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Only Duck Experience in U.S. With Exciting Multi-Media Theater Component
New York, NY— March, 2009… NYC Ducks, New York City’s first ever land and water visitor experience, will resume its “fantastic voyages” this Spring. Passengers will have plenty of opportunity throughout the tour to use complimentary quackers for a quackin’ good time. NYC Ducks, with its quack-tastic new duck mascot, Captain Henry, is the only half-boat, half-bus amphibious vehicle in the nation with an exciting multi-media theater component. In the NYC Ducks Theater, travelers are rocked and splashed through a duck-umentory, replicating Henry Hudson’s stormy voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. NYC Ducks are now in service.
Captain Henry, dressed as Henry Hudson and outfitted with a tri-cornered captains hat, long coat and boots, will be present to greet visitors at promotional events. The new Duck Quackers are multi-colored and come in the form of a duck beak.
The Duck fleet meets rigid safety and environmental standards and has been designed to evoke the memory of Henry Hudson’s famous ship, The Half Moon.
The NYC Ducks route starts in Times Square, on the east side of Broadway between 47th and 48th Streets and navigates the streets of Manhattan to the waters of the Hudson River. Along the way, entertaining and informative tour guides point out some of New York City’s world-famous sites. At the edge of the Hudson, the Duck will enter the NYC Ducks Theater for an exhilarating multi-media experience, simulating Henry Hudson’s journey, complete with the sights and sounds – the rushing wind and other surprises – of an Atlantic sea voyage.
Then the Duck splashes into the Hudson River for an explorer’s eye view of the New York skyline, something Henry Hudson never saw. After returning to land the Duck travels back to Times Square.
The total trip time is 75 minutes. Ducks can accommodate 44 customers or shipmates plus two crewmembers. NYC Ducks will operate through October, and may extend through November depending on weather conditions.
Special 2009 NYC Ducks fares are:
Friday, March 27, 2009 – Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thu – Sun $24 for adults and $12 for children 3 to 11 years old
Mon – Wed $19 for adults and $9 for children 3 to 11 years old
Sightseers also can purchase an NYC Ducks + All Loops Tour Combo, including a two-day hop-on, hop-off pass on Gray Line New York Sightseeing double decker buses and a NYC Duck Tour ticket. 2009 fares for this Tour Combo are:
Friday, March 27, 2009 – Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thu – Sun $65 for adults and $50 for children 3 to 11 years old
Mon – Wed $60 for adults and $45 for children 3 to 11 years old
Customers can purchase tickets online at www.NYCDucks.com, with an authorized Gray Line New York Sightseeing or NYC Ducks Sales Associate, or call 1-888-8-DUCKS-0 (1-888-838-2570).
