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Briefly stated…. BHC is a class-act. If our experience was the norm, we had a pleasant one and highly recommend any tour BHC offers.
Reviewed by: Brian from on Sep 19 2009
The boat is a Transport Ferry, not a cruise type vessel. The inside seating has row after row of close together seating. Outside there is only enough deck space for maybe 25% of the people on board. Most people were stuck inside looking out of smeary water beaded windows and saw very little. There were constantly people standing trying to manuever to a place where you could see. It reminded me of a crowed subway car at rush hour.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 03 2009
The whale watch tour was awesome! Saw over 10+ whales. The guide on the boat was very informative and excited about the trip also!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on May 30 2008
If you are considering this whale watch, I would definitely recommend not going. Within 20 minutes of taking off, almost everyone in our group of 30 was sick from the ridiculous turbulence. It was the kind of waves where you could not let go of the railing with both hands, and people were literally crawling on the deck to get to the stairs. The boat turned into looking like an infirmary with the number of people sprawled out with barf bags, and they had no medicine on board. It became like Survivor to just get through the 4-hour experience, with no escape from feeling dizzy and ill!
Reviewed by: Katlyn from on May 14 2007
My wife and I took a New Year's Eve cruise with this agency, and about 2 hours into it the captain came over the loudspeaker and said there was a small leak in the boat. He said they had to go back to the dock to address the problem. My wife, who is 5 months pregnant, became very uneasy and we decided to get off the boat. When I called the company to request a refund, the VERY RUDE female employee insisted there "wasn't a leak on the boat" and that the tickets were non-refundable.
Reviewed by: Paul from on Jan 09 2007
we went for a a whale watch while in town. we had gone years ago but it was on a regular boat and took forever to get to the whales. went on the nora vittoria and it was so fast to get out there we spent more time watching the whales. a little confusing with the consruction at the wharf but had a great time.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 29 2006
I took the Historic harbor tour, it's 90 minutes. It was about $18, not worth the money, in my opinion. We were given some history of the harbor, headed out a bit to view some islands, but never too far out of the long wharf bay. After the ferry turned around, the way back seemed to take forever, I started to fall asleep. Needless to say, I was one of the first at the door to get off the boat! Also, kids seemed to get restless on this trip, and they were really annoying.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 08 2005
Boston from the Water
Back to Boston Harbor Cruises
Briefly stated…. BHC is a class-act. If our experience was the norm, we had a pleasant one and highly recommend any tour BHC offers.
Reviewed by: Brian from on Sep 19 2009
The boat is a Transport Ferry, not a cruise type vessel. The inside seating has row after row of close together seating. Outside there is only enough deck space for maybe 25% of the people on board. Most people were stuck inside looking out of smeary water beaded windows and saw very little. There were constantly people standing trying to manuever to a place where you could see. It reminded me of a crowed subway car at rush hour.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 03 2009
The whale watch tour was awesome! Saw over 10+ whales. The guide on the boat was very informative and excited about the trip also!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on May 30 2008
If you are considering this whale watch, I would definitely recommend not going. Within 20 minutes of taking off, almost everyone in our group of 30 was sick from the ridiculous turbulence. It was the kind of waves where you could not let go of the railing with both hands, and people were literally crawling on the deck to get to the stairs. The boat turned into looking like an infirmary with the number of people sprawled out with barf bags, and they had no medicine on board. It became like Survivor to just get through the 4-hour experience, with no escape from feeling dizzy and ill!
Reviewed by: Katlyn from on May 14 2007
My wife and I took a New Year's Eve cruise with this agency, and about 2 hours into it the captain came over the loudspeaker and said there was a small leak in the boat. He said they had to go back to the dock to address the problem. My wife, who is 5 months pregnant, became very uneasy and we decided to get off the boat. When I called the company to request a refund, the VERY RUDE female employee insisted there "wasn't a leak on the boat" and that the tickets were non-refundable.
Reviewed by: Paul from on Jan 09 2007
we went for a a whale watch while in town. we had gone years ago but it was on a regular boat and took forever to get to the whales. went on the nora vittoria and it was so fast to get out there we spent more time watching the whales. a little confusing with the consruction at the wharf but had a great time.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 29 2006
I took the Historic harbor tour, it's 90 minutes. It was about $18, not worth the money, in my opinion. We were given some history of the harbor, headed out a bit to view some islands, but never too far out of the long wharf bay. After the ferry turned around, the way back seemed to take forever, I started to fall asleep. Needless to say, I was one of the first at the door to get off the boat! Also, kids seemed to get restless on this trip, and they were really annoying.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 08 2005
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