The Forest City Queen operates every summer on the Rock River. The Park District offers a dinner cruise which always sells out.
Last night was the inaugural cruise of a ride focusing on the local history of the people and places along the Rock River in Downtown Rockford. This ride was jointly sponsored by the River District Association and the ...
The boat was comfortable and stable, the scenery excellent, commentary from Captain and First Mate informative and funny. Even though I'd grown up an hour away, I had no idea of some the the history they mentioned associated with the Rock River. I'd go again!
The trip was pretty interesting, we learned a lot about the area. It was relaxing, and the price is so low that it is worth the time. Evidently they also run dinner cruises, so we want to try that the next time. We got some great ideas of other places to visit, like the museum that was on the river as we went by. The boat staff was very helpful.
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I'll never step on the tub
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 07/03/06
We went to see the "Forest City Queen" hoping for an enjoyable river boat experience to take my mother and father in-law on who will be visiting from out-of-state. They are very low key people, not demanding at all, but I was glad we made the drive over to check out the "Queen" first. Its just a small shallow open scow-like ...
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it was ok
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 07/18/05
We had a nice time but the day we went, it wasnt very clean. it looked like a dump truck had exploded!
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love it love it love it
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 06/29/05
great place to go with your kids no worries about bad neighborhoods cheap hotel and food and world class service
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Good for group outings
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 01/05/05
I really enjoyed our ride on the Forest City Queen. It's a fancy way to travel down the river. We used it for a group outing, and the staff on FCQ treated us very well. I would recomend it to anyone.
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