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THE TROPICS BOAT TOURS Welcome to the home of the daily Dolphin Exploration Tours & Sunset Celebration Cruises!
25 Causeway Blvd, Slip #5, Clearwater, FL 33767 Phone: +1 727-442-7433 | www.thetropicsboattours.com
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On top of the daily Dolphin Exploration Tours and Sunset Celebration Cruises, The Tropics Boat Tours specializes in themed events that they host every month throughout the year. Visit their website to get a peek into their tour calendar and join them on an upcoming fun-filled event!
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The story of The Tropics Boat Tours began long before Trisha Rodriguez acquired the vessel formerly known as the Dolphin Encounter. Trisha was a very successful mortgage broker in the Milwaukee area when the 2008 financial crisis hit and she lost everything. She, her husband Dennis and her daughters Hailey and Madelyn moved to Tampa to start anew. One day as she was taking her daughters for ice cream in Clearwater Beach, she walked by the Clearwater Municipal Marina and thought how cool it would be to run a Commercial Boat Business: after all, what can possibly be better than serving people
who are on vacation? What better responsibility than to make people happy day in and day out? She inquired about the idea and was told that the waiting list was 7 years long. Not discouraged one bit, she met the Harbor Master and let her know of her intentions. That same day, he gave her a call to let her know firsthand that the Dolphin Encounter was being sold and she began working hard on a business plan. Since then, and although the business has evolved, the family business still prides itself in treating everyone like a family member.
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Since 2010, our double decker catamaran has taken countless families, residents and visitors alike across the Clearwater waterways and into the Gulf of Mexico to experience what our slice to paradise has to offer.