Travel Reference
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773/648-5000.
www.chicagotrolley.com. All-day hop-on, hop-off pass $25
adults, $20 seniors, $10 children 3-11; family package (2 adults, 2 children) $64.
Apr-Oct daily 9am-6:30pm; Nov-Mar daily 9am-5pm.
LAKE & RIVER CRUISES
Chicago from the Lake
This company runs two types of 90-
minute cruises: a tour of architecture along the Chicago River, and
excursions that travel on the lake and river to explore the develop-
ment of the city. The price includes coffee (Starbucks, no less),
lemonade, cookies, and muffins. For tickets, call or stop by the com-
pany's ticket office on the lower level on the east end of River East
Plaza. Advance reservations are recommended.
465 N. McClurg Ct., at the end of E. Illinois St.
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312/527-1977.
www.chicagoline.
com. Tickets $32 adults, $30 seniors, $18 children 7-18, free for children 6 and
under. May-Oct daily. Tours depart hourly 9am-4pm Memorial Day to Labor Day;
every 2 hr. 10am-4pm May, Sept, and Oct.
Mystic Blue Cruises
A more casual alternative to fancy dinner
cruises, this is promoted as more of a “fun” ship (that means DJs at
night, although you'll have to put up with some kind of “live enter-
tainment” no matter when you sail). Daily lunch and dinner excur-
sions are available, as are midnight voyages on weekends. The same
company offers more formal (and expensive) cruises aboard the
Odyssey
(www.odysseycruises.com) and motorboat rides on the
70-passenger
Seadog
(www.seadogcruises.com), if you really want to
feel the water in your face.
Departing from Navy Pier.
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877/299-7783.
www.mysticbluecruises.com. Lunch
cruise $32-$37; dinner cruise $60-$80; midday cruise $25; moonlight cruise $30.
Cruises run year-round.
Shoreline Sightseeing
Shoreline launches 30-minute lake
cruises every half-hour from its two dock locations at the Shedd
Aquarium and Navy Pier. Shoreline has also gotten in on the popu-
larity of architecture tours. Narrated by architectural guides, they
cost more than regular tours. A
water taxi
also runs every half-hour
between Navy Pier and the Sears Tower, Michigan Avenue, and the
Shedd Aquarium. Tickets for the water taxi cost $3 to $13, depend-
ing how far you travel.
Departing from Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, and Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park.
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312/222-9328.
www.shorelinesightseeing.com. Tickets weekdays $14 adults,
$13 seniors, $6 children 11 and under ($1 more per ticket on weekends); architec-
tural tours $24 adults, $21 seniors, $12 children 11 and under ($2 more per ticket
on weekends). May-Sept daily. Tours depart hourly 10am-5:30pm Memorial Day to
Labor Day; every 30 min. 10am-4pm May and Sept.
