned and the opportunity to view the stars through such expensive equipment.
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Apr 26, 2024
A must do experience! - What a great experience!! The night sky was beautiful! Every detail was thoughtful and planned for our maximum enjoyment and learning in mind! Great knowledgeable and friendly staff. We would love to do it again!
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Feb 22, 2024
Can’t miss! - Very informative, knowledgeable staff, detailed oriented with hand warmers and hot chocolate 😋 Wonderful setting. ❤️
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Nov 6, 2023
Always more to discover! - Loved this experience. We had the Milky Way on our bucket list and we finally were able to see it. The travel through the solar system on the way to the telescopes was so interesting even for someone who has known about the planets for a long time. Zoey was a masterclass in explaining things in a way that was understandable. We got to see Saturn and Jupiter up close. Bonus coyotes howling in the distance was awesome. Highly recommend this tour.
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May 13, 2024
Night Skies & Star Gazing in Utah - learning about the stars & night skies in utah was good. was unable to get binoculars to work properly to see the show. the astronomer gal adjusted them for me but still had issues & could not use them. several others in my group had same problem. enjoyed the other parts of the show.
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Oct 20, 2024
Extremely underwhelming and misrepresented the experience - Unfortunately this was just not close to being worth it for the high price.
This is a tough one to write since they were very nice - However, this was such an incredibly underwhelming experience for the 190/person price tag that I felt the need to warn others about it (as most people may just keep their thoughts to themselves if they have a negative experience).
To start off, it was close to being a full moon, and yet I saw they were still offering the experience this past Wednesday. I thus called them to check in about whether they thought it would affect the experience. The person I spoke to essentially said it would have a very small affect, and that the outer contours of the milky way would even still be visible. The gist of our conversation was that it would still be great viewing and a great experience and I shouldn't worry. Thus I booked it for my girlfriend and I.
To our surprise, however, the night sky viewing experience was completely corrupted by the moon. I live in Boston and have better night sky viewing in my backyard. I even think our guide was not prepared for the brightness, as the laser pointer she was using for half of the time was no match for the moon and was barely visible to most of the group. Thus for a good portion of the time many did not know what she was pointing at. Additionally the Milky Way was not all visible (contrary to what was said on the phone).
So with the night sky essentially a bust, I would have still hoped that the informational aspect would have been enlightening, but frankly that was underwhelming as well. Our guide fixated on the size of different things we were talking about. While of course some information about the relative size of things is important, it felt like half of the whole tour was the guide asking "if we say the sun is the size of a softball, what is the size of X?" It became tedious.
The main issue, however, was that the moon was way too bright to have a positive viewing experience. They should not run the tour around the full moon (or they should heavily discount the price) - I felt we were lied to on the phone.
If this was a $50/person experience, I'd still write it off as not worth it and a waste but I would not have felt the need to write this review. At $190/person, both my girlfriend and I were completely shocked. They need to be more honest about what the experience is.
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