Dolphin Cruises Aboard the Cold Mil Fleet

We had a good experience. We seen several dolphins and the staff was good. No complaints at all if this is something you would enjoy go they won’t disappoint.

The moment you walk onto the pier and see their 2 ships, you become certain you made the right choice. Very clean and beautiful boats. Much bigger than every other boat around. The Dolphins were fantastic jumping and riding the huge wake that the 2 boats made together. What a performance.
Don’t think for a moment that you won’t be able to see because of the larger customer base these boats can carry. Not a bad seat in the house. On the bow you get the best breeze and view of the bay coming up, plus you get to help spot Dolphins. On the aft part of the ship you get the closer view of the dolphins performing their stunts. But both are equal awe inspiring.
Thanks for the fantastic memory, my family will always cherish it.

Excellent cruise! I had heard about this cruise from several friends that said it was the best, and they were right! Clean boat, friendly staff, great music and, of course DOLPHINS! We did the sunset cruise and it was beautiful. My 5 year old and 2 ½ year old loved it as well.

Loved it! Crew was great! Boat was clean! Bathroom onboard and can bring your own drinks, etc. or purchase water or soda onboard.
It was pretty cool how the two boats work together to give the Dolphins a playground. We were not disappointed!
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We go to this one every year and highly recommend. Very relaxing time with great dolphin scenes. We love it. Captain Tom is amazing and not bad to look at either. Win win :)

If you’re going to take a dolphin cruise, this is where you must go. Why?
1. Friendly people: the customer service was great. There was a deck hand who entertained the children on the ride out to find the dolphins.
2. Clean boat. Before we boarded, everything was wiped down. It was sparkling clean!
3. Ambiance: They played music to get us in the ocean kind of mood. Jimmy Buffet and Zac Brown Band, anyone?
4. Refreshments: you can bring your own water, juice, pop, etc.
5. A wonderful display of the beauty of nature in the ocean. We saw so many dolphins and they were so close.
This place is worth every penny!

Awesome! Clean and professional. And the use of 2 boats is genius! worth every penny!

The advantage that this dolphin cruise has over some of the others is that they took two boats out at once scoping the water for dolphin pods. Once spotted the boats merge together and in unison create this large wake that the dolphins want to jump and bathe in. I can’t say if this experience is typical but the boat ride itself was such fun! The boats were well cared for and each offered a bathroom onboard. You can bring your own refreshments or you can purchase water or soda on board at a reasonable rate.

Perfect way to spend an afternoon. Went out on the 5:00 cruise today and the whole family loved it. They kept us on the dolphins. Great captain and first mate. We’ll be back this summer for sure.

Excellent cruise. Been on them twice. Great for all ages. We love that they have 2 boats, with bathrooms on board, and team up with each other. Both boats depart at the same time and head out searching for dolphins. Once they spot some they radio the other boat and cruise next to each other creating a huge wake for them to play in. They tell you which side of the boat to be on. I like to be up front, on top so you can really see them! Highly recommended! I recommend making a reservation also.

Top of the line classy tour. Very friendly and lots of dolphins. You get your monies worth for sure.

My family has enjoyed this wonderful service each year for about 7 years now, but this past Thursday, we got a surprise. For the first time, there were enough people to allow us to take out BOTH boats. Normally, we visit during the last week of February, and normally, only one boat is used during that time period, but this time, there were enough patrons for both boats. The trick this team uses makes for the absolute BEST show possible. The two boats form a massive wake by moving together in the channel. The pods of dolphins appear to literally smile while diving, surfing and jumping through, over and around that massive moving wave. The best photos we have ever been able to get were easy to take and still enjoy the show for ourselves, since the boat teams make the attempt three separate times. The cost was acceptable and definitely worth it. The boats are clean, comfortable and staffed by the friendliest folks in the Gulf area. Cold Mil Fleet is the real deal. We can’t wait until our next trip to Orange Beach and our annual ride on the Dolphin Cruise with Cold Mil Fleet.

Great time! After reading a few reviews on dolphin cruises I called to reserve a ride for my family. It was awesome! Everyone was split into 2 groups, and 2 boats left together. Both captains went looking for dolphins, and when they found them, the other boat would pull up beside and crest a huge wake for them to play in. We did that 3 times. Our cruise ended up being about 1 hr 15 min. The crew was great. We were allowed to get up and go from side to side front to back after we left the marina. Definitely recommend!

HIGHLY recommend! It was amazing to see dolphins playing in the wake of the two boats. It is very reasonably priced.

¹⁰⁄₁₀ — this cruise was excellent; as previous reviews will tell you, they will use a technique with 2 boats called ‘surfing the dolphins’ where they will jump and play in a wave right next to the boats.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone vacationing and wanting to see dolphins. We went around the bay and found about 5 sets of dolphins over about an hour.
Cruises are $ 15 at 4pm and $ 20 sunset cruise at 6:15pm.
Friendly staff and dolphin sighting guaranteed, well worth the money!

My wife and I took a vacation to Gulf Shores and decided to try out a dolphin cruise while were were down there. We read a few reviews and decided that the two-​boat method of getting the dolphins to play sounded cool, so we gave the Cold Mil Fleet a try. We both cam away VERY impressed.
The crew was very knowledgeable and the watercraft themselves were in great shape and were very clean. It didn’t take very long to find some dolphins and when the second boat pulled alongside ours and they simultaneously sped up, the wake between the two formed a standing wave that the dolphins jumped in and out of for 5 or so minutes (it really seemed like a lot longer).
We managed to see three more groups of dolphins and they all showed the same enjoyment of the waves between the boats. Most were within 20 or 30 feet of the boat and the targeted are they were playing in gave everyone on board both boats a great chance to take some video and/​or pictures. We had several small children aboard, along with one elderly lady who were well accommodated and had plenty of chances to see the dolphins at play.
I had a great time and I would definitely recommend this particular dolphin cruise to anyone! We will likely go back for another cruise when we return to the area.

A-​MAZING! You can NOT going wrong going on this cruise! I wish I didn’t wait so long in my vacation to go because i would of honestly signed up to go every night! The price is unbelievable for an (almost) two hour boat ride into the Gulf. Dolphins and watching the sunset with Jimmy Buffet singing in the background on the radio? Priceless!