| Porthole 11 Jan 22

THERE’S an increasing number of undersea hotels across the world – which prompts the question, what about room service?

The Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Florida’s Key Largo features overnight accommodation as part of an ‘Undersea Luxury Package’, complete with wi-fi, snacks – and pizza delivery.

59-year-old Thane Milhoan, who works as the ‘Habitat Operations Manager’ at the facility, says he and his colleagues are probably the world’s “only underwater pizza delivery boys”.

It’s a unique pivot for Milhoan, who before the pandemic was working as a sports reporter in Hawai’i – but now spends some of his time transporting fresh, hot pizzas to guests.

He told Metro.co.uk that the most challenging part of the job is keeping the pizzas hot and dry during the short transit.

“In order to do that we use a dry box…we double bag it in plastic bags just to keep it extra special dry,” Milhoan said.

“The second challenge is keeping the toppings from falling off, so we use weights and some strategically placed clips to keep the box level in the water,” he added.

The lodge, named in honour of famous 1900s author Jules Verne, was originally a research laboratory used to explore the continental shelf off the coast of Puerto Rico.