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Miami: 3-Hour Party Boat Cruise & Open Bar

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 120

Mobile ticketAccepted

Three Hours on the Water, No Stopping the Music

You board at Bayside Marketplace and spend three hours on the water with a live DJ, unlimited open bar, light snacks, and dance contests including champagne showers. The boat cruises Miami's skyline and Star Island while you choose your departure time: daytime (2–5pm), sunset (8–11pm), or late night (11pm–2am on select Saturdays). Groups run up to 120 people, so the vibe is high and the bar never closes.

Step-by-step itinerary

Check in at Lombardi's Italian Restaurant
Board boat for 3-hour party cruise
Enjoy unlimited open bar drinks
Listen to live DJ and MC music
Participate in dance and twerking contests
Enjoy light snacks on board
View Miami skyline, Star Island mansions, and sunset

The Experience

You want to feel the energy without planning the whole night yourself — that's the pull of a boat party in Miami. The boat leaves from Bayside Marketplace (check in at Lombardi's Italian Restaurant, right by the Hard Rock Cafe), and the three-hour cruise runs on one of three schedules: daytime from 2pm to 5pm, sunset from 8pm to 11pm, or late night from 11pm to 2am on select Saturdays. You board with up to 120 other people, and the moment the engines turn over, the DJ and MC take over the sound. It's not subtle. Hip Hop, R&B, Latin beats — whatever gets people moving — and the bar is open the whole time you're out there.

The open bar means whiskey, rum, tequila, vodka, juices and sodas flowing for three straight hours, no tabs, no counting. Light snacks come out — hot dogs, chicken wings, chips, mozzarella sticks — enough to keep you grounded if you need it. But the real draw is the contests: twerking, wet t-shirt, dance-offs. The champagne showers happen when the energy peaks, which is usually more than once. The boat cruises the Miami skyline, so you're passing Star Island and those ridiculous mansions the whole time, and if you hit the sunset slot, that's the backdrop. You're not there to sightsee, but the view doesn't hurt.

The logistics are straightforward: you show up in your window (daytime, mid-day, sunset, or nighttime), check in, board, and the three hours start. No surprises, no hidden costs. Public transportation gets you to Bayside if you don't drive. The boat party in Miami works because it removes the decision-making — the music is chosen, the drinks are covered, the energy is already there when you walk on.

What’s included

Your three hours include unlimited mixed drinks (vodka, rum, whiskey, gin, tequila, juices and sodas), light snacks (hot dogs, chicken wings, chips and mozzarella sticks), a live DJ playing Hip Hop, Top 40, Latin and Trap hits, an MC, dance and twerking contests, champagne showers, and a cruise past Miami's skyline and Star Island mansions. Check-in happens at Lombardi's Italian Restaurant by Bayside Marketplace.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by The Miami Experience Boat Party

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to party without arranging a club, a table, or a group — the boat handles the music, the drinks and the crowd, and you just show up in the time slot that works for you.