Motorized Cable Cars Light Up The Season!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Motorized Cable Cars Light Up The Season!

Ride The Ducks San Francisco's sister company, Classic Cable Car Sightseeing is lighting up the 2009 holiday season with a special Holiday Lights tour of San Francisco. Departing from both Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf, the 1½ hour cable car tour wends throughout the city to take in many of the illuminated attractions of San Francisco, including: the Union Street Fantasy of Lights, Macy’s Christmas Tree and window displays, Pier 39 Christmas Tree and holiday decorations, Ghirardelli Square Christmas Tree and lights, Embarcadero Center holiday displays, the new Market Street lights and many more.

As passengers on this one-of-a-kind tour, holiday revelers will be treated to a complimentary Santa hat to take home, warm blankets for use on the tour, candy canes and holiday music.

Beginning on November 27th, the tours will run every Wednesday through Sunday and daily between December 16th and Jan 3rd with limited tours and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Departures are at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. from both Union Square, on the corner of Geary and Powell, and Fisherman’s Wharf at the corner of Jefferson and Taylor.

Advanced reservations are required by calling (415) 596-9929 or at classiccablecar.com. The prices are as follows: Adults (18+) = $24; Seniors (62+) = $22; Children (5-17) = $14; and Children (0-4) ride FREE. Private charters for up to 300 are available by calling (415) 922-2425.

Meet Splash

As the official mascot for Ride The Ducks, Splash is an animated, ducky caricature that is the face of a company that sells nothing but fun! Standing at 6’0” and weighing in at a whopping 200 pounds, Splash’s sunny disposition exemplifies the personality of Ride The Ducks. Considered “fowl” by some, most children and adults gravitate to this fun-loving mascot upon first sight.
Everywhere he goes, Splash gives a little piece of himself away…even when he’s not available to hop aboard personally to join guests for their “quack-tacular” tour of the City-by-the-Bay. As a special souvenir for Ride The Ducks patrons, Splash has trademarked his fabulously famous “bill” and replicated his own “Wacky Quackers™” which is gifted to each rider so that they too can make a big splash during their journey through San Francisco. View my complete profile here.

About the Duck Vehicle

Ducks were first built by General Motors in 1942 and were basically a truck enclosed in a water-tight shell. You may think they are called ducks because they can splash into the water and out again, but actually DUKW is a military acronym. The letters are codes indicating that it was designed in 1942 (D), for utility/amphibious purposes (U), with front wheel drive (K), and two rear driving axles (W).

The first operational use of the DUKW was in March, 1943, when the U.S. landed Army troops on Noumea, New Caledonia. Later organized into companies, the DUKW displayed its versatility by carrying ammunition directly from anchored ships to shore.

Today Ride The Ducks is the amphibious tour industry leader - with over 75 vehicles in operation on rivers, lakes, bays and other waterways around the USA. The Ride The Ducks vehicle is considered a "state of the art" amphibious vehicle vehicle built from the ground up to maximize a safe and comfortable tour for our guests. US Coast Guard certified Ride The Ducks vehicles are not refurbished WWII vehicles. You can read more about our vehicles here.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Motorized Cable Cars Light Up The Season!

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