City Cruises Sacramento

2024 company holiday dinner party 12/5 aboard the Hornblower City Cruise boat with Captain Roger, food by Crisp Catering, a 21+ event. This experience was around 1.5 hours with live DJ entertainment, 2 drink tickets per person provided for a full bar (cocktails, wine, beer), and first come first serve limited onboard cocktail seating. Casual attire dress code, advised to dress weather-appropriate, private event, maybe 75 -80 people total.I recommend the Tower Bridge Garage (1289 Front St). From the L Street Dock, boarding time was between 5:30-6:00pm, and the cruise was from 6:00pm-7:30pm (weather permitting). If the waters are rough, the boat would stay docked for the evening.There were scenic Sacramento river views, but since it was nighttime, it was pretty dark once you got past the Westin/Scott's Seafood. Once leaving and approaching Old Sac, you had very nice shots of the Tower Bridge, ziggurat, and city. It was a clear night with the moon and Venus leading the way.It was cold outside, but both levels of the boat inside were warm and comfortable, decorated for the holidays. The first deck was where tables and chairs were set up (sit-down), restrooms were located, and the catering was set up. The second level was where the DJ and dancing, the cash bar, and some standing-height tables. Music, food, drinks made for a fun off-site event.

All aboard the City Cruises boat for a historic tour!Living in a river town makes playing tour-guide an easy feat... especially on a beautiful day! Our river-tour guide provided an overview of the gold rush history & how it impacted the river. Go & learn!The ticket prices were reasonable. Reservations were easy. Just go on their website. Several minutes before boarding-time check-in at the designated stand. And there you go!! Enjoy the river breeze & learn something new!

Cavin who booked my reservation was amazing, the quality of his customer service skills was indeed refreshing. He was so helpful and informative. His ability to deliver the tickets and direction immediately by text was impressive. His top notch professionalism made the process extremely pleasant and easy. I wish everyone who called could experience his expertise in what great customer service skills feel like. From the tone of his voice and calming reassurance was highly appreciated by me, I had led than 35 mins to get to my destination so he took time to make sure I had the exact appropriate directions. The trip was awesome, I loved every minute of the boat ride, snacks, DJ, staff and drinks. The Captain was friendly and personable, he had a way cool vibe.

One hour cruise up the Sacramento River (plenty of facts given). Recommendation- start sitting on starboard side (right side) for viewing purposes.Full bar on board for hydrating purposes.

I don't have many pictures of the actual entire interior or the exterior for that matter. My bad. LolTo start, I had a group of over 30 for the sights and sips tour. Let's get into this.Parking: in Old sac is horrendous on nice days. It would've been nice to know there was valet parking a few spots away from the launch. Even with getting there before 2, it took 40 mins to find a park and walk over.Venue: The boat itself was decent, nothing to write home about. Had it not been for my 30, it looked to be a pretty dead cruise. Now onboarding, we were waiting for someone to tell us to come on down as we stood outside of the ticket booth. I just happened to note the time and asked the ticketer when will boarding begin. To my surprise boarding had already began. Fine, cool. I rush down the ramp to give the person our barcode. Upon entering, there is a upstairs and a downstairs on the boat. The bar & DJ are only upstairs. It would've been nice if there were "reserved" tables. Again, my group size was rather large and really could've taken up the vast majority of seats upstairs. Being that there were maybe 10-15 other people so we were staggered between inside and outside on the top deck. They had fun things for the kids to do downstairs. That was great.Service: The DJ was exceptional. I wouldn't say he spun top 40, it was definitely a lot of older songs but he was jamming. We did make a couple of requests and he gladly played them. Shoutout to him for keeping the party jumping.The bartender said she was hungover and her service sucked. We decided to not order anymore food because she did not wash hands or anything between patrons. Now maybe she was overwhelmed with the amount of people on board and maybe she needed a 2nd bartender. However, group sales knew how many people would be on board and it should've been handled appropriately. Sales: If you want to boost more sales in your Sacramento location, you have to provide better service. I dealt with Jasmin and she was nice enough. As a travel agent there are endless possibilities for renting out the entire boat and hosting something, however, there just aren't any concessions besides the reduced cost per ticket for the sights and sips tour. It should be revamped for sure. All in all, I would do this again. Maybe I'll look into the San Francisco tour.

Celebrated my wife's birthday in fine style. Not too long, not too short at just about 90 minutes up and down the Sacramento river with the music going on just above us while we enjoyed the scenery.

I bought a Groupon and took my mom on this wonderful tour. We went at 2 pm on Halloween and it was perfect.The weather was wonderful...just a nice day.They boarded us 30 minutes before we left. We were the first in line so we raced to the top balcony for the best view.They have seating up there as well as seating inside the boat.They had music playing and a small bar area where you could purchase drinks and snacks.The cruise went down past Chevy then turned around and went up the river the other way.The view was beautiful...the cruise was a lot of fun.I would for sure recommend this for you to try. We had a wonderful time.

Nice experience, stocked bar. I live in Sac but would take friends and fam who visit on this boat

This cruise excursion is the ultimate Old Sac fun. The captain was friendly, funny and a great driver. I wasn't sure I wanted to ride the boat for fear of heights but his smooth steering put me at ease. Don't delay come ride on this boat today.

We had a great time on the City Cruises, staffs were friendly and professional, we don't drink! I can't say much about the Bar. DJ was exceptions, he played various type of musics: Hip-Hop, Old school, Reggaeton and many other hits. Dance floor was a little small, but we had a lot funs... ticket counter by the pier was great, but can't pay be cash, must use credit card or purchase ticket online. Not much to sightseeing at evening 8:30PM cruise, day time cruise should be better for river cruise sightseeing. Anyway, We still recommended this cruise experience.