Massachusetts Bay Lines

I went on the sunset cruise with my boyfriend. It was a beautiful night for a cruise and you do get to see a lot of the bay. The narration was nice — learned a lot about Boston history! As other reviewers mentioned — there could have been more seating but we were lucky enough to get a bench seat on the second floor. The snack options weren’t fancy, but at least they had something. I would recommend the sunset cruise to anyone — especially if you can find some discount tickets on Groupon or similar site.

Made a Sunset Cruise reservations for a special occasion for a party of 10 on Father’s Day two months before the date. I called 2 days before to confirm reservation and asked what would happen if it rained. The person confirmed and said they go out rain or shine. When we arrived we were told by a representative of a different company no one had been at the counter all day. I made multiple phone calls to the local number and left messages and got no call back. I called their main office and was told they don’t handle their Groupon reservations and there was nothing they could do. All they said was to wait because they might be running late. There were other people also waiting for the same cruise. After waiting for half hour no one had arrived. Not wanting to ruin our plans we decided to pay again and go with another company who was about to go out on a similar sunset cruise. We explained what happened and they even gave us a discounted rate for all 10 of us and had a grate time.
Two days later we called to complain and ask for a refund. The lady who picked up the phone was extremely rude, didn’t apologize and told us we needed to call Groupon for our refund and hung up the phone.
We called Groupon explained what happened and the person was extremely helpful had no problem getting a refund. Thank goodness for Groupon!!!
I would not recommend this company at all!

Kind of cramped in terms of space (despite having 3 floors). Went here for an open house. The food was FANTASTIC. Especially the paella and mini empanadas. A close third was the grits with corn and I think shrimp. The service was excellent, and the view quite scenic. Would go again :)

I took a sunset cruise with a meetup group on Massachusetts Bay Lines on Sep. 1^st. My girlfriend and I arrived 20 minutes late, yet the crew kept the boat at the pier waiting for us. The cruise was quiet and smooth, and not overcrowded. The staff on deck were very friendly. I would gladly take a cruise with them again.

Went on the 4^th of July fireworks cruise last week. We couldn’t even see the fireworks going off on the Esplanade because we were in the outer harbor and the Boston skyline completely blocked the view. So, unless you really want to see the skyscrapers of the financial district silhouetted by explosions, I recommend finding another boat– one that will go into the inner harbor and offer a view up the Charles River.
It was still a nice night to cruise around the harbor, and the Queen Mary 2 was docked so that was cool to see, but sadly «a fireworks cruise» it was not.

Okay, this was my review for the Spirit of Boston until I realized that I wasn’t on the SoB, I was on Some Other Boat (hm, still SOB). Katie H has informed me that I was in fact on the «New Boston,» which is kind of chuckle-​worthy in itself. Otherwise, the old review still stands:
I guess because of the simple fact that this is a boat, dudes are expected to pee in a trough. Really.
There are two restrooms labeled as unisex. I’m waiting in a rather long line when it occurs to me that I’m the only male in said line. Before long, however, I am informed that there’s a separate room for the fellas. Luckily, I’m also informed that it’s a communal trough, literally a bucket of ice on the floor that guys stand in a circle around. I decide to keep my place in line with the women.
Every five seconds someone approaches me and angrily says, «Hey, the men’s room is over there.» Um, I definitely see pants on that stick figure next to the room I’m waiting for, but thank you for your concern. So here I am, pretending I’m far gayer than I really am and talking clumsily about handbags with my compatriots in the unisex line just to avoid being forcefully relegated to the scratch&sniff quarters, simply because I prefer peeing into something that has a handle and flushes.
Having to use a rounded waterfall with a drain on the floor in a nightclub in Milan was traumatizing enough. I’d sooner go up to the deck and pee off the side of the boat.

Went here this April for a senior class booze cruise. Well it wasnt anything what we expected. Our first problem was we thought it was going to be held on one of the nice boats, like the Spirit of Boston. Instead, we got aboard the Providencetown II, that lets just say has been around the harbor a few too many times! It costs us around 35 dollars to get on a bus (that would later sit in traffic and hold up the boat, making us have to come back early for the next cruise), eat not so yummy appetizers and pay 5 dollars extra per dixie cup size drink. It was a major disapointment to many of my classmates and friends. You could only hear the music on the top deck. My recommendation to anyone wanting to do a class gathering on a booze cruise is to spend the extra money and get one of the nice boats, with the real inside. You are gonna spend the extra money on the 5 dollars anyway. We did make the best of the situation and ended up having fun in the end. If you go with low expectations about the boat and just care about getting wasted out on the harbor, you should have a good time. Normally I think its only 15 to get on.

I went on the harbor cruise last summer and it was nice. The boat itself is kinda run down and the chairs on the boat are plastic lawn chairs, but it was beautiful. The ride itself was smooth and the tour is narrated, which is nice. I had won tickets for this, but there are always deals for buy one get one free. This is definitely worth even paying full price, it’s only 10 bucks or so. This was an excellent way for me to get a beter handle on how small the city is and where everything is in relationship to other landmarks.