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(Review ID:5412)

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

A great place for your first jump

Rated by: ezad on 2009-10-05 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: Very professional and friendly people, excellent facilities, student discounts
Cons: none that i can think of

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I went for my first jump (tandem) here this Sunday. It was a first rate experience. The staff was very friendly yet thoroughly professional. Safety seemed to be on every one's mind which was very reassuring specially for a first time jumper. Very professional admin staff, well managed manifest. I would recommend this place to everyone!

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(Review ID:5397)

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Company rebuttal to the review below

Rated by: skyberdyber on 2009-09-25 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: In business 24 years, longest in Georgia
Cons: Not many

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First, the review below was not written by the customer, but the customer's father who had come to watch. Second, all customers are informed that it is a 2 to 4 hour process from the time you arrive until you leave. These folks were in and out in 3 hours. They would've been finished sooner but we had to take some extra time to arrange for all of the jumpers to be on the same load together. We are consistently faster than any facility in the country. We regularly hear of folks waiting 8 hours at our competitors. We also took extra time to include every jumper on the video, a lot of extra time and work at no extra charge. There was some offensive language on the customers video, a "chant/cheer" led by one of the other non-staff jumpers. The customer was asked if it would be ok before we filmed it. Even so, we have re-edited the video for free and sent him the revised non-offending copy.
The "humping dog" occured in a staff office marked "Staff Only". However, we regret the father was exposed to this and the staff member was disciplined. This waiting area was possibly messy due to the fact it was the end of a busy day. There are several waiting areas, however.
Lastly, the father had actually jumped with us in the past and found us to be professional enough to bring his family back. We take pride in being a professional organization and hope you, the prospective customer, will see the positives from the many thousands that jump with us each year and not the negatives from one persons bad experience.
-Skydive Atlanta management

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(Review ID:5375)

15 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

Unhappy with the overall experience

Rated by: captainsmith on 2009-09-13 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: Good skydive
Cons: cleanliness, language, wait time, perfessionalism

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We did have a good skydive, however, besides the long wait from our appointment time of 1pm till our actual jump time of 3:30pm, the area where we were to wait was very nasty: dog hair all over the seating area, no food vending machine, a non-air-conditioning room (like an aircraft hanger). The people working there used inappropriate and offensive language as we waited again for our DVD to be made.(ex. one of the instructors had a toy humping dog strapped to his leg and made sure we knew his name was Jesus) This type of behavior or twisted humor we feel is totally inexcusable. Even on our DVD the camera man had all the �professional� jumpers drop the �f� bomb so now we have to have it edited after paying $100 for this.

I am sure there is a cleaner and more appropriate place to skydive with the same quality of equipment and skilled jumpers.

Dean Smith, McDonough, Ga.

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(Review ID:4384)

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Very proffesional staff, Great overall experience!

Rated by: Sletzer on 2008-03-04 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: Very proffesional staff, great vibe. Fast loads to 14000- Super King Air can get 14 people to altitude in 8 minutes
Cons: Not much- it's a bit of a drive from most big surrounding cities, but well worth it.

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I took my AFF courses here and have been jumping with Skydive Atlanta ever since.

The staff is very experienced, the people here really watch out for each other. Expect someone to check your rig without you having to ask if you are new. If you are experienced, people will still watch out for you, there's no bitching if you ask for a pin check even on a full load.

The aircraft is one of the highlights. The Super King Air gets loads to 14,000 feet in 8 minutes, or even less if the plane isn't fully loaded. GPS equipped plane makes spotting that much easier. The pilots are all very experinced jumpers so they take that into consideraton on every jump run. (I.E. they won't just dump you out somewhere so they can go home- the spots are very good before you even check them). Plane has A/C for those hot days, and a really cool purple suede lineing.

HUGE indoor area to hang out- two very large padded packing areas in hangar. Big screen TV to watch your last jump- nice sound system for listening to music while packing. They've got about 10 couches to relax on in between jumps.

The landing zone is very large and there are a TON of outs all around the DZ. If the spot was off by several miles you could still easily find a nice field to land in any direction.

Only down side is the remote location (like all DZ's) and if you're doing AFF expect to be there all day. Someone doing a tandem can probably be in and out in a few hours with a smile on their face and video in hand.

Overall just a good place to jump. I respect and trust all the instructors, all the other jumpers are great people as well. With a fresh "A" license I was jumping with groups of the very experienced local guys- because they asked me. very friendl people. Outside jumpers are easily accepted, and will have a great time for a weekend trip or a new home DZ.

Awsome people, awsome skydives. What more could you want?

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(Review ID:3515)

5 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

Great place to skydive

Rated by: ozzy13 on 2006-11-12 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: Everything!!!!!!!!!
Cons: None

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There were about 10 of us that went there from Long Island New York for the FreeFly Festival.. I have to say, for southerners they were great lol Trey helped us with anything we needed..There was NO wait for a plane. 9 minutes to altitude! The Saturday night party was very festive. The facilities were great...over 250 people and still enough room to pack. Hospitality from all were unbelievable! including from local jumpers. Everybody was willing to help. Can't wait to go again next year!!

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(Review ID:3140)

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Good folks ,Good vibes, great place to jump

Rated by: stratostar on 2006-06-05 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Atlanta
Pros: Great people, fast ride, facilities, sweet Georgia peaches
Cons: I couldn't stay longer, don't live closer to this place.

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Stopped in for a weekend visit, met many very nice and welcoming people and "DZ dog". The ficilities are top notch, clean,well kept, nice layout and a big ass big screen with sound system and disco lights for the after hour fun.
Wide open LZ with lot's of outs if you need them. Student rigs all looked brand new and well maintained.
Super fast king air with A/C, love the velvet inside.
This DZ has a lot to offer, and everyone was way cool and fun to hang out with, can wait to visit again, when your in the atlanta area, this is one place to go jump.

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