Anyone been on both and know the difference between 1 and 2? 2 looks bigger and they have similar itinerary’s I’m looking at for December 2020.
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I have been in both. I personally prefer mermaid one, and I think most people would, but both are good.
Mermaid one has proper cabins and they are a little bit bigger than mermaid two since they are our more people on mermaid two then on mermaid one. Also mermaid ones trips can be a day or two longer than mermaid twos. Also to do go to more places. Mermaid one has a larger eating area of the mermaid two, and the mermaid to eating area, in addition to being a little cramped, it’s not very well air-conditioned.
I believe the dinghy is on mermaid two are a little bit larger than on mermaid one. Mermaid one has satellite Internet, and mermaid two does not, it has only a satellite telephone. Mermaid two does have a very nice kind of living room, air-conditioned, and more of mermaid twos decks are carpeted.
I would happily take either boat, but if I could choose between the two I would choose mermaid one
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Mermaid one has proper cabins and they are a little bit bigger than mermaid two since they are our more people on mermaid two then on mermaid one. Also mermaid ones trips can be a day or two longer than mermaid twos. Also to do go to more places. Mermaid one has a larger eating area of the mermaid two, and the mermaid to eating area, in addition to being a little cramped, it’s not very well air-conditioned.
I believe the dinghy is on mermaid two are a little bit larger than on mermaid one. Mermaid one has satellite Internet, and mermaid two does not, it has only a satellite telephone. Mermaid two does have a very nice kind of living room, air-conditioned, and more of mermaid twos decks are carpeted.
I would happily take either boat, but if I could choose between the two I would choose mermaid one
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Yeah I figured out that 1 has the side-by-side beds besides the budget cabins and 2 has bunk beds for all the double cabins. I’ll probably go with 1 for 9 nites December 2020.
Thanks for the extra info.
Thanks for the extra info.
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You can get a double bed in the cabins in MMII. not queen. Or bunks. Configurable.
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MM I fills up faster. Do a resort before if you can!
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How did they do the diving? Do the groups have to stay together or let you buddy dive? Time limit or based on your air?
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You can buddy dive I believe. We did not, but I think I recall hearing them say that. There have always been 2 - 4 people in our groups. We felt well-looked-after, even in high currents, and they do go to high-current areas.
Time limit was 70 mins, except in Misool it is 60 min for everyone.
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Time limit was 70 mins, except in Misool it is 60 min for everyone.
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Thanks for the info Bill. I’ve only been in Mermaid1. I do remember Celco (CD & DM) of Mermaid1 at the time (Aug, 2014) mentioned about Mermaid2, although it is bigger (33x7m) than Mermaid1 (28x7m), it has no sundeck.
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Yes you can buddy dive.
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Divers / DM ratio was 4 when I was there. Since MMI has only 15 divers (maximum), we were divided into 4 groups. Each group had 4 divers led by a DM, except the 4th group had 3 divers led by CD.
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