| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer [v] |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Awesome views
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| Sat, Oct 10 5:00 PM |
kathyyons |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This is a throughly enjoyable activity for everyone, friends, family or for a romantic evening. Food was great and service was also very good. |
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Totally Pleased!
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| Sat, May 26, 07 6:00 PM |
KathyL |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I were totally pleased with our dinner experience. We are Arizona natives and had never done the dinner cruise before. It was awesome! We will be bringing other family members in the near future. In fact, my sister and her husband have already made reservations based on our experience. |
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Very Pleasant Evening
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| Sat, Jun 23, 07 6:30 PM |
karitreadway |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| All in all the cruise was good. We very much enjoyed the astronomy lesson and views of the canyons. Sometimes it was difficult to hear the annoucer (we sat on the top deck almost in the open). The weather was quite warm before the sun went down, but the cold liquid refreshments and breezes from the cruise helped.
The dinner was okay, but nothing I can rave about: food choices were good, although the steaks were overcooked and somewhat tough, the chicken was nicely grilled, the salad could be jazzed up with additional lettuce varieties (something more than white looking iceburg from a bag), the pie was good as was the service by the staff.
With a little improvement on the meal quality and adjustment to the speakers, the experience would be monumentally improved.
Overall I would recommend the cruise to others as a pleasant evening and great look at Arizonas lakes and skies. |
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Astronomy Cruise Leaves Passengers Starry-eyed!
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| Sat, May 10, 08 6:00 PM |
karibkitty |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| What a wonderful evening May 10, 2008 turned out to be. The weather was perfect as we embarked on the Astronomy Cruise. We were seated at the front railing on the bow of the Dolly and could see everything. We saw bighorn sheep before we even set sail! The dinner was good and Dr. Sky was informative and entertaining. This is rather costly to do very often, but is a nice treat when you want to do something extra-special. We cruise on the Dolly every few years and have a memorable trip each time. |
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wonderful time, will be doing it again
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| Sat, Jun 2, 07 6:00 PM |
karenlloyd |
Female |
40-49 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| We enjoyed ourselves immensely. It was very relaxing and informative. The captain
was very pleasant and provided a great narrative on our surroundings and the history.
The food was plentiful, even for our biggest appetite and tasted great. I own my own
business and I am considering coming again as a staff Christmas party. This will
be a repeat trip for our family.
Our only bad experiences were:
We sat on the top, no cover and it was difficult to hear what was spoken on the speaker.
The second thing had nothing to do with the cruise line, it was a rude lady on our
trip. We had someone with us that had Parkinson's and he went first as announced
for the people that need extra time to get situated, the lady behind him told him to get
out her of the way, he was in the way of everyone. That made him sad and unhappy the
rest of our trip and it stayed on his mind the next week.
I do highly recommend this trip to everyone, I don't know if children would do very well on it though. |
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Great scenery
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| Sat, Mar 17, 07 5:00 PM |
karenkruse |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The scenery made the cruise worthwhile. It was disappointing that the crew was late in checking us in. One actually asked us "What time does the cruise start?" Even though the captain said it was due to a new ticketing system and they're working the bugs out...that was not true. One of the servers told me that they were told the wrong time - 5:30 instead of 5:00. Disappointing when we were told to be there half hour early. The food was very average.
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Cruise was a little long but worth going on once.
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| Sat, May 16 6:00 PM |
kaparrish |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The scenery on the dinner cruise was absolutely breath taking. The food was excellent, much better than I expected, and the staff was very friendly. Once it got dark though it was just long. Nothing to see and it seemed as if we were traveling much slower. I would recommend going on this once especially if you are unfamiliar with the area lakes as we were. |
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Pleasantly Surprised!!!!!
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| Sun, May 25, 08 5:30 PM |
kandswebster |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| After reading some of the recent reviews we honestly did not want to get our hopes up.
We had prepared ourselves to get lost, be subjected to inadequate customer service, poor quality food and unimpressive narration during the trip. WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! I have lived in AZ for over 28 years and thought I had been everywhere and done everything there was to do. THIS WAS A WONDERFUL TREAT!!! From the moment we drove up until we returned to our car we received nothing but far above average service. We had thought that since it was Memorial Day weekend there might have been problems. On the contrary. This group of professionals works magic on this cruise. We arrived about an hour and a half early but were able to sit under an awning, eating ice cream until the tour window opened. We got exactly the seat we requested but I think anywhere on the boat would be fine. Our captain (Captain TOM) was beyond words. The man is a pure delight! Full of information and stories which were easy to hear and understand. The music he chose was relaxing and clever (Pirates of the Caribbean Theme). I'm sure everyone appreciated the consideration he displayed regarding making sure both sides of the boat could view geologic features and the desert bighorn sheep. We were expecting the food to be average at best. It was great!!! Plenty to drink, plenty of ice. The chicken was juicy and flavorful. We had prime rib done perfectly .......we've paid much more which tasted much worse. The salad was pretty plain but did the job. The apple pie was yummy and finished the meal just right. This crew of folks worked their fingers off!!! They are to be congratulated!!! I feel like this cruise is a well kept secret we had the fortune to discover! Thank you for such a wonderful evening. We are hoping to take the astronomy tour sometime soon! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! |
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Spectacular, peaceful cruise
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| Sat, Mar 28 5:30 PM |
Junoaz |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We loved the cruise. The Dolly Steamboat was lovely. Check-in, boarding and table assignment were a breeze. The staff was knowledgable, attentive and good-humored. The food was delicious. Best of all, the scenery was spectacular. A wonderful way to spend an evening. |
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Beautiful & Romantic!!
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| Sat, Apr 7, 07 5:30 PM |
juliet04 |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I were celebrating our 1 year anniversary, and he could not have picked a better night in Arizona! It was very relaxing, and romantic with the beautiful scenery and candlelight on the tables. I only wish we could have seen the string of lights a glow. I would absolutely recommend this evening to everyone! |
