We decided to play tourists in New York City recently. I found a deal on travel zoo that had half off NYC dinner cruises. Having wanted to try one of these for something different to do for a weekend dinner I somehow managed to get a couple of our friends on board with this idea as well. We figured for $50 versus the original $100 ticket it was worth a shot since none of us were really interested in going for $100 per person. Unfortunately we weren't able to plan it that our other friends that purchased vouchers could join us for the night we planned to go so it was just four of us (our friends Mike & Sarah joined Mike & I).
After a relatively traffic-less drive into Manhattan (shocking I know but it was also Easter weekend) we got to Chelsea Piers early so we were able to go to the Chelsea Brewing Company before hand for a quick drink. When it was time we boarded our ship, we were directed down to the lower level (what can you expect for a half price ticket). The boat felt a little rocky for the first few minutes but we didn't seem to notice after a couple minutes. We ordered some drinks (more to come on that) and before we know it we set sail.
Here's what we weren't expecting.... singing and dancing waiters! Yes they put on a little show and were hideously ugly sequined vests while they sing around, Broadway-quality singers they were not. That was interesting to say the least as we watched them sing and dance around. Overall the food wasn't bad, we knew it was a buffet going in, the food was tasty. After dinner though it got interesting again, in the middle of the room was a dance floor, however the music they played was not quite our style. It included songs such as the electric slide, the limbo, cha cha slide and anything else of that genre. It was not however current pop or anything of that nature. The tourist on board though seemed to LOVE it, the dance floor was PACKED, they were all participating in the line dancing.
By the end of the 'three hour tour' we were quite ready to get off the ship, we'd had our fun and the boys took some nice pictures of the sites while Sarah and I stayed inside drinking our wine. Let's talk about that for a minute, now I don't pretent to be naive about NYC drink prices, I know we were in a tourist trap. Sarah and I ordered a bottle of Monkey Bay, a personal favorite of mine, I know because I buy it often at our local liquor store for about $12 a bottle (at most). We were expecting the bottle to be about $40. Nope that same $12 bottle of wine went for a mere $55 on the Spirit of NY, that was more than the price of our actual dinner ticket.
In the end we had a fun & interesting night. It was something different than our usual Friday night, got a nice view of the Manhattan skyline and enjoyed our $55 bottle of wine. Would I do it again? No probably not but at least we had the experience of doing it this time.
The infamous $55 bottle of wine and Mike celebrating
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