Salty Sam’s Marina

We did the pirate cruise! It was awesome. And parrot key had good food The gift shop has cute clothes and hats. Check it out!

We have rented a boat from salty Sam’s for our past 2 trips to fort myers. Both times have been a great experience! The staff at salty Sam’s are anything but salty :) very friendly! They were wonderful about explaining every part of the rental agreement and how the boat works. We have only done the pontoon boat– it’s perfect for what we need and easy to navigate! Expect to spend 165 – 200 (depending on gas) for 4.5 hours (for the 8 seater pontoon boat with a swim ladder). They require a $ 1000 credit card deposit but refund it when you return to the marina. We enjoyed coming off the water around 4 pm for happy hour at parrot key– they have excellent pina coladas and delicious crab dip! We will definitely return on our next trip to fort myers!

Fun pirate cruise for the kids. But beware!!! The person who takes the reservations tells you to turn on Buttonwood. Don’t do it!!! A cop was waiting there and gave us a ticket for $ 161 and 3 points for getting into the turn lane 15 feet too early. Accused us of trying to sneak past traffic onto the island. With four kids in the back dressed like pirates it should have been obvious we weren’t going to the beach. Never coming back to Ft Myers.

Boat rental was an easy process and the equipment was good for the price. Great place to rent a boat and spend 4 hours or more on the water.

Lunch today. Very busy, no Air conditioning. Food was nothing special, ho him. We had reservations for a large group and service was very very slow. Do not recommend. Also, not clean.

My husband and I just returned from a week long boating vacation. We booked with the Marina weeks in advance. Even called them back to add another day to the front of our stay. When we got there they said they did not expect us until the next day but it was not a problem. They did not tell us to try and make it before the tide went out. They have the smallest boat ramp I have ever seen. We have a 30 foot Regal cabin cruiser and I did not see how we would be able to launch it. They assured us bigger boats had put in without a problem. Needless to say the launch did not go smoothly. The boat ramp is way too short and caused our trailer tires to drop off the end of the ramp which produced a terrible scrapping sound when it bottomed out. It also bent the fender on our brand new $ 5000.00 trailer. After a very stressful launch we finally got the boat in and maneuvered through the EXTREMLY tight channel. They have way too many boats tied to the pier because they have so many rentals. They located us right in front of one of the Restaurants, which we hated. They had live music every night and it was so load we were forced inside the boat just to get away from all the music and night life. But that is not the worst of it. The «Manager» on staff is rude and haughty. She treated us like crap until I finally called her out on it. We scheduled a pump out of our boat and no one showed up for two days. At that point my husband and I were livid. Only after I had words with the «Manager» and ask for the owners name and number did we get any service. This has to be the worst place we have ever stayed. Take my word for it and take your business elsewhere!

Horrible marina. Change rates at will and once they have your credit card for monthly billing they up the rate at will. Mechanics quote one rate but wait til you get the bill. They pad the bill and there is nothing you can do. Whatever you do, do not give them a credit card to have on file. I had heard this from other people but did not believe it. I was taken when rates doubled and it was too late to stop the credit card. Learn from my mistakes. Find another marina. There is never anyone there to help you and the broker for sales in marina is in cahoots with mechanics for bogus bills if you are an absentee owner only down part of the year. Do not go to this marina. Also watch kids as there are a lot of drunk people driving out of parking lot at night.

Salty Sam’s is a great place to rent a pontoon to cruise your way out to Lover’s Key. It takes about an hour or so to get out to the sandy beach, but that’s part of the fun. Check local coupon pages for $ 10 off a rental which is pretty good for free. You can rent the pontoon for about $ 130 for 4.5 hours which is longer than most rental places.
The only pain is waiting in line to get down to your turn off to the left before the big old’ bridge.
Bring a cooler to stay hydrated and some lunches to walk the beach.

Salty Sams, Parrot Bay, Big Game — some of the best of the gulf all right here in one spot! Pirate Cruises, fishing and sailing charters, boat rentals, great food and spirits. They even have a great gift shop, ice cream shop live entertainment! To beat all the marina facitities are fantastic!