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(Review ID:5055)

5 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

disappointing

Rated by: Daemia on 2009-04-10 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: lifts up to 15.000 ft / 4600 m, nice coffeeshop, packing area
Cons: landing area, waiting time, sanitary facilities

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I've been there last year for one week,
but I was a quite disappointed...

The Aircraft Do 28 (G.92) was quite comfortable, very good in climb and always went up to 4500 m (about 15000 ft).
The coffeeshop at the dropzone offered tasty coffee and snacks at reasonable prices, staff there was very friendly.
The packing area indoor was comfortable and large enough.

But there were things, that I definitely did not like, first of all the landing area, which was quite large, but which had a very hard, dry surface. A deep ditch goes right trough it, and there is a huge metal arrow on it, which has to be turned to show the wind direction by a guy observing the wind at the landing area.

Then there's a barbed wire fence around the landing area with just 2 gates, which means a long walk after an outside landing, which was not ununsual due to the local landing procedures, which by the way were not mandatory to local skygods, of course.

We had up to 2 hours waiting time for the next load, as only one DO was flying. Double ticketing was not possible, except for teams and the local skydiving school, so at least half of the slots were blocked already.
In March we had quite strong wind, minimum jumps to get into the air often were between 200 and 500 jumps.
On Sunday it was announced, that there will be no skydiving at all next 3 days due to military activity.

Sanitary facilities were horrible and nauseous and partly not even working.
The so called daily cleaning was poor and not worth mentioning it.

All in all skydiving itself was ok (when you got onto the plane finally), but next time, I will go somewhere else.

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(Review ID:4437)

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent aircraft, the rest is average, toilets poor

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

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: DO 28, cheap and good coffee
Cons: Toilets and showers, surface of landing area

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I went to Skydive Spain in March 2008 with a group of 15 german skydivers. We 've been there for one week, and that is my personal review:

Pros:
The DO 28 always dropped from 15.000ft(4600m), and is climbing extremely quick! The staff was friendly and gave us every assistance we needed. The landing area is huge, but also has some cons (see below). The packing area is big enough, and has a shop aside. The bar offers reasonably priced snacks, meals and drinks. The weather in southern Spain is generally good, but sometimes windy. On several occasions a jump number limit between 100 and 500 was imposed.

Cons:
The landing area has a hard dry surface with some obstacles. Large stones, a big metal arrow showing the landing direction and a ditch through the middle of the landing area. Some rules for canopy flying are not valid for everyone. Some people get crapped on flying right turns before landing, some skygods don't! Even though they have two airplanes, only one was flying. That meant we had to wait for up to two hours for the next load. Accesibility is okay, but the last 3km are on a bumpy dirt track. Last but not least: Only a earthquake is worse than the toilets and showers! I know that skydivers are not very demanding on that, but these toilets are definitely below every standard. "Cleaned on a daily basis" seems to mean, that once a day somebody spills a bit of toilet cleaner inside and that was it.

Conclusion: Not too bad, but also not convincing. I will try another dropzone next time.

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(Review ID:4362)

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Awesome xmas boogie

Rated by: mikewza on 2008-02-20 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: Excellent load organising, plenty of ppl to jump with, super friendly staff, cheap beer, great aircraft
Cons: bunkhouse is very basic (but good enough after a long day jumping)

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I was at the xmas boogie and had the time of my life. in 3 weeks i managed to get in 120 jumps with all sorts of people.the load organisers ensured there was variety, from 9 way tracking jumps to hoop jumps and more. there were instructors in all disciplines (except skysurfing) which were always at hand to offer advise and even joined me on a few jumps.i never had to wait long for a lift and the 4 aircraft were always up, or going up. i will def be at the easter boogie for more of the same...

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(Review ID:4311)

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

this is a great dz for others to emulate

Rated by: rizzo3883 on 2008-01-15 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: Outstanding staff, planes, gear, vibe, landing area
Cons: a little hard to get to

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WOW! I was very impresed about how the staff took us in and made us feel like we were part of the team! i couldn't be more impressed at how profesional, safe, and friendly they all were. the planes got us up to 15 grand in no time! i only wish that we could have more time to jump there. the dz had tons of outs, you would really have to go out of your way to get into a bad spot out there. great weather! i jumped in a t-shirt and jeans in mid january, no problem! I would like to thank the staff for everything that they did for my group.

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(Review ID:4298)

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

great dropzone for all skydiving disciplines

Rated by: hossein on 2008-01-07 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: 15k, fast aircraft, service, safe, vibe, professional, local area
Cons: access

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just got back from xmas boogie, was absolutely fantastic, great vibe with all skydiving disciplines taking part. around 70 loads on some days! staff are very professional and i didnt have to wait more than 40 minutes to get on a lift. world class instructors and excellent rigging facilities. local area is very close to seville airport with lots of bars and restaurants. can be cold first thing in the morning this time of year but by mid day was fantastic to jump. landing area is huge but gets really muddy and awkward if it has rained. packing area is ok and i know there were packers on site. facilities are good enough but i would stay at a local hotel as oppose to the dz. good bar/cafe on site. you can not go wrong jumping here. weather can be so so this time of year so have a plan b for rainy days. south coast and gibraltar or even portugal are only a few hours drive away.

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(Review ID:4191)

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Good DZ for all types of skydivers

Rated by: Hadthomas on 2007-10-14 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: Huge PLA, very helpful staff, quick aircraft
Cons: No swoop pond yet, difficult to access site

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Yep, this is a very good DZ overall. The instructors are a professional team, and the packers go out of their way to help people and give good advice. Even the pilots are cheerful, which in my experience is pretty unusual for a DZ. Everyone mucks in to help everyone else here.

The PLA is absolutely huge, and has few hazards other than a small creek running through it. The staff discourage overflying the buildings and runway when under canopy, which seems pretty fair and sensible to me.

Lifts are to 15K - truly excellent, and cost EU24 each (less if you buy blocks of tickets, but the tickets are non-refundable).

The DZ currently have an SMG and a Dornier - the SMG is a fantastic jump aircraft and getting to 15K is really quick. The centre offers every sort of tuition you can imagine.

The only downside to this place is that there's a hellish unmade access road to the aerodrome, and I'm glad I was driving a hire car rather than my own one. Oh, and the cafe is a bit on the pricey side, but their food is good. To gain access into the aerodrome itself you have to use a swipe card at the gate - this is obtained from the DZ cafe for a Eu10 deposit. I would not like to 'bunk' here - the bunk accommodation is cheap but is, um, basic. When first I saw it, I thought there was a woodshed manufacturer at the aerodrome.

I was much impressed with Skydive Spain - I'll be back.

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(Review ID:3256)

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

What ever you want from a skydiving trip is here

Rated by: benwest on 2006-07-13 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Skydive Spain
Pros: swimming pool, bar, chilled out atmosphere
Cons: mozzies at night

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I went looking for more then just sky diving, but the AFF course was spot on.
arrived in seville on my own, but the team made sure i wasnt left drinking alone untill silly hours in the morning. Despite lack of sleep managed to get AFF and 10 console jumps in 5 days, with time to chill in between jumps. Cant express how sound everyone there is, get yourself to Seville.

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