Ginnie Pass

[jj1987]

Can someone explain to me how the Ginnie pass works? I've never been one to spend $350 on it, seeing as how the state park pass has way more diving and it's only $80 to get you AND your dive buddy in.

However, now that I go to school at UCF, there's several nights when I get home late Friday to see the parents, and a Ginnie pass would be great since they're the only cave open. I do some weekend work with a photographer here in town often, which covers all my gas money and gives me a decent salary to justify the drive...it'd be nice to go diving those friday nights that I have to come home to dive Saturday! Also I'm guessing there's a very good chance my intro class is at Ginnie, since LR vis isn't all that great yet, and that's 2 days, so the first $64 of the pass would be covered.

Do I just show it at the gate or what? Can I get a wristband 24/7 or does it have to be before a certain time? Can I get a friend in? It might be hard getting a buddy to come with me who has to pay $32 at 9pm to get 3 hours of diving before he has to leave....