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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.

Quack Partners Announced...

You may already know that when you ride with the best san francisco duck tour you get a free duck billed noisemaker called a Wacky Quacker, but Ride The Ducks San Francisco is proud to announce our Wacky Quacker Program.  Just show your Wacky Quacker at any of the below establishments and save. 

• Hard Rock Cafe - 10% discount on food and merchandise plus priority seating.
• Knuckles at the Wharf - 10% discount on food items.
• The Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf -   $3.00 off regular admission.
• Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum - $3.00 off regular price general admission (ages 13 and older) and $1.00 off regular price children admission (ages 5-12).
• Ghirardelli Ice Cream and Chocolate Shops - $1.00 off any specialty Sunday OR 10% off any chocolate purchase.
• Winery Collective - 10% discount on tasting.

Meet the Captains!

Greg Penglis 

GREG PENGLIS, formerly a Singing Telegram Performer and FAA Certified Flight Instructor (among other professions), Greg Penglis is one of our most enthusiastic tour guides. Versed in both Cable Car and Duck Tours, Greg will keep you laughing and entertained while truly interesting knowledge of San Francisco history and culture enters your brain. He is highly accomplished with his Wacky Quacker duck calls, which he will gladly share with you. Greg has traveled extensively, and might very well have been where you are from. He loves the outdoors and is only really happy when he is moving, especially through the streets of San Francisco or putting around the Bay. Feel free to share your stories and jokes while with Greg as his tours are most interactive.

Meet the Captains!

Duck Rogers

Duck Rogers is our newest Duck Captain. Known for his parrot and bubble gun, Duck Rogers' tours are sure to impress. Expect to dance the Macarena and quack along to a variety of songs while learning San Francisco's colorful history. Roger has traveled all over the world and has a 70-pound rescue German Shepherd named Rocky, who is a therapy dog. You wont see Rocky on the Duck though, all dogs (unless they're service animals).

Did You Know?

The country's first Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco in 1848. In an act typical of San Francisco's mixing of cultures, the Japanese Hagiwara family invented "Chinese" fortune cookies at Chinatown's Ross Alley fortune cookie factory, a Rube Goldberg-like contraption turns them out by the dozens. Don't miss Ross Alley on your Ride the Ducks tour. It's a small street, but a very important one!

San Francisco Duck Tour - Ride The Ducks San Francisco

Experience San Francisco sightseeing from a ducks eye view on the best San Francisco Duck Tour, brought to you by Ride The Ducks San Francisco. Travel on land and water in an amphibious vehicle crafted from the WW II DUKW. RIDE through San Franciscos historic streets and neighborhoods. SPLASH down into the bay and cruise McCovey Cove. QUACK along with the Captain as he en-tour-tains you with stories of past and present. Drive the duck if you want! The only duck tour in San Francisco with the famous Wacky Quackers™. CLICK HERE TO WATCH US ON YOUTUBE

Restaurant Review - Hard Rock Cafe

From the Grateful Dead to Sly and the Family Stone, you can uncover San Francisco's legendary musical lineage while enjoying a filling meal at the Hard Rock Cafe San Francisco. In the 1960s, political protests, the infamous "summer of love" and of course, the ground-breaking music scene all marked San Francisco as an important and pivotal locale for culture. And take it from us—this city with a past still makes the scene, now. Whether we're talking foot-stomping live music or another 6.5 on the Richter, San Francisco truly rocks! Back in the day hippies used to congregate at Haight-Ashbury, but these days the rockinest spot is the HRC San Francisco.

Where else can you eat the tastiest burger in town, trippin' out on groovy rock artifacts and treasures, while jamming to the most outta sight tunes? Our mind-blowing memorabilia collection featuring great locals is far out, man! Grateful Dead, Faith No More, Jefferson Airplane, Journey, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, Vince Guaraldi these are just a few of the local bands that made it big. Now you can get in on big action yourself with the Cafe that's rocking San Francisco! Here at Pier 39 we've got fab views of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, the San Francisco Bay, and the City skyline.

Meet the Captains!

Captain Crabby

Captain Crabby is back from wintering in Mexico. He is a seasoned Duck Captain previously working at our Baltimore locations. Don't be fooled by his name, Capt. Crabby is a kind, hilarious, informative tour guide who can be spotted wearing glittery Quackers designed by his granddaughter. Don't miss his tour before he migrates to Mexico again!

Ride the Ducks Makes a Big Splash in San Francisco by Supporting the Fight Against Breast Cancer

The ever-popular amphibious tour operator, Ride The Ducks, has just made a big splash in San Francisco by partnering with the San Francisco affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to introduce a very special pink Wacky Quacker™ promotion that will have everyone in our community ready to "quack, waddle and roll" in the fight against breast cancer.

The Limited-Edition Pink Wacky Quackers™ will be on sale from July 20 to October 31, 2009, while supplies last.  The standard yellow Wacky Quakers™ are only available to Ride The Ducks passengers. However, for this special campaign to support the breast cancer movement, anyone can purchase a pink Wacky Quacker™ at the location below for only $5, with $4 of each purchase being donated to the Susan G. Komen San Francisco affiliate.

 If you've ever walked down the streets of San Francisco and heard the sounds of kids and adults "quacking" with joy, you know just how much fun and energizing these Wacky Quakers™ can be.  And now, you can have your very own limited-edition pink Wacky Quakers™, while at the same time supporting the fight against breast cancer.

The Limited-Edition Pink Wacky Quackers™ are available for purchase at the Ride The Ducks boarding center at Jefferson & Taylor streets (across from the iconic Fisherman’s Wharf sign), San Francisco, California.  For more information: visit www.sanfranciscoducks.com, call 415-922-2425 or email info@sanfranciscoducks.com.