Fort Lauderdale Cruise: New River, BBQ Dinner, Show

Join a narrated cruise on Fort Lauderdale’s New River, enjoy an all-you-can-eat BBQ dinner, live entertainment, and a variety show on a tropical isle.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Jungle Queen Riverboat - The Jungle Queen departs the Bahia Mar Yachting Center and takes you on a fully narrated cruise down the “Venice of America,” Fort Lauderdale’s New River, sailing through Millionaire’s Row with homes of the Rich and Famous, spectacular Mega Yachts, and sights beyond belief.
  • Jungle Queen Riverboat - When you arrive at…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Fully narrated cruise down the ‘Venice of America,’ Fort Lauderdale’s New River
  • On-board restrooms
  • America’s Oldest Running Variety show
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks (available for purchase on board and on island)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Parking Fee at the Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting center
Additional Information

Join us for an entertaining and relaxing fully narrated cruise down the “Venice of America,” Fort Lauderdale’s historic New River.
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See Millionaire’s Row with homes of the Rich and Famous, spectacular Mega Yachts, and sights beyond belief. The cruise takes you to our own tropical isle where you will feast on an all…

Location
801 Seabreeze Blvd
Seabreeze Boulevard
After parking, please meet at Pier Dock A. You will Walk to A1A and head south through Marina Village and we are the last kiosk on the right hand side. Please arrive at 4:45 for departure in order to find parking and get on the boat on time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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S553nukellyw
Mar 31, 2025
Awesome for corporate event - Awesome adventure for our large corporate group! We had guests from South, Central, and North America (Mexico, US, and Canada represented). With an hour commute both ways, plus the 4-5 hour event, it was a long night, but definitely worth it. The staff were epic! Jovial and amusing, yet professional and organized. The river cruise was beautiful, and the commentary was excellent. Our guide really knew his local lore and pop culture tidbits. He was both informative and very funny. He kept it family friendly, with a few "over kids' heads" references. Personally, my favorite part of the event!! BBQ dinner was great. Staff was very attentive and entertainment was perfect. Drink variety was impressive, as well. I would recommend this for a family, for friends hanging out looking for something to do, and for corporate events. If I'm ever back in Ft. Lauderdale, I'll do it again.
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Ashleyab127jh
Mar 17, 2025
Family treat - It was amazing!!!! Great tour amazing guide the drinks on the boat were reasonable and strong. The island and dinner were excellent. The show was an extra bonus. Worth every penny. My only caution would to not get the mixed drinks on the island. Over priced and super small. Not at all consistent with what you get on the actual boat.
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Ruthh1530
Feb 27, 2025
Highlight of our Trip - The dinner cruise was the highlight of our trip! Every part of it was wonderful! The tour guide on the boat was knowledgeable and entertaining. We loved seeing and learning about the beautiful houses, yachts, downtown, and drawbridges. The dinner was delicious and the staff was friendly. We also loved the show. The whole evening was a hit!
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Susiesmith56
Feb 16, 2025
Fabulous memorable evening with friends - We first did this trip snout 15 years ago it was brilliant then & still just a brilliant if not better today Fully recommend this trip this time we did with friends it was an amazing & memorable evening
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Wander59620308558
Feb 15, 2025
Vacation must - Great trip highlight of our vacation. Grew were very helpful and energetic. The ribs were excellent and the chicken was just right definitely worth the price of ticket . Dancers were very talented and they entertained all.
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Newlifet2025
Feb 17, 2025
Overall good experience - We took our youth group and they truly enjoyed. I did notice the Hispanic, bald, male photograph that takes pictures as people enter the ship predominantly only asked to take pictures of those that are of the lighter skin tones rather than the darker skin tones such as your African American groups in which I did find offensive. The food was very good; family friendly for parents that may have children that a picky eaters. Our server Brian was amazing. There was another server that went around asking us if we wanted to purchase items he was a Caucasian male that wore his hair slicked back that was a little rude but I did not count that against the service of the restaurant everyone else was very friendly and welcoming. Over all our youth group had a great time and enjoyed the experience.
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Johnds742ml
Feb 7, 2025
Nice cruise, good food, great show. - A very pleasant evening cruise with informative and amusing commentary about the waterside houses and yachts. Good food at the all you could eat buffet, which was well organised, nice cocktails too. Great show of Polynesian dancing with a little bit of audience participation. All round great way to spend an evening.
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C5151puginak
Mar 10, 2025
Read Reviews First - The boat ride was very nice and informative. The food was terrible. It was NOT a BBQ dinner! Yes, there were ribs but they weren't very good. They also served cold beans, cold chicken tenders, cold French fries and coleslaw. The coleslaw was the best part. I asked 4 times for a Coke before I got it. Then they charged me close to $4 and had the nerve to ask for a tip. It's "all you can eat" but you won't want to eat much because it was not good. There's ice cream for dessert but you have to pay for it. The show was nice. There were 4 performers who did very well. The ride back was relaxing and seeing all the houses and boats was neat. Of course they want another tip when you leave the boat. Overall, I'd say just take a boat tour and find a nice place to eat on your own. I wouldn't pay to do this again.
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Danatabrizi
Apr 5, 2025
Dinner was disappointing - I was very disappointed in the dinner. Chicken strips? This said bbq all we were offered was chicken strips and bbq ribs. This is not an all you can eat bbq. False advertisement!
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Sharonbh8754lc
Feb 23, 2025
No parking - We were so looking forward to this cruise. Bought 3 tickets for the Saturday dinner and arrived early. However, there was absolutely no parking. Did not see any handicap parking either — extremely disappointed and out a lot of money.
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From $80
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).