Dining Cruise Experiences on St Johns River

Experience a unique dining cruise on the St. Johns River aboard the authentic paddle-wheeler, Barbara-Lee. Enjoy live entertainment, fresh meals, and stunning views.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saint Johns River Drive - Travelers will experience a cruise along the St Johns River on a historic paddlewheeler, The Barbara-Lee, while enjoying live entertainment and food cooked to order.
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Guests are provided their choice of tea, coffee and water. Cash bar available.
Additional Information

Our ship, the “Barbara-Lee”, is an authentic paddle-wheeler, hosting lunch, dinner and specialty cruises. She travels across Lake Monroe and up the beautiful St. Johns River. Live entertainment, full table service and an entree selected from a menu are part of every cruise. All meals are prepared fresh in the galley. Included are appetizers, salad,…

Location
433 N Palmetto Ave
North Palmetto Avenue
433 N Palmetto Ave, Sanford, FL 32771, USA
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Daniel_w
Nov 28, 2024
Thanksgiving Week - Wonderful cruise. Saw a beautiful sunset and the food and service was great. We highly recommend this cruise!
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Donnaw706
Nov 16, 2024
Interesting outing! - Very interesting. There was high wind and the boat was unable to cruise. They had a dj that was awesome. Lunch was top notch. Service was awesome. They kept us busy for 3 hours. We would like to do again when we can actually see the sights.
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Polly
Nov 10, 2024
Amazing - Absolutely amazing! From the moment you board the riverboat every was was so friendly! The food was out of this world we had the prime rib, melted in your mouth! Food was abundance!!!
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F5960nwjenniferm
Sep 15, 2024
INCREDIBLE - We had an AMAZING time on the Barbara Lee!!! We took the lunch cruise n it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! WE HAD A BLAST!!!! The food was very delicious n the staff was INCREDIBLE!!!! Check it out cause you will have an AMAZING time!!!!
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Luke_w
Aug 10, 2024
Excellent food in a wonderful environment - Lunch aboard the Barbara Lee has been a family favourite of ours for many years. It was my partner’s first time and as usual the trip did not disappoint. The staff are friendly and the service is excellent, with all good made on board the ship. We will be back again for sure.
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Thevillagesdesoto
Jul 6, 2024
Fourth of July Fun, Food & Fireworks - My wife and I used Senior Adventures to take the Fourth of July dinner cruise. Boarding was easy. Cash bar accepted CC also. Seating was not as bad as some dinner cruises. We have been on the Calypso Queen also. Staff friendly, efficient & very active. We were on the second floor with Jamie our server and Cindy our bar tender. We recommend the second floor because the band is on the first floor. If you want to dance their is a dance floor on the second floor also. When seated there in pasta salad, veggies/dip & fruit on the table. Jamie took our orders. Then we had steamed shrimp. My wife & I had the Prime Rib: recommend. Fireworks began while we finished our entre. When you go top deck you can see fireworks 360 degrees on the horizon. Do not be impatient. Eventually the Barbara Lee will stop near Sanford. Then you will be treated with Sanford's fireworks. There is a wait to dock due to all the smaller boat traffic. Outside is good viewing but it got buggie. Inside is good also but windows get steamy.
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T2619colisam
Dec 22, 2024
Yuletide dinner cruise - Planned for a family Christmas outing Tour was nice but dark and not much Christmas lights to see. Entertainment was okay. The music was good but the speakers were so loud it was very hard to enjoy. The food was mediocre salmon was overcooked and dry the loaded baked potatoes was 1/2 of a 1/2 and was just cheese and little bacon and no sour cream and was hard on bottom and the Brussels sprouts were steamed and mushy. The dessert was great and coffee and service was great !! The prime rib was really good too. This was the dinner cruise Yuletide !
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Maryanne_f
Dec 23, 2024
St John Rivership cruise - Don’t expect the food to eatable because you will be disappointed. Just come for ambience and scenery, but the service and staff were good.
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Lisa
Sep 22, 2024
Disappointed. - We bought tickets for the comedy wedding and dinner. We were looking forward to this since we used to work for a company that did a dinner theater show. The show was awful. It was chaos. The sound was terrible. Not sure if the cast had a script or just ad lib. None of it was funny. Not one person had any talent. They did not interact with many of the guests. The dinner service was so slow and the food was sub par. My husband sent back his gray piece of tough prime rib. Really disappointing.
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Shellyp61
Sep 19, 2024
it wasn't worth the money - The service was great and I ordered chicken parmigiana the chicken was soggy, the noodles weren't done and had very little sauce. My friend has celiac and was listed on her ticket but that didn't matter. The diesel fumes on the back of the boat were so strong there was NO way you could sit back there. Disappointing
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