The M/S Mount Washington, New Hampshire, United States

4Grumpy Gumbo 5:00 PM Aug 23, 2021

Very relaxing and fun but.......
This has been on my bucket-list for a while now. My wife and myself decided to book a dinner cruise for the first time while staying up in Laconia. We got there 2 hours early and had no problem finding a parking spot. We walked around a bit before going to wait in line. Everything went smooth loading us onto the boat. We had great seats and a beautiful view. They announced that food was being served buffet style, which confused us seeing we were told it was a three course meal. Yes it was the appetizer we had an average salad which they plop on your plate with a glob of nasty dressing. For the main course we had beef short ribs, which were amazing, mased potatoes, which were not very good and sauteed vegetables, which were very good. For the dessert what seemed to be a cheap joke at creme brulee was actually vanilla pudding with roasted sugar on top. They also had diner rolls with butter to go with it all. They had a bar with an untrained bartender who did not know what she was doing. We were served watered down drinks for $12 in plastic cups. After dinner there was entertainment with a DJ playing music which was nice. The sunset was beautiful to see and very relaxing to dance too. We paid for parking until 9:45pm and the boat was a bit late getting back to port. We got off just in time at 9:40pm and sprinted back to our car...lol All in all it was a great experience and we're glad we did it. Would I do it again? Not sure unless they change the dinner to an actual three course meal being served to us and not a buffet style dinner, as well as hiring an actual bartender. It's something nice to do with your spouse or gf/bf for a romantic evening on the water.

45inavan 5:00 PM Aug 19, 2020

The right amount of time on the water...8/19/2020
We chose the right day for weather, and the timing to dodge a rain shower was spot on. We got on the boat at 11:45 am and ordered a sandwich lunch with a Pepsi. There was plenty of ham. chips, applesauce, and 2 chocolate chip cookies. The ride began at 12:30 promptly and took us about 25 miles around the lake. The narration was intermittent and filled with Margaritaville satellite radio. It was a good balance. The temperature was great and the breeze light. The dark clouds took over and we turned North just in time to miss getting wet, although they set up tables inside on the dance floor for us outside diners, just in case! The rain drenched Gunstock Ski Area. We sat at on of the 5 tables on the top in the bow, with social distancing we could be mask free while seated, but the walking sightseers had to be masked, and the staff patrolled regularly and people cooperated. Our waitress was on top of things the whole 2.5 hours and was great. The boat was in great shape and well marked. They were having a dinner cruise later.