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Swiftie Booze Cruise

Tickets for Swiftie Booze Cruise in Chicago 🎫 General Admission for 1 person

Highlights 🎤 SHAKE IT OFF with a night of all of Taylor Swift's greatest hits 🛥️ Enjoy music, drinks, and great company as you take in breathtaking views of the city through the river and into the lake 🎧 Dance to music by DJ Kenny Baash and DJ Real Co

General Info 📅 Date: September 3, 2023 🕒 Time: 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 📍 Location: 900 S Wells St, Chicago 👤 Age requirement: 21+ with valid ID 🗒️ Please note: Passengers MUST be boarded 10 min before departure time! Late ticketed passengers will be placed at the end of the standby line. There are no refunds or if you miss the boarding time indicated above

Description Are you ready for Sunday Funday Swiftie Style? Calling all Swifties! We're giving you an unforgettable dance party experience dedicated entirely to Taylor Swift. The ultimate Sunday Funday Taylor Swift-themed Booze Cruise in Chicago. Get your tickets now!

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8 Best Chicago Booze Cruise Events Happening This Weekend

Take a trip down the Chicago river and on Lake Michigan, all while enjoying some cocktails, music, and a memorizing view!

Is there a better way to spend a summer afternoon than cruising around the Chicago River with some boozy drinks ? We think not! Now that summer humidity is upon us, it’s time to grab your crew and hit Lake Michigan for all-around blissful entertainment. This is the perfect time to set sail on a Chicago booze cruise if you enjoy sipping on tasty cocktails , dancing the evening awa y, and taking in Chicago’s majestic skyline.

1. Swiftie Booze Cruise 

Attention all Swifites—have you ever just wanted to shake it off on the Chicago River? While Taylor Swift takes her tour internationally, you can pretend you left Chicago for a few hours as you listen to all your favorite T-swift songs to Lake Michigan. Enjoy music, drinks, and great company as you take in breathtaking city views through the river and into the lake.

📍 Location : 900 S Wells St, Chicago

👤 Age requirement : 21+ with valid ID

🎫: Purchase tickets to the Swiftie Booze Cruise here

2. Labor Day Sunday Funday Sunset Booze Cruise

Celebrate Labor Day the right way with a fun party cruise on the Chicago River. On this booze cruise, you’ll sail all along the river until you reach Lake Michigan, where you’ll dance the night away to your favorite tunes. With some of Chicago’s best house music artists and two fully-stocked bars, you’ve got everything you need to make a memorable Labor Day weekend.

📍 Location : 900 S. Wells St., Chicago

🎫 Purchase tickets to Labor Day Booze cruise here

3. Boozy Brunch Cruise

Prepared to be enthralled with the Chicago aroma—the city and the delectable scents of a morning brunch—all while becoming slightly tipsy from the endless mimosas. If that doesn’t convince you, the Dj’s electrifying beats just might. Think about it—as you soar down the river, the wind in your hair, you’ll be frocking with dazzling skyline views and delightful music. This Chicago booze cruise will have your taste buds in overdrive while catering to your rumbling stomach. 

📍 Location : TBD

👤 Age requirement : None

♿ Accessibility : Wheelchair Accessible

🎫 Get your tickets to Chicago Signature Brunch Cruise here

4. The Lake House Day

Save the trip to Michigan, Wisconsin, or another small town near Chicago for another day because, believe it or not, your party lake day awaits you on the Chicago River. This Chicago booze cruise will have intoxicating house music reverberating on the boat. As you admire breathtaking views , you’ll be swinging and turning with delicious drinks in your hands. It will probably be hard to get off this Chicago booze cruise.

📍 Location : 900 South Wells Chicago, Illinois, 60607

🎫 Get your tickets to “The Lake House” Day Cruise here

 5. Sunday Funday Booze Cruise

Have you ever stayed up until sunrise, still slightly inebriated, and thought to yourself, “How do I keep the party going?” Your wishes have been answered—set sail and experience the ultimate party at the Sunday Funday Booze Cruise . Once stepping aboard, the music will blare, and you’ll be dancing to a DJ’s mix of songs you can’t get out of your head—all of this and multiple cocktails in hand. There is no slowing down on this Chicago booze cruise as you speed through the river and watch Lake Michigan glimmer.

📍 Location : 9 00 South Wells Chicago, Illinois, 60607

🎫 Get your tickets to Sunday Funday Booze Cruise

6. Sights & Sips 

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If house music isn’t your thing, and you want to experience a more decadent booze cruise, Sights & Sips is the place to go. This cocktail cruise has creative cocktails, wine, beer, and a full list of scrumptious Hors D’oeuvers, including bruschetta, skewers, a Mediterranean station, and more. For a few hours, you can cosplay guests from Below Deck and enjoy being catered to as revel in Chicago’s views.

📍 Location : River Esplanade 455 N Cityfront Plaza Drive Chicago, IL

👤 Age requirement : none

🎫 Get your tickets to Sights & Sips here

7. Chicago River Architecture

Boozy history is one of our favorite activities—is there anything better than spending the day sailing down the river, learning about the architecture with a drink in hand? The Chicago Lake and River Architecture Tour  happens to have all that and is one of our favorite tours.

📍 Location : 400 N Michigan Ave Suite C100, Chicago, IL , 60611

🎫 Get your tickets to Chicago Lake and River Architecture Tour here

8. Floating Tiki Bar Cruise

In Chicago, we’re one of the few cities where we can dig our toes beneath the sand and jump into the waves to cool off; even with humidity at an all-time high, we’re still far from a tropical paradise with palm trees and coconut-sippy cups.

However, one way is to head to a tiki oasis without spending hundreds on a plane ticket. At this floating tiki bar, you can cruise down the Chicago River while soaking in tropical tunes and the city’s stunning architecture.

This is a unique tiki Chicago booze cruise experience, from bascule bridges to the Tower buildings. 

📍 Location : 355 Chicago Riverwalk, 60601

👤 Age requirement : 21+ with valid ID to consume alcohol

♿ Accessibility : Not Wheelchair Accessible

🎫 Get your tickets to the Floating Tiki Bar Cruise here

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For three months, Chicago’s weather permits us to spend prolonged periods of time outdoors, and we always make the best of it. That includes pretending like we’re living in an island paradise and drinking memories of winter away. On a boat.

Grab your life-jackets and your goggles (beer or otherwise) and head to these 14 booze cruises to work on your sea legs while getting raucously drunk.

Island Party Boat Monroe Harbor, 312-600-8454 If you’re OK with bordering on tacky, take an Island Party Boat booze cruise along the Chicago River. For $30, you can spend an hour drinking to excess against a soundtrack of ukulele tunes and pretending the water below you isn’t an unnatural color. Dogs are allowed to join you so long as they aren’t scared of drunk strangers. Tickets: islandpartyboat.com .

Mystic Blue Craft Brew Cruises Navy Pier, 866-391-8439 If your drinking preferences are on the refined end of the spectrum, Mystic Blue’s craft brew events are perfect for you. Throughout the summer, the boat will play host to a few select events featuring only the best of Midwest beer and ciders—and one day that’s all about Belgiums brews. Prices range from $39.90 to $49.90 per person. Tickets: mysticbluecruises.com

After Work Cruises aboard Anita Dee II Navy Pier, 866-261-9330 Every summer night is a night for drinking, right? On Monday and Tuesday nights, hop aboard the Anita Dee II at Navy Pier for three hours of sailing and boozing with other professionals drinking off the two hardest days of the week. These two cruises run from 6-9 p.m. with tickets starting at $25 per person. Tickets: afterworkcruises.com

Chicago Cocktail Cruises at Navy Pier Navy Pier, 866-273-2469 Up your boat drinking game with these craft cocktails on offer aboard this skyline cocktail excursion. Starting at $44.90 a person, you’ll have from 3:30-6 p.m. to eat hors d’oeuvres, shake your groove thang on a DJ’d dance floor and mingle with other Chicagoans (and probably some tourists) just trying to live their best lives. Tickets: spiritcruises.com

Eat, Drink & B. Mary Brunch Cruise Navy Pier, 866-273-2469 Why not take your usual Sunday brunch out on the water? This two-hour cruise on Lake Michigan will serve up not only your brunch favorites buffet-style, but also bloodies and mimosas for you to sip to your heart’s content. Tickets start at $57.90. Tickets: spiritcruises.com

Friday and Saturday Night Booze Cruises with Chicago Party Boat DuSable Harbor If you’re OK with being surrounded by a bunch of drunk 20-somethings trying to cling to their college days, this cruise is the place to be. Ranging $20-$50 depending on the date and the occasion, these cruises feature a live DJ. Tickets: chicagopartyboat.com

Beer and BBQ Cruise with Wendella Boats 400 N. Michigan Ave. 312-337-1446 Make Ron Swanson proud on this two-hour cruise down the Chicago River to Lake Michigan. Sip craft beer while you nosh on barbecue offerings courtesy of Sweet Baby Ray’s. Tickets start at $53.75 and tours run from 5:45-7:45 p.m. every Thursday. And if the weather doesn’t hold up, no sweat. Each boat includes climate-controlled lounges so your money won’t go to waste. Tickets: wendellaboats.com

Wine and Cheese Cruise with Wendella Boats 400 N. Michigan Ave. 312-337-1446 The finer things in life await you on the high seas—er, lake—of Chicago with this wine and cheese-devoted event taking off every Thursday at 5:45 p.m. along the Chicago River. Wine and cheese pairings from Pastoral make this the highest-class trip you’ll find on the Great Lakes. Tickets: wendellaboats.com

Summer Brew Cruises with Revolution Brewing Navy Pier, 312-222-9328 Celebrate Chicago’s craft beer connoisseurs at Revolution on this brew cruise featuring seasonal craft beer tasting, appetizer pairings and views of the Chicago skyline. For $49 per person, take in the sights and sounds of the city for 90 minutes while you sip on your favorite Revolution beer to the soundtrack of live music and hipsters discussing the different flavor profiles. Tickets: shorelinesightseeing.com

Illinois Made Cruise Navy Pier, 312-222-9328 All things Illinois will take center stage on this 90-minute ride around the shoreline. For $49 per person, dabble with different food and drink vendors from across the state, all while appreciating the Windy City we call home. Tickets: shorelinesightseeing.com

Hard Cider Tasting Cruise Navy Pier, 312-222-9328 Beer isn’t for everybody—or so we’ve heard—but cider is a good substitute. This $49 per person cruise features a lineup of different grown up apple juices, both local and from across the country. For the uninitiated, the tasting cruise will begin with a lesson in how to properly sip a cider … or you can say “screw it” and throw it back. Tickets: shorelinesightseeing.com

Wine Tasting Cruises with Lynfred Winery Navy Pier, 312-222-9328 Keep it classy with this wine tasting (read: not chugging) along the Chicago skyline. Hosted by Illinois’ oldest family-owned winery, this cruise will kick off with a wine course and “generous” tastings of Lynfred’s most popular selections. A fancy summer night awaits you. Tickets: shorelinesightseeing.com

City Winery Wine Flight River Cruises 11 Chicago Riverwalk, 888-636-7737 Leave your three buck chuck at home and hop aboard this Seadog cruise by City Winery. Spend 75 minutes admiring Chicago’s architecture with a guided tour of the city as you sip on select City Winery favorites. Tickets range $41.95-$53.95, depending on how much wine you’re looking to throw back in an hour and a half. Tickets: seadogcruises.com

Chicago Line Architecture Cocktail Cruise 465 N. McClurg Court 312-527-1977 Sponsored in part by the Chicago History Museum, this architecture cruise is equal parts boozy and informative. For $21 on top of your admission, you’ll have access to unlimited wine, beer and mixed drinks during your 90 minutes aboard the boat. Regular admission starts at $43. Tickets: chicagoline.com

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Late Night Booze Cruise on Lake Michigan aboard Spirit of Chicago

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Friday Night Skyline Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

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Saturday Night Skyline Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

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Saturday Afternoon Skyline Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+, Live DJ, Full Bar

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Saturday Happy Hour Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

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"The Lake House" (Sundown Cruise)

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Sunday FunDAY Cruise on Lake Michigan | 21+ | Live DJ | Full Bar

Sun, Jun 2, 2:30 PM + 17 more

90 Minute Cruise on Lake Michigan | Enjoy Breathtaking Views of the Skyline

Fri, May 24, 5:30 PM + 13 more

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A second Taylor Swift cruise was just announced for 2024

The five-day cruise from Texas is packed with parties, prizes and more

Taylor Swift fans can celebrate the pop star on another cruise to the Caribbean this summer. Sing, dance, party and soak up the sun on a high-seas, fan-sponsored cruise with an itinerary that’s all Taylor all the time.

The five-night Summer Era Cruise will sail from Galveston, Texas aboard Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas from June 15-20, 2024, stopping in Cozumel and Costa Maya. While the singer will not be on board (and is not affiliated with the cruise), the superfans organizing the trip promise a trip that’s packed with Swiftie Surprises.

Swifties will enjoy Swiftie Sips, goody bags, trivia, BINGO, theme nights, tours, karaoke, bracelet exchanges, a Mirrorball dance party, a PJ party, prizes, disco night, a door decorating contest and more. A themed cocktail party kicks off the cruise, and an Afterglow party wraps things up. Each activity will be Taylor Swift-themed, and there will be plenty of opportunities to sing and dance to her music.

"I've always adored Taylor. I mean how could you not? My goal is to spread her name and music by creating genuine, enjoyable activities that represent all her music stands for and the things she has done like the Eras tour,” says co-host Parker Landry. “I will incorporate activities that genuinely represent Taylor's kindness and heart. I'm extremely thankful that girls like me have a role model like Taylor to look up to, and I will carry on her culture and vibes throughout the cruise."

Cruise prices start at $863.64. Book the Summer Era Cruise now through  Quality Travel .

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