Incredible Adventures dream vacations

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around various extreme adventure experiences offered by a company, including flying a MiG, suborbital flights, and ice driving. Participants share their interests, experiences, and financial considerations regarding these adventures.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to fly a MiG over Moscow and mentions the expansion of adventure options offered by the company.
  • Another participant questions the cost of rocket flights, suggesting they may be prohibitively expensive.
  • Several participants express enthusiasm for various adventures, particularly ice driving, while discussing the financial implications of participating in these activities.
  • One participant shares their experience with an Air Combat adventure, describing it as thrilling and worth the cost.
  • Concerns about the high costs of the MiG program are raised, including the expense of training and accommodations.
  • There is confusion regarding the pricing of different adventure packages, with one participant correcting their earlier understanding of the costs associated with the L-39 adventure.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of opinions about the costs and appeal of the adventures, with no clear consensus on which experiences are the most desirable or affordable.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention various price ranges for different adventures, indicating uncertainty about the exact costs and potential group deals. The discussion reflects a mix of personal aspirations and financial considerations.

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Fly a MiG over Moscow, go to the edge of space, drive a submarine, swim with sharks, balloon over the Alps, this company offers some truly incredible adventures. I still hope to fly a MiG before I'm too old.
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/

Their menu has expanded greatly since I first became interested in their MiG program, but I just received an email with their latest adventure, which made me LOL. Funny!

Our new Covert Ops Counter Terrorism Adventure is incredibly intense. Spend four days in Miami training with former Israeli soldier Garret Machine and you can expect to go home a little bruised and battered. The adventure is both physically and mentally exhausting. Covert Ops Counter Terror training isn't for wimps.

The adventure is hard core fun. Here is what a few of our January Covert Ops participants had to say about their experience:
 
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I wonder what their rocket flight cost; probably far out of my price range even in a best case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWi0H0WsfdY
 
I'll fly those jets to get practice until that suborbital flight is ready!
 
rootX said:
I want to try them all!

My favorite one is driving in artic! :biggrin:

Now, I need to save 10-15K for that :cry:

http://www.incredible-adventures.com/ice-driving.html

You can have a group of six for < $50K; so a little over 8K a piece. Is ice driving big up there such that other people might want to do it? I'd never really heard of this before.

DaveC426913 said:
I'll fly those jets to get practice until that suborbital flight is ready!

The last time I checked, the MiGs over Moscow deal was nice but really spendy - about $20K, and no group deals. You stay in a five-star hotel and it takes a week for the training, but it only includes one flight day. Of course, the price of fuel alone must be staggering.

I'm still torn between the high-speed combat maneuvers flight, and the edge of space flight, which were both about the same price. There was a deal available out of Vegas where you can fly a trainer jet for a much lower price, but I'm still shooting for the MiGs - its a race between the economy, my business, and my age. I thought I was on my way about five years ago, but that plan came to an abrupt end in 2007.

I did the Air Combat gig, which is I think still only about $1000. It was incredible and well worth every dime for thrill junkies.
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/air_combat_adventures.html

The halo [30,000 foot] jumps look interesting and only cost about $4K - getting in the range of the price of many typical vacation packages.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
The last time I checked, the MiGs over Moscow deal was nice but really spendy - about $20K, and no group deals. You stay in a five-star hotel and it takes a week for the training, but it only includes one flight day. Of course, the price of fuel alone must be staggering.

I must have read it wrong. I thought the page said $2500-$6000. Oh. That was for the L-39 adventure.