General Jackson Showboat

Nashville, Tennessee

3.5

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This 100-yard paddle-wheeler cruises the Cumberland River each day. Once aboard, the atmosphere ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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What to expect on the General Jackson (Dinner Cruise): 6:15-6:45 Boarding 6:55-7:10 Seating 7:10-7:30 Meet your server /Cocktails (Cash bar) 7:40 Salads, Entrees (Top Sirloin, Chicken Roulade, Veggies, and Potatoes; or Pasta w / Cheese sauce and shrimp) 8:40 Check out the downtown view outside (Beautiful city view at night.) 8:50 Dessert, Coffee, Show (SING!) more on Yahoo! Travel

The food we had was excellent, the only drawback was that no alcoholic beverages were included. more on Yahoo! Travel

We did the Gen. Jackson dinner cruise and it was fabulous. more on Yahoo! Travel

You help yourself outside to catfish, barbecue beef--which was better that I imagined--and etouffe. more on TripAdvisor

Once aboard, the atmosphere and hospitality will usher you back to the 19th century. more on igougo

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If you like seeing a river you will like the tour... more on Yahoo! Travel

My husaband and I were celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary and went on this dinner cruise. It was WONDERFUL!! The food, the service, the entertainment...WOW! It is well worth the money. I have told everyone to go on this ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This is a great experience!
Went on an evening dinner cruise. The dinner included everything! Salad, entree, dessert and coffee. Then the show came on. It was called SING. A fantastic group of performers sang a wide variety ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The General Jackson was wonderful. Me and my husband and I live here in Clarsville and my parents came out from Utah with my daughter and my niece and we all had a wonderful time. The dinner meal was great and the entertainment was ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Very overrated attraction. The riverboat departs at noon. Slowly moves thru about 45 minutes of dark water and over grown trees. From noon until 2 p.m. you are waiting to eat. Echos of country music from below of a first "feeding". ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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Nice ride down the Cumberland River. We took an evening ride just before dark. The live entertainment, the conversation and the lazy ride down the scenic river were very memorable. Then time came for ... more on TripAdvisor

Steve Hall and the Shot Gun Red Band are first class entertainers. His two sidekicks can do many impresonations that are "dead on." It is amazing to think that someone can be be born blind and birth a ... more on TripAdvisor

The food was highly season and poor, There was alot of waiters and he got everyone at the table one drink and after that he basicly said you have to now go to the bar and get it yourself.. There were ... more on TripAdvisor

My husband (who doesn't usually enjoy musicals) and I really liked the Country Music USA production on our General Jackson River Cruise!! Our food was delicious and the service excellent. We had some ... more on TripAdvisor

My friends and I took the dinner cruise, price was about $90 per person...to us, not worth it. Rather than getting your tickets on line, go to the little tourist office in Nashville Plaza by the Fiddl ... more on TripAdvisor

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Touring all the sights in Nashville was awesome, but the General Jackson showboat was a spectacular experience. Along with the nostalgic feeling of being aboard a 19th century river boat, There was superb entertainment with the likes ... more on Yahoo! Travel

If you like seeing a river you will like the tour... more on Yahoo! Travel

Heads up to any 20-something who wants to impress their parents -- take them on this trip! It is a bit pricey, you're going to drop $75 on each of them but it is well worth it. Don't cheap out either, take the full deal of ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I was very disappointed in the whole thing - it was totally not what I was lead to believe. There was no 3 course meal - it was picnic buffet! The wait staff did nothing - we had to go inside to get our own drinks which were not included ... more on Yahoo! Travel