Viator VIP: Steamboat Natchez Dinner Cruise with Private Boat and Engine Room Tour

2 Hours

Mobile Ticket

Hotel Pickup Offered

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Overview

Step up the luxury of your Steamboat Natchez excursion with this Viator VIP dinner cruise. Your experience begins with a complimentary Champagne cocktail while you take a guided tour of the boat's authentic fixtures and spaces such as the engine room. In the dining room, you'll have a reserved table where you can relax, indulge in a sumptuous buffet and enjoy a live jazz performance. If you want to go all out, upgrade to a full"bar option.

Steamboat Natchez dinner cruise with private engine room and boat tour, a Viator Exclusive
Cruise the Mississippi on an authentic paddle-wheel steamboat and enjoy lots of perks!
Go on an exclusive tour of the boat and its engine room led by the first mate
Admire New Orleans from your reserved seat while listening to live jazz and savoring a buffet dinner
Receive a Champagne cocktail, shrimp cocktail, boarding photo, jazz band CD and more treats
Don't miss this insider New Orleans experience -- it can't be booked anywhere else!

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What To Expect

Choose one of two evening start times for your VIP dinner cruise and head to Toulouse Street in the French Quarter to board the beautiful Steamboat Natchez. When you step on board, you'll also step back in time as calliope music fills the air and the captain's voice pours through an antique megaphone.Your VIP experience begins with a personal reception. Ship staff will greet you with a complimentary Champagne cocktail in a souvenir etched glass. Pose for a photo op to capture the moment; you'll take home a print to mark the special occasion. Then, follow your host (who may even be the captain!) on an insider tour of the vessel to see all the workings of the ship including the engine room and the enormous paddlewheel.Afterward, you'll be escorted to your reserved seat, where you'll get unobstructed views of the striking New Orleans shoreline at dusk, and a performance by the Grammy"nominated jazz group Dukes of Dixieland. Wet your palate with fresh shrimp cocktail and a glass of wine. As for dinner, the buffet might include anything from cornmeal"crusted fish to creole creamed spinach. Top it off with Natchez's signature bread pudding accompanied by coffee and tea. Read on to the Itinerary section below for a sample menu.Once you have wined and dined, take a stroll across the deck or sit back in your seat and enjoy live jazz. The music plays on until the evening cruise ends back at the departure point in the French Quarter. Take home a complimentary Steamboat Natchez souvenir etched glass and Dukes of Dixieland CD as tokens of your magical night aboard the Steamboat Nanchez. Boarding begins at 5:30pm. Guests may skip the line at the ticket office and proceed directly to the employee entrance gate. Your steam engine room tour will begin at 6:30pm with the boat setting sail at 7:00pm. Upgrade optionReceive 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.ItinerarySample Dinner MenuNATCHEZ Tossed SaladSoup du JourSouthern Fried Fish*: Zesty cornmeal crusted and fried to a golden perfectionPork Loin: Blackened in NATCHEZ Creole Spice and served with Creole Mustard sauceStrip Loin of Beef: Hand carved, cooked medium rare and served with a bleu cheese-horseradish emulsionTri-Color Rotini with Basil Pistou and Vegetables (Vegetarian)Oven Roasted Brabant Sweet and Russet potatoesCreole Creamed Spinach (vegetarian): Spinach braised with onions, artichoke hearts, cream cheese, Parmesan, and feta cheeseNATCHEZ Bread Pudding (vegetarian): A New Orleans souffle of La Louisiane French bread, eggs, cream, vanilla and cinnamon with a Callebaut® Belgian white chocolate sauceLa Louisiane Hot Fresh BreadFrench Market Coffee and Iced Tea includedMenu items are subject to change by season and availability. Featuring proprietary spice blends from Andy Roos.

Viator VIP: Steamboat Natchez Dinner Cruise with Private Boat and Engine Room Tour

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