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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Trip for Visitors
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| Sun, Aug 30 12:00 PM |
CharlesDubbs |
Male |
70+ |
Local |
Other |
| We often take out of town guest for the Dolly Boat ride at the Canyon. Always an excellent trip, narration is excellent and crew accommodating. Prefer to have visitors take the tour in the fall and spring, but even the extreme heat the last time we took the trip was worth the trip. |
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tons of fun
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| Sun, Aug 30 12:00 PM |
Dacatlady |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We had some friends from back East (New York) visiting us for an extended weekend. While looking into things to do that wouldn't be too expensive or hard to get to, my husband found your website. We are relatively new to Arizona (only here 2 yrs) so this was a new experience for us as well.
We had a great time! Your crew was fun and very attentive. The narrator had a lilting, sing-song style of speaking which we found a little amusing but he did a great job and we learned quite a bit along with enjoying the trivia that he told us.
We are expecting more New York visitors the end of the month and we are thinking of doing the dinner cruise this time. Even if we don't do the dinner cruise, we will definitely do one of the day time cruises again.
Thanks!!! |
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Nice relaxing ride
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| Sat, Aug 29 12:00 PM |
mmshaw |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We particularly enjoyed the winding road that leads to the lake. Very European in nature.
The crew was very cordial, friendly and knowledgeable about the local area.
The ride is very slow but enjoyed the landscape and just relaxing.
We were hoping to see some big horn sheep as advertised but found out that it was too hot for them to be out and about on the day that we were there. This was on Aug. 29, 2009. So, a little disappointed but still enjoyed the ride.
If you have small children you will have to work to keep them from getting a little bored. We had our 8 year old grandson and his dad with us. He did pretty well but I needed to show some excitement about the fauna and rock formations from time to time to keep him from getting too bored. He really wanted to be on one of the wave runners that were running about. He did enjoy the trip though. |
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Great
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| Sat, Aug 29 12:00 PM |
dsousa58 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| Staff was very helpful. Loved the woman staffing the snack booth. She had a water mister and was a life saver! Loved how the Dolly was redone, loved the restroom and free ice water! And air next year yea you will definitly see us again and again and again. No charge for my 2 year old grandson was a great bonus! Keep up the good work. |
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affordable fun afternoon
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| Thu, Aug 27 12:00 PM |
johnfdall |
Male |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My wife and I took the 1 1/2 hr Narrated Nature Cruise on Canyon Lake halfway through our holidays. We have been to Arizona several times and almost always end up taking the trek through the Superstition Mountains. The drive is always spectacular, but this time we decided on a whim to add the cruise. What an unexpected gem we found. I am sure we will become regulars when we retire. We had a delightful time. It was quite warm that day but there was usually a breeze blowing over the boat. The Captain was well informed on the area and wildlife, pointed out many interesting things AND played great music all the way through the ride. I would recommend this cruise to anyone who wants a scenic drive and a relaxing tour of a beautiful lake. |
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Beautiful Scenery
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| Sat, Aug 22 12:00 PM |
tinkerbell91 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This was a great cruise. The scenery was beautiful . The guide was informative. It was relaxing. I would highly recommend. |
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our comments of the daytrip
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| Sat, Aug 22 12:00 PM |
Johnnyngayle |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| to whom this may concern...the canyon lake boat trip my husband and i took on the 22 nd of august 2009 at 12 noon was very nice and picturesque...the weather was great and the sites were beautiful...but i do have one complaint as my husband and i were boarding the dolly boat...the boats driver was a little bit to forward with me as all we asked him was where was the nicest place to sit being it was our first ride...his answer?...was " well honey for you at my house with a margheretta sitting by my pool and dont bring him"...he was referring to my husband of course and we were both taken back by his rude and very forward comment...i felt embarrased for myself but truly more for my husband whom after we took a seat wanted to address the guy but i told him lets please enjoy the day...i too felt very uncomfortable as the boat took off for the ride...on any other day i may have told this guy off and on any other day my husband would have done the same or more!...im sure he thought he was being funny, but in no way was he funny or cute at all...it was more rude and ecotistical and disrespectful and although the afternoon boat ride was very nice the driver was a jerk and we would not take the cruise again unless someone else was driving...i hope this guy thinks before he throws those kind of sexist comments around because the next couple he does it to, he may not be as lucky not get into it with someone or possibly a good verbal lashing!...we were not there to hear that kind of thing...we were there to enjoy the day and the boat ride. i asked him a very simple question and that was his answer....hope someone can get this message across to him...thank you so very much for listening...gayle and john...mesa az . |
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very relaxing and informative
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| Thu, Aug 20 12:00 PM |
1margaretm |
Female |
60-69 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| My husband and I had a guest from out of state. My husband is disabled and it was quite convenient to get him and the wheelchair onto the boat. We would definitely recommend this to our friends and go again. |
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Really Enjoyed this!
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| Sun, Aug 16 12:00 PM |
100302s |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| We had a great time! The crew is very friendly & the kids were allowed to wander around to see the different views. I would take this cruise again & again! In fact, I will! |
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Sail Away on Canyon Lake
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| Sat, Aug 15 12:00 PM |
RupturedDuck |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| We almost didn't book the cruise because it got so hot in late July, hitting 114-115 for several days, but when the temperatures fell in early August we thought we'd go ahead. Our granddaughter was turning 3 years old and she loves Enya's music and videos, especially her song, "Orinoco Flow" or as she calls it: Sail Away. That was one reason for the idea of a boat trip. We enjoyed the drive up to the lake, I hadn't been there since I was a teenager. We enjoyed the great breakfast at the cafe next to the marina and waited for the Dolly to load and depart. We enjoyed the captain's
narrative as we cruised around the lake. My daughter said to our granddaughter,
"wouldn't it be cool if they played "Sail Away." A few minutes later we heard just that
song being played. In fact the entire selection of music was terrific.
The narration was great, learned a lot about Arizona and it's wildlife, geology. The
breeze was welcome, I don't think we were over 100 degrees the entire trip and that ain't bad for August. Anyway, we're suggesting that anyone who has young kids take
them up for the cruise, it's something I know they'll remember. |
