Steamboat Natchez VIP Jazz Dinner Cruise with Private Tour and Open Bar Option
Provided byGray Line New Orleans
3 hours
1 - 10 participants
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- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Please arrive by 5:30pm for early boarding. Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by a ship staff member to take you onboard. Start the night off with a complimentary Champagne cocktail and get front row access to the Dukes of Dixieland before dining. After enjoying the tunes and maybe a little dancing, settle into your reserved table in the dining room for a dinner buffet featuring local favorites. If you are looking for a little more, upgrade your cruise to include an open call brand bar. After dinner, take a tour of the vessel led by the first mate. Don’t miss this opportunity to cruise through New Orleans in style on an exclusive VIP cruise that can’t be booked anywhere else!
Included
2-hour paddle-wheel boat cruise with live jazz entertainment
Early boarding, reserved seating, private tour of the boat.
Gourmet Louisiana-style dinner
Complimentary champagne cocktail and shrimp cocktail after boarding
VIP gift bag including boarding photo and Jazz CD
Call brand open bar (if option chosen)
Entry/Admission - Steamboat NATCHEZ - Official Site
From$150.30 / person
Select "Book now, Pay later" later during checkout to secure your date and pay shortly before your event
Product details
Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
101 Saint Louis Street, French Quarter, LA, 70130, United States
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel up to 24 hours before the start of your event you will receive 100% refund
Times
available daily
Not included
Gratuities
How long before the event do I need to book?
You can book at any time before the event
Price
Prices from $150.30 / person
Product description
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Steamboat NATCHEZ - Official Site, 400 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Please arrive between 5:35 - 5:45pm to receive the whole VIP experience, such as early boarding and front row reserved seating for the Dukes of Dixieland! Pose for a photo as you board -- you'll receive a print as a souvenir of this exclusive experience that can only be booked through Viator.
Uniformed ship staff will greet you with a Champagne cocktail. Then, follow your guide on an exclusive private tour of the boat. Feel free to ask questions and take photos as you tour the magnificent riverboat.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mississippi River, LA
Afterward, take your reserved seat and listen to the live jazz band, Dukes of Dixeland. As you listen to the Grammy-nominated group play, enjoy a shrimp cocktail. Then load up on scrumptious Louisiana favorites including tossed salads, chicken and sausage gumbo, creole vegetarian jambalaya, rice, baked chicken, bayou seafood pasta, paddlewheel primavera, herb-garlic fingerling potatoes, green beans almondine, white chocolate bread pudding, bananas foster, and vanilla ice cream. Upgrade to receive all the luxuries of the original tour, but include an open bar (call brand select cocktails, beer and house wine) for the entire duration of the cruise. Then sit back, relax, and delight in captivating night views of New Orleans as you cruise along the Mississippi for two hours.
Before your luxurious dinner cruise concludes in the French Quarter, you'll also receive a commemorative Steamboat Natchez pin and Dukes of Dixieland CD as souvenirs of your memorable night on the Mississippi.
Duration: 2 hours
Location on map
Meeting point
101 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Departure time
07:00 PM
Return details
Returns to original departure point
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Important information
Infants must sit on laps
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Guests should arrive by no later than 5:45pm to get the full VIP experience.
The riverboat is accessible for guests who use mobility devices. However, access to the top & bottom decks are by stairs only. Please call us with any questions before finalizing your plans if you have questions on access or personal equipment.
If you have more than 10 guests in your party please contact local operator directly
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
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I cannot explain how wonderful this experience was. From the time we boarded, Gina, our host was exceptional. She pampered us in every way from getting drinks, serving our dinner course by course, taking pictures, and entertaining us. Our tour from captain Mitchell could not have been better. He was so intuitive and answered all of our many questions. You can tell his 48 years on the steamboat had grown an unbreakable bond. The band and all of the staff were outstanding as well. Our VIP experience was worth every penny. Of our 5 days in NOLA this was one of our favorites.
Best trip we booked in New Orleans. We had the Natchez dinner VIP package...Highlights were the early boarding, excellent band, our VIP host Ellie, the gift bag and hands down the captains tour!
Gina was fabulous and such an amazing experience!! Can’t wait to go again in the future! VIP is absolutely worth it!
We made the unfortunate mistake of paying extra for the VIP experience. The host was communicative and we were expected to be early to the boat. However when we arrived we realized that we were not on the Natchez but rather the New Orleans. Before boarding we had our picture taken as we waited for the rest of the VIP party to arrive. When we boarded we were given drink wristbands and our host told us that she would be happy to get us whatever we would like all night. While we never waited in line for a drink and didn't have to pay anything additional, we had to ask several time to get what we wanted and service wasn't very quick. We had a reserved table on the top deck for the first set of Jazz, which was nice as seating on the deck filled quickly. The jazz was very good. We moved down to dinner as the boat left the dock. We had a nice private table on the side of the dinning deck next to a window. The food was ok, nothing special. We were then hurried to a tour of the boat by a former captain missing dessert in the process. The tour was a waste of time as the Captain was hard to hear and while the history he had knowledge of was fascinating, it was for the Natchez and not the New Orleans. To end the night we were brought to the middle deck and the host preceded to by time while the boat off loaded the non VIP patrons. We were given a gift of two Champaign glasses and the picture we had taken earlier. Once we departed we realized that the picture we were given was of some other party and not of us. We felt that there were several opportunities to make the night spectacular however at the end, given that we had a hard time getting drinks, missed desert, attended a tour that had little to do with the boat we were on, and we were give the wrong photo we felt that the additional money we paid to have the VIP experience wasn't worth it.
The boat ride was great, and so was the band, the drinks, and the food. We had the VIP package and ended up getting escorted around the boat by the captain, got a grand tour, and a front-row seat for the jazz performance. Highly recommend!
Would highly recommend this trip. We had a lovely night. Food was good and as we had the VIP package our drinks were included. We met the captain who was very nice and gif a lovely bag of goodies.