Very disappointed.Ad in tourist magazine says 9-9pm ,7 days a week..We drove a hour plus,from Sarasota to see.Arrived at 5:15..At 5:30 told they were closing and everyone must be out by 6pm..more high priced junk than shells. Bought some t shirts,from only sales person who actually asked if I needed help. Shell sales person did not know type of ...
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What a great surprise
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 07/08/09
I'm shocked at the bad comments. They are obviously old. What a great surprise we had when we went. A whole day with the kids including meals was fraction of other attractions in Florida. You owe it to yourself to visit.
Don't go. If they charged money I would demand a refund. Better yet I wanted to ask for someone to pay me to go inside and look at all the crap. Yes they do have a ton of shells but they are overpriced. Go to the beaches in Florida and spend your money someplace else. They also have a great veriety of dead stuffed animals. What a great ...
I've been visiting my grandparents in Port Charlotte since '89 and each year we would stop at the shell factory because the shell factory was the highlight on my trips there (besides the money grams gave me). They have every shell imaginable, plus the origins of each shell, a live alligator and turtle pond, reasonable prices, and immense ...
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