Holiday Catamaran Cruise: Festive Music & Treats

Experience the Spirit of the Holidays on our enclosed heated catamaran adventure. Enjoy festive decorations, friendly staff, a full-service bar, and live holiday music. Wheelchair accessible and clean restroom available.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wilmington Water Tours - Holiday Lights Cruise on the Cape Fear River, where guests can enjoy the sights, sounds, and tastes of the season with live local musicians. Fun for the whole family. Friday & Saturday nights, November 27th through December 30th. This year, additional dates have been added on Monday–Wednesday, December 21, 22, and 23rd….
What's Included
  • Holiday treats
  • Live music
  • Captain
  • Mate
  • Bartender
What's Not Included
  • Not a guided Tour.
Additional Information

An enclosed, heated catamaran decorated for the holiday season. Guests are welcomed by friendly staff and local musicians performing familiar holiday tunes. Enjoy comfortable seating while cruising along the Wilmington Waterfront, beautifully lit with festive holiday lights. The full-service bar offers both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, along…

Location
Wilmington Water Tours
South Water Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
4.2
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Galeshawpatron
Dec 28, 2025
Fun - We loved every minute of it, and the staff was wonderful. The captain was very accommodating and told us special things about the history and the musician played perfectly wonderful music. We had a ball.
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Travelingbunchof6
Dec 1, 2025
Holiday Lights Cruise - Fun Holiday Lights boat cruise. It rained on and off during our voyage but the staff did their best to still try make the ride fun. We rode on the 7pm cruise which lasts a little over an hour. Loved the musician on the boat playing and singing live Christmas music. There were not any boats lit up on the water probably due to the rain except the Henrietta but were alot of lights on from Riverwalk and other Wilmington buildings. We still enjoyed the actual atmosphere of the boat, kind staff, and the Rum Punch!
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Rpcascardo62
Dec 3, 2024
Fun holiday night - It was very enjoyable. Music was fantastic and crew was fun. The sights were beautiful. We really enjoyed the holiday cocktails too!
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Jenna_j
Jan 3, 2026
The experience itself was... - The experience itself was good. The four star rating was due to a very limited bar selection. Their special holiday drinks where not available due to not having the liquor in addition to some standard wine choices. I'm not a big drinker but if you're going to advertise a boat with a bar seems you should have it stocked especially at holiday time. That was disappointing.
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Thejaytees
Dec 29, 2025
This cruise was a big disappointment. - I learned of the Wilmington Water Tours Holiday Lights cruise from an article that I read on-line that said that this boat tour was a great way to see downtown Wilmington's festive holiday lights AND see the weekend drone show over the Cape Fear River. The tour provider's website said to "enjoy holiday tunes from our local musicians". That sounded like so much fun! I booked the 12/27/25 7:00 p.m. cruise for my family of 9 so that we would be on the boat for Wilmington's drone show from 7:30-7:45. I did not see one drone. The 3 members of our family sitting at the front of the boat could see part of the show. The 6 of us at the back of the boat could not see any of it. We were sitting by the bar and their cooler was leaking water on the floor right by where we would have had to walk to stand at the front of the boat to see a glimpse of the drone show and we didn't want to walk through the possibly slippery puddle to stand up front. While the musician's music was nice - it was not holiday tunes! He played music like "American Pie"! Oh my. He played one holiday tune - Elvis's "Blue Christmas". I was quite disappointed. I do not recommend this Holiday Lights Cruise. I'm sure they are a good tour provider but this tour was not as it was advertised.
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From $30
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).