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Great experience. Never been on the boat before so i enjoyed it
Took the sunset cruise to view the cherry blossoms and it was incredible! Perfect way to view the beautiful trees and the monuments lit up at night. Great host and captain. Highly recommend!!
The sightseeings are bit far from our cruise, but there is bilingual language (english and chinese) explain history about the city, river, and those sights. Some of the views are block by the trees. Photograph lovers better bring good camera and lens for capture the views. The small refresh bar is really small and it is near by the restrooms which is really really really smelly. That’s why I wish to get drinks but end-up didn’t buy anything. Wish they can improve a little.
Worse excuse for a cruise, ever! Don't expect to see any of the Cherry Blossoms. They never take you anywhere in the vicinity of the Cherry Blossom Trees. Which are on the complete other side of the trip we went, towards Alexandria. We litterly went in the direction of Alexandria, and just circled around in front of the Ronald Reagan Airport. We went no where towards the Washington Monument were all the Cherry Trees are located. They had no intention on going that way because they had a prerecorded tape narrating the area going away from the monuments and Cherry Trees. If you just want to ride around on a boat, then this might be worth it. Make sure you do not follow their ridiculous walking directions. They claim that you should take the (walkway) from the back of the Mandarin Hotel. Yet they fail to mention that you have to go through the hotel to get to the walkway. It's completely blocked off from the street! We had to walk under the walkway and cross the dangerous streets farther away. They also claimed to go to Will Call to get your tickets. They didn't even have any tickets. We could have just walked off the street and got in line for free. I asked the girl at Will Call about the ignorant directions, and she had no idea. Two small glasses of cheap bad tasting Rose cost $18.00. Of course they don't allow any drink or water on the boat so they can overcharge you for theirs. It's best to eat or drink before you arrive or just sneak something in a bag or backpack. They also claim you can board thirty minutes beforehand. They actually board right on time so you just have to stand there and wait. Try the cruises from Old Town Alexandria. They are exactly as described and well worth it!!!
They ran the cruise even though it was myself and the youngster only. Service was pretty decent though I called to ask about where it was and the first time they gave me a location and we got there and nothing, called again only to be told we had to be at a different location miles away with only 15 minutes before our cruise was supposed to leave. They put us on the later one with no issue. The captain? (The guy that drove the boat) was a little lax because it was only the 2 of us, however the other gentlemen (can not remember his name, he made us leave the top deck for the low bridges and lowered the antennas etc and said he would help us if we wanted any of the snacks available for purchase) he was awesome. Super friendly, funny, chatted with us and was nice to the kiddo. He definately made up for the lack of interaction with the driver of the boat.
It was nice and peaceful. I went during the afternoon. If you use groupon the boat might look different than the posted picture. But in would definitely go again. It's a short nice activity.
Good for watching sunset and have a drink in the boat. Not a whole lot of monuments you can see. I am not sure about the day trip especially when it's sunny. It's not like a Statue of liberty boat ride which is nice day time or evening.
