Jules Undersea Lodge 1988, Key Largo Florida

This is just a quick clip of Jules Undersea Lodge circa 1988 (I was 10 years old). I guess it is still there, check out http://www.jul.com

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[Aaron Gray]

SuriPlayah: At most you'd probably just stay there a day. So you don't need tons of clothes. They give you these bins to hold your personal belongings dry on the way down.

[Felipe Noronha]

When they open that door on the floor, why doesn't the water go in the hotel?

[Aaron Gray]

think of the lodge like a glass you hold under water in the sink. You take an empty glass, flip it upside down and put it down under water. you can see the air up inside the glass still. If you were tiny, you could swim down and up in to the glass, right? Same idea. When you are down in the lodge, you are compressed at that depth. In a submarine, you are at surface pressure, so it must be sealed (or everyone dies - ala beginning of The Abyss movie)

[Aaron Gray]

Take an empty glass, turn it upside down and put it under water. You can see how the air compresses, but you can still access it under water. The same principle applies here. You can still swim in under as it is air tight. You are only down like 20 or 30 feet so you will be at that pressure the entire time. Unlike a submarine which is at surface pressure the whole time as it is completely air tight.

[Aaron Gray]

Being that the pressure inside the capsules is the same as outside, you are at that constant pressure. As you go down, you equalize and are comfortable once down there.  On your way up you'll have to go through the same drill. People in a submarine never experience this as the pressure in the sub is the same as the surface and the submarine hull is strong and is able to withstand the immense pressure. Not the same as down in Jules Undersea lodge (the same idea as out of "The Abyss" movie)

[AdrenalineAddict610]

It is still there, if you're curious.

[Aaron Gray]

Yeah I actually looked it up before I posted this. Damn, i'm gettin old.

[BuddaBoyz808]

it looks nasty,

i imagined something much better for an underwater hotel...

[icechris12]

you do have oxygen

[Mittenslover239]

cool but scary i whould be afraid i wouid wake up with a skark in my face!!!!! Have you seen a shark?????

[Zach Hart]

expensive as all hell. 600 bucks a night, 15% surcharge for ONE person? wtf is wrong w you people?

[mysterycity]

This is so COOL!

[Lord Hassi]

Inside the Loge the pressure is like outside. So what about the deco-stops?

[Lord Hassi]

Inside these Loge you got the pressure from outside, so what about the deco-stops?

[SuriPlayah]

how do you take your clothes to the hotel without making it wet?

[ChuckerSea]

Just looked on the lodge website and it is about $500/person/night