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USD $12.00
Mersey River Explorer Cruise from Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Hop aboard the world-famous Mersey River Explorer Cruise and see Liverpool's history-rich sights by water! Choose from a standard hop-on hop-off River Mersey cruise or a combination ticket that includes entrance to other Liverpool attractions.
The great-value upgrade options include entrance to Liverpool's interactive Spaceport attraction - or the U-Boat Story, which is home to a real WWII German submarine. For an action-packed day with the whole family, these upgrade options are ideal!
Whether you’re looking for a relaxing way to see Liverpool or you want a full day of family-friendly attractions, the Mersey River Explorer Cruise with optional upgrades is your ticket to Liverpool fun. The standard Mersey River Explorer Cruise lasts a leisurely 50-minutes, with scheduled stops at Seacombe and Birkenhead Woodside ports. Enjoy the cruise as a hop-on hop-off tour to see what interests you most - simply hop off when you want, and re-board the boat when you're ready to continue to the next stop.
While taking in views of Liverpool's riverside architecture and wildlife, you can listen to entertaining audio commentary about the River Mersey's fascinating maritime history. Hear tales of smuggling, music and war - three diverse influences that have touched this friendly city over the years and given it a unique charm.
Make a full day of it by upgrading your hop-on hop-off cruise to include tickets to the Spaceport attraction at Seacombe. This family-friendly exhibition covers the subject of space travel with various themed galleries, interactive exhibits and audio-visual experiences. Highlights include a "Wallace and Gromit in Space" feature - a themed display that showcases the popular main characters from the British animated short films.
Alternatively, you can choose to include entrance to the U-Boat story attraction at Birkenhead Woodside. Featuring a German submarine from WWII, the U-Boat Story offers an insight into life as a submariner during the wartime years.
Purchase entrance to either attraction with your Mersey River Explorer Cruise tickets, or upgrade to the All-Inclusive option, which includes both attractions, for an adventurous day out that the whole family will enjoy!
Fabulous experience to share with my visiting South African friend, on an extremely bracing 2nd January - the Hurricane wind that had been battering the Coastline for days! We sailed graciously up and down the Mersey, great commentary covering past, present and future ventures in this beautiful part of the world, detailing the architecture along the way. Lovely warm ship, clean, spotless restroom, good hot drinks and fresh sandwiches. Staff delightful. Excellent value for money. Would highly recommend. David,Gilli and Pat.xxx
Review by: David H, August 2017
Good trip, well worth the money!
Review by: Tammy W, July 2017
This was an excellent trip. Loved every minute of it. Will be doing it again.
Review by: Debbie M, March 2017
Great value
Review by: Wayne P, February 2017
Nice trip highly recommended. Stop off along the way if you can.
Review by: Carl C, January 2017
Was a little disappointed, but at least can say we've been on the Ferry, cross the Mersey! You can get off and see other sights and board again, which would make it more interesting. The weather was awful, unfortunately and could see nothing but grey and rain.
Review by: Dave L, September 2016
Great alternative perspective to viewing Liverpool
Review by: John P. B, September 2016
We couldn't get tickets on line but were available through Viator
Review by: Susan D, July 2016
Not the best day for sailing July 5th and very windy also school kids allowed to run round the boat unattended teachers took no notice of them
Review by: Frank W, June 2016
Very informative about the area along the river and relaxing as well.
Review by: Harjyoti G, May 2016
lots of history and great views... only irritant is that half the time is spent in loading/ unloading people on 3 stops.... overall a great trip.
Review by: Jacqueline M, May 2016
Ferry Across The Mersey sings out on the river explorer cruise. The ferry stops at key points across the Mersey allowing you to embark or disembark visiting the focal areas of the city.
Review by: Samuel K, January 2016
Thoroughly enjoy the cruise. Well recommended.
Review by: Samuel Kay, January 2016
Thoroughly enjoy the cruise. Well recommended.
Review by: cooke_joanne, September 2015
fantastic morning ferry across the mersey cruise, my friend and i just did the stay on trip but you can get off and explore...would recommend to all traveling to liverpool,,great time had
Review by: Noreen D, September 2015
Great tour to see and hear historical facts about the city!
Review by: john n j, September 2015
Thoroughly enjoyable
Review by: Mary K, June 2015
Enjoyed the river cruise, but the intercom system wasn't working properly, so it was difficult to hear the commentary, we were sitting on the inside of the boat near a speaker
Review by: Mette Katrine E, March 2015
We ended up not going because so much of the harbour was clocked up with crains and ways you couldn't go after the thing with and quot;The Giants and quot;, so instead of a relatively short trip and bad directions given we went round one dock after another along with everybody else WHO couldn't find their way either._br/_
As one of our daugther were on chrutches we just couldn't get to the pier in time eventhough we had quite a lot of time in the beginning. At the end we threw the tickets away.
Review by: Anna, January 2015
Lovely to do a trip on the Mersey. It was hard to hear the comentary in most places. We had to sit at the back to hear and it was a very cold and windy day as it was in December. Otherwise nice to see parts of Liverpool from the river.
Review by: Helen H, October 2014
Really enjoyable
Review by: Richard C, October 2014
Very well done! Enjoyed it immensely.
Review by: ELAINE K, September 2014
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Paul F, August 2014
WELL ORGANISED PROFESSIONAL AS YOU WOULD EXPECT A MUST EXPERIENCE WHEN VISITING LIVERPOOL.
Review by: scottbecker1962, August 2014
Nice little cruise up and down the river
Review by: Lisa G, August 2014
A must for anyone visiting Liverpool for the 1st time. Good value for money. Great way to spend an hour or so. Great information provided on the boat.
Review by: Mrs J Somerton S, August 2014
Loved the experience of The Mersey river ferry also went to the U Boat museum which is a boys thing really and I thought it was excellent very informative and somewhere I would recommend to my friends. Love Liverpool as one of the best cities to visit in the UK.
Review by: vachnal, July 2014
Nice way to see the area
Review by: Murtaza P, January 2014
Nice. Bargain. Quick to book and smooth deal. Highly recommend
Review by: Elisabeth P, December 2013
chilly and windy but a great trip and very nostalgic
Review by: Karen A, December 2013
Reasonably priced excursion offering good value for money._br/_
Easy check-in at Albert Dock by friendly helpful staff...then its a 30min sail to the Space Exhibition which is conveniently located by the port, which we all enjoyed then a pleasant sail back to Albert Dock._br/_
The ferry itself is very clean
Review by: Shirley M, September 2013
The ferry trip was very good but we were disappointed on arrival to collect our vouchers that Spaceport was closed for the day and no one knew when it would open again so we could not transfer our tickets to another day.
Review by: Sarah W, August 2013
Tour was excellent approximately 50 minutes stoping at each port. Ideal for the u boat or spaceport. Try and get the 10.00am ferry as the queue for later ferries were very long.
Review by: Chris Y, August 2013
A must if you're near the Albert Docks.
Review by: BA Rory S, August 2013
Great time! Very informative and one gets a great feel for the city!
Review by: Janet H, July 2013
our trip to liverpool was very good , stayed in a nice hotel , staff was very helpful , went on the mersey cruise and that was very interesting , first time ever , enjoyed the sights that liverpool had to offer , weather was good, had the tour of liverpool football club , so over all it was a very enjoyable 3 days , will be going back again one day still lots to see and do
Review by: Valerie L, July 2013
Had a great day, the weather was not too good, so everything undercover. Loved the space museum. Although a lot of school parties there at the time, stopping you to have clear access. On the whole excellent. would do it again. Great value.
Review by: ELIZABETH G, July 2013
Had a very enjoyable trip._br/_
The weather was not very good, windy and raining, but as you were undercover it did not take anything away from the experience.
Review by: Pat, June 2013
This was a rip-off on the day we booked. Because there was a festival taking place at a different departure point, we were lucky to find the tour at all. The 45 minute scheduled tour lasted about 15 minutes and showed us nothing of interest.
Review by: Lynn, June 2013
Although the bweather wasn't very good we really enjoyed the trip also the U Boat musuem
Review by: Frank M, June 2013
What a fantstic day we had, really impressed with what the city has done to preserve it's past and embrace modern needs without detracting from the city's cultural feel and so interesting past.
Review by: Lauren B, March 2013
It was so moving to see where my Grandfather arrived into England from Ireland and so interesting to find out about so much of this area, with such fabulous views Thank you
Review by: john d, November 2012
very good
Review by: Martin R, October 2012
The trip was amazing! Mersey is unbelievable, and the experience was once in a lifetime! :-))) I had two tickets though, but the second one was not used due to illness, is these a refund or part of the amount for the missed opportunities?
Review by: Sandra B, October 2012
Very interesting
Review by: Msyspirit, August 2012
Great but did not have enough time to take in the two stops because of time. a 24 hour pass would have helped.
Review by: Graham H, August 2012
Excellent. A really useful commentary for anyone who's a stranger to Merseyside
Review by: Steve M, August 2012
Need good weather for this one, some of the exhibits at the space centre (good for kids) and uboat experience seemed a little used but did not detract too much from the visit.
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