Go Rio Cruise

"Great tour of the San Antonio Rover. Ray was an excellent guide."

"Our tour guide was loud and obnoxious for our taste. But the tour itself was lovely. We would love to go again with a different guide. The river was all lit up at night for the holidays but we opted for the daytime tour because there were no lines. We walked it at night."

"This happened on Dec 30, 2023 at around 8:10pm on the boarding dock under Commerce street. After being at home sick for two days, my wife and I decided to take our children out to the the Christmas lights in the river walk, and we thought Go Rio River Boat Tours would be a fun experience they would remember for years to come, specially since they have been asking for a boat ride for some time now. We approached one of the boarding areas and followed a long line, to which I must say it was discouraging at first, at least a hundred yards long, but we decided to give it a try. It would be worth the wait after driving 45 minutes from New Braunfels. We get in line and to my surprise it was moving constantly. After an hour, we finally make it to the front of the line, and we’re met with a lady who is obviously under pressure trying to do her job and setting up the next boat ride. She asks if we have our tickets, and we say no, since we thought we’d buy the tickets right before we boarded. She seemed immediately annoyed, and before I could ask if I could buy the tickets, she asked me to buy my tickets online and get back to the end of the line. As I was trying to reason with her, she insisted that I should have known better and that there were plenty of personnel along the line giving out information and advising people about tickets, which was FALSE. There was only one worker midway through the line and he was only making sure people were not cutting in line, he gave no other details or indications. As my wife and I called her out on her misinformation, she threatened to have me removed from the line by a police officer. I gave up trying to reason to the lady, and I wasn’t going to go back to the line for another hour due to poor organization and lack of information. If you made it to the end of this “rant”, my only advise is that you ask, ask, ask, before you get on the line, specially if its long and on a weekend. You can buy your tickets online in advance and hope the line is not long."

"Prepare for hours and hours and hours of a wait for a quick ~20 minute ride. Tour guides are nice, but nothing is worth the endless wait and everything else you could have done with the time. That said, if you don't have a wait I'd absolutely do it if you haven't before. Just not worth hours of your life."

"Go Rio Cruise at the San Antonio Riverwalk is a fun easy attraction. We took the second boat and walked right on. After that the lines were pretty heavy. Go early. The ride is narrated. Not always well but part of the fun. Lots to see. I recommend it. The Riverwalk is the number one attraction in San Antonio and the boat ride is a fun easy way to scope it out."