Dandy Restaurant Cruises offers a five-course dinner cruise year-round. Holiday dinner cruises are available on Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Father's Day, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, and Easter. Alexandria is only 15 minutes from Washington, D.C., and the cruise passes by numerous national monuments. As of April 2010, the cruise costs $86 Sunday through Friday and cruises from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., on Saturday the cost is $96 and the cruise is from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. This cost also includes live music and dancing on the boat's 464-square-foot marble dance floor or the 3,700-square-foot outside upper deck. Reserve this boat for groups and weddings.
Dandy Restaurant Cruises
Zero Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-6076
www.dandydinnerboat.com
Dinner and moonlight cruises begin at The Waterside in downtown Norfolk. A basic dinner cruise holds up to 450 people and includes a buffet, live entertainment, outdoor dancing on the rooftop, and a DJ. On Fridays and Saturdays, the dinner cruise runs from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Monday through Thursday, the cruise lasts from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.---and on Sundays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The buffet includes a salad bar, carving station, three entrees, side dishes, and dessert. There is a dinner at dusk cruise with similar offerings, but a lighter meal is served at the buffet. Specials, including a full moon dinner series, a gospel dinner cruise, and holiday cruises, are available. Attire is business casual (i.e., no jeans or sneakers), and the cruise departs at Otter Berth at Town Point Park and cruises down the Elizabeth River, although the exact path varies.
Spirit of Norfolk
109 East Main St., Suite 500
Norfolk, VA 23510
866-451-3866
www.spiritofnorfolk.com
This luxury yacht is wheelchair accessible and holds up to 149 people, traveling the Lynnhaven Inlet, originating in the Linkhorn Bay. Cruises are two to two and a half hours in duration and consists of a three-course meal costing $53 per person, as of April 2010. The boat may also be chartered for a private event and has special dinner cruises for holidays. The yacht is 100 feet long, 20 feet wide and has two enclosed decks as well as open areas.
Virginia's Jewel
600 Laskin Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
www.virginiasjewel.com
