This is a must! So much fun, especially when you go with a group. The water feels cool on a hot day, you're surrounded by trees and other beautiful nature. Saw ducks and turtles. And it can be so relaxing! This is one of my favorite things to do every summer! read more

This is an awesome experience. Staff are great, process is simple, total travel time is minimal, drop off & pick up taken care of, and Super affordable. Beautiful nature, great mix of sun and tree coverage, birds chirping, seeing ducks/geese and deer, calming and peacful. We have done Float the River multiple Summers now and have loved it every time! They offer a clean up the river float option sometimes too, which is cool to float and pick up trash. read more

We did the Tube & Tiki event on August 8. It wasn't the best executed event. Honestly, it was a total cluster. Upon check-in, the person spoke so quickly that we had no idea what she even said to us. My friend and I looked at each completely confused. He had a VIP ticket and was supposed to receive a light-up lei, a waterproof device case, a VIP wristband, and a regular wristband. What he received: light-up lei and 2 wristbands. We never received his waterproof device case, which honestly really sucked because we were counting on that because we needed it. I had regular admission and received my wristband and regular lei from a more helpful check-in person, while my VIP friend was left stranded and clueless. I bought a cup because I was I was in a rush from earlier and needed a reusable container. As someone who had never done this before, I didn't know what "cooler tube" meant, so I thought it was a cooler rental, so I was mega confused. I get it now: it's an inner tube that floats with you and your soft cooler. The website is not helpful for first timers. Okay, so we get on the shuttle, mildly panicked, hoping that all devices survive because we don't get our dry bag we paid for with the VIP ticket. We wanted to ask, but they called for boarding the shuttle and the tent was gone after we floated the river. We had a nice time on the river itself. Tiki Underground was NOT prepared for all of us to head over after floating the river. The staff was confused. The patio was crowded with the regular crowd. We had to turn in our wristbands for our drink tickets, so we couldn't use our wristbands around the rest of the downtown, which would've been nice to know. I don't think I would do another themed event. I would float the river again overall. Note: I did contact the company about the phone case on Saturday when we returned to our vehicle, hoping we could make arrangements for it. Since the ticket was $90 and it was included with it, it would be nice to have for other float the rivers in the future. I have not yet received a response. I will call if nothing by the weekend. read more

I had an amazing time floating the river with the Beads by Niza group. The energy by the attendees and group leaders was amazing and we all enjoyed ourselves. I will definitely be doing it again soon. read more

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We had a great time there was 8 of us ! We liked that they have a choice of tubes, some with ​bottoms and without and you can connect 5 tubes together! Not sure if the river just wasn't flowing much that day but it took us 2 hours and we were having so much fun it didnt seem that long ! Would definitely recommend! Also loved the lady bus driver we had on way there ! read more

We love Float the River. This was our second year doing it and we will be back again. The two things I would recommend are, the tubes be taken better care of and that there are more of the closed bottom tubes. The tube area when we arrived was a mess. It was just a mountain of dirty wet tubes thrown all over and some of them were not inflated enough and some of the tubes with headrests, had headrests that were not inflated at all. We had to dig through the mountain of tubes to find ones with bottoms that felt inflated enough and several other people there at the same time were doing the same thing. Highly recommend getting more closed bottom tubes since most people when we were there were looking for the closed bottom tubes with headrests and also, the tubes need be taken better care of along with the whole tube area. It's not convenient or fun for people to be digging through all the wet, partially inflated, dirty tubes. Other than that, the experience has been wonderful both times and we have recommended it to other people. Thank You! read more

The people are very kind, reservations were easy to make (and adjust...) and the bus drivers are super pleasant. Shout out to the folks who helped my clumsy self get off the raft and out of the water! read more

Best way to spend a hot summer afternoon. The staff takes such good care of you and such an easy way to float with no worries!!!

Our group had a blast tubing down the river! It lasted just under an hour because the water was high. I called a few times to get a water report and they were always very helpful. We reserved the night before and they had plenty of availability for our group of 8 on a sunny Sunday afternoon. This was one of many stops along our bachelorette weekend and a favorite of many! read more

Float the River - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

The perfect way to spend a summer day! Float the river is a 1-2 hour river float down the Cuyahoga River. They offer tubes, kayaks, and I think paddle boards to rent. It's a relaxing, easy float. The water levels vary but even in the deepest areas you can stand. The river water is also clean. There is a bus that drives you to the starting location and picks you up at the end to drive you back to your car. read more

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A fantastic way to spend a lazy afternoon. Grab 10 of your friends, load up the cars with your favorite snacks and beverages, hop on an inner tube, and enjoy lazily floating down the mighty Cuyahoga River! They have two types..one with an open bottom and the other is solid if you don't want to dip your butt in the water. They also have cooler floats for all your drinks, snacks, and other stuff. Price is pretty reasonable and you can have your entire group linked together. You will have a blast! read more

Float the River - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

We do this as a Girls Trip yearly. So much fun and very well run! The river is so clean. Nature abounds! We saw turtles, ducks and a huge heron. This is a definite must do!!! read more

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Really fun day! Highly recommend! Took about an hour and 15 min to get down the river. Easy quick bus ride there and back from the parking lot. read more

Beautiful way to spend a couple hrs so relaxing. Allowing children to play in the river by themselves should be restricted. There were children harassing the wildlife and throwing rocks. Otherwise we will continue to come year after year. This was our 3rd or 4th year. read more

Float the River - Such a relaxing day. - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

We never got to experience it. last year we went to Cuyahoga Fall to float for a 50th birthday and it stormed. was told to come back the next day and they wanted us to clean the river. this year we tried Zanesville Float the River only to get canceled on our way there w hotel room already booked. went to Walmart bought tubes in their clearance section for $5.00 and floated on our own. read more

This was our first time ever going down a lazy river. The weather was perfect. The people were informative and very helpful. Totally relaxing. The only thing I would say not really even negative is that if you can't walk that well, there is small hike from the road to the river. Other than that thanks for the experience. read more

Float the River - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Highly recommend this company! Erica was extremely kind and accommodating!! Such a blast!!!

I'm mixed about this place. We went last summer and loved it so much that we ended up buying the same tubes. Today we floated and the owner (I think that's who he said he was) stopped us and accused us of stealing the tubes. We were on the other side of the river and they aren't even open today! The rude and accusing approach was so unacceptable. He wouldn't let it go even when I went to show him my receipt for the tubes. I won't be telling more friends about how great this place initially was based on today's encounter. read more

Spent a couple hours floating with friends in summer 2020. It was a great time had by all. The bus drops you off and picks you up at the end taking you back to were you started. We went on a Saturday. The River wasn't packed but it was easy to stop in most places if it got congested at all. Probably because it was a Saturday the selection of rafts was somewhat limited. For example ones with bottoms vs. Ones without. Im a small person so to be able to stay in the raft comfortably I needed a bottom I could sit in. The rafts had rope that you could tie on to your group to stick together. We brought cups to put our beverages in but no one was policing our coolers and we were able to stay hydrated and enjoy our time. Would do it again! read more

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Float The River is always a good time. All of the employees focus on safety but also on everyone having a great adventure. Definitely rent the extra cooler tube for your coolers, towels, etc. I recommend that solid bottom tubes. read more

Always a great time with the family! I especially love the "clean the river" adventures! Although I think they should have them more often considering how much we always find! We now even take sakes with us when we go out on our own kayaks! Clean up after yourself people! ThNk you float the river for helping to clean up out community! read more

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Gather round Yelpers, for this is the most comprehensive review of Float The River you will find online. I know, because I looked for it and couldn't find it. Behold! I did a float the summer of 2020. We reserved our tickets online for a more random increment of time during the day during the week. They did a great job controlling the amount of people, but again, because we were on a random weekday, we had no issues. You'll meet at a parking garage and check-in at a small tent. Bring as little as possible with you. Spend the extra dough to buy a cooler floater so you can store some snacks or really just use it for your stuff (it's worth the money). After check-in, a bus will take you to the float location. The staff will give you your float and help you get settled into the water. Buy a waterproof bag for your phone ahead of time. I saw someone drop there's in the river and it was a huge trauma for them. Wear your swimsuit, with maybe some clothes or water clothes over it you wouldn't mind getting wet or dirty. You are floating in a river afterall, and while it's clean, you'll encounter mud, bugs and other random river things. In my opinion, this is something everyone should do once. Clevelanders don't appreciate the Cuyahoga River enough and Float the River is a fun way to experience it differently! read more

Float the River - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Went on 7/7/2024... I had a group of 10. Best lazy day you could ever ask. It's very relaxing and laid back. Definitely recommend getting the pink tubes , and definitely pay the extra $15 for the cooler tubes so you something throw your things in. I brought snacks for my group to snacks on... I did have younger kids as well. My 9yr son had the best time of his life, and he said. read more

Float the River - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Really friendly group of people running this. We had a fun and relaxing time floating down the river. It was beautiful to just hang out and float down the river. We went early so it wasn't too hot. They ran on time. The bus driver was nice and we didn't have to wait long once we got out of the water. Would definitely do this again. Great experience. read more

Had a really good experience Sunday floating the river. Everything is incredibly professional and easy. There are signs marking where to park, tents with signup info and fantastic employees that explain everything so well. We brought large coolers and payed an extra $20 for a float to put the coolers on the raft. Everything was quick and seamless, so they aren't like checking your coolers or anything. A lot of people brought Yeti containers with drinks. They bus you to Brust Park, where there's an enormous pile of rafts, take one and go float. The trip isn't all that long, but you can easily make it take a while. You don't have to stay with the group you started with. You just finish at your own pace, and a bus will be there at the end to take you back. Just make sure you're on the last bus for the day and you're good. We started at noon and made multiple pit stops to just swim and enjoy the river. We made the 1.5 hour voyage take about 3 hours. I'd definitely do it again. read more

Very unprofessional and rude staff member at check in. Argued with me when I questioned the canceling of our raft trip 20 minutes before we were supposed to go. read more

Pros: - really fun and easy way to relax and be outside on the water - easy to order tickets - professional and kind customer service - they answered on the first ring when we called to move our time out an hour - the bus to/from the drop off was super easy (it's an old school bus - cool kids sit in the back lol) - fun vibe at checkin/drop off - you can buy waterproof bags to bring your phone along, but it's way cheaper to get some on Amazon and bring with you! Cons: - it's just too short! Our float was a little over an hour (though admittedly we didn't take many breaks along the river banks like some people do) - "spiders fell on us from tree branches!" (my boyfriend wants to make sure that's mentioned haha) - they'll charge you the same price even if you bring your own float - a little pricey for the length of the trip, but there are so many people working to keep things running smoothly it makes sense they need money to pay them All in all I totally recommend this fun afternoon activity. You can do this, and have time for other fun or whatever else is on your schedule in the evening. read more

Float the River - My boyfriend turning 40 and floating! - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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We went at 10, which was perfect because it got very busy. We did not really need drinks etc. it started raining half way through our float. It was still lovely. It look us 1.45 min from getting on the bus to returning to the car. read more

great experience! well organized helpful staff! They accommodated us when we had to change our date!

A friend told me about this place. What a great time! Pros: *Ordering tickets online and reserving a spot was super easy. * Everyone was extremely nice and enthusiastic. Our bus drivers both ways were funny, interactive and personable. *very relaxing float down the river. * being able to 'sign the bus' was a unique way to become part of the history. Cons: *wish we would have known about the push sick's to rent as there was a lot of debris and fallen trees along the way. We became stuck multiple times. Perhaps that can be put on the website. * Didn't realize that there were multiple types of float tubes. If you go, make sure you get one with a mesh bottom. * My tube that I had chosen was lacking air. Didn't realize this until halfway down the river. I was basically folded up like a taco inside my tube and it was a little uncomfortable. All in all it was a great time, and we will definitely come back. read more

So this was our second time floating with float the river. Check in was easy like last time. Paid $10 for the cooler tube at check in. My only complaint is that the person driving the bus never said a word to our group. Like literally not even hello. Just sat there when we got on the bus, same thing when we got off and didn't converse with us on the ride. The person that came on the bus before we left really wasn't that much more enthused. Last year they were way more interactive and wanted everyone to have a good time. I see posts from people talking about how friendly and talkative the driver was... joking around and such. Guess we didn't get that one. Also last year there were people kind of directing the traffic at the pick up point so you'd know when the float was ending. There was no one out in the water this year, one girl almost kept on floating by as did my mom. Granted we were watching her but she had to jump out in water up to her neck to get out, and she's almost 80 years old. Just a suggestion to always have a look out at the end of the float just in case. We were a group of 10 so we had to get everyone out together. We would return, but hopefully we'll get a me friendly and interested driver. read more

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Fun experience with family. Pros- easy to register, shuttle service, free parking, no interaction or supervision, relaxing, easy to use tubes Cons- too short (about 1 1/2 hrs), many obstacles (downed trees, rocks in water) that we had to navigate and not just float, TONS of dragonflies landing on us all day A fun day out. You will get a little wet getting in and out of the tubes. Suggest to wear water shoes. No flip flops. read more

Very well organized with every aspect of the adventure from placing reservations, to connecting our tubes together,and getting us in and out of the water. Staff was very friendly and helpful! read more

I had the best experience here. My two friends and I showed up without a reservation because we weren't sure what time we wanted to go. I let the worker I was speaking with know that and he was able to get is in no problem. He was so kind about us and really helped us out. Everyone I encountered had such good attitudes and they were accommodating. Once we went to get on the tubes we didn't realize you had to pay for the cooler floatie but I was able to play on the spot via venmo for it which was very convenient because I don't carry cash. After our float the guy who helped us out was so nice too. I had the best time floating and hanging out with my friends and we had a great time. Might have gotten stuck a few times but it made it more fun!!! Would definitely recommend it to everyone. read more

I have my own kayak in this guy's have shuttled me many times. they're very reliable on-time friendly people in the shuttle service is incredibly affordable. read more

We took a ride down the river yesterday. The first 10 minutes were relaxing and enjoyable. Then thunderstorms rolled in and it became a terrifying and cold adventure with a 7 year old. Why wouldn't the staff be monitoring the weather conditions prior to launching a bunch of people down the river with no way out? I understand that rain happens and the conditions can't be guaranteed but it seems that someone from the Float the River staff should have been monitoring conditions for thunder and lightening storms? It was disappointing and not a fun experience at all. We were scared that we were going to be struck by lightening. read more

This was the worst experience. First off they need to be clear online about what you can bring and can't bring. No disposable items meaning no water bottles plastic bags can chips none of that. Second off when we got to the actual river and got in the water there were no sticks to guide us so we winded up getting stuck multiple times in the trees we were told there were no more guiding sticks. If you don't have one be prepared to work out. Third off, well it started storming at the very end which caused us to get stuck so we had to jump out and walk(VERY BAD IDEA DO NOT JUMP Out) there are rocks all at the bottom that makes it unbearable to walk on if you have no shoes on(wear swim shoes!!) needless to say I almost drowned cause at the end it gets deep and you can't touch the ground and then trying to get out the water at the end is a task there is no decent walkway to get out it's a struggle. Needless to say it was a workout more than it was relaxing oh and let's not forget the dragon flys attacking us the whole ride. read more

Don't book with this group! They stole our money They cancelled on our group of 10 at the last minute. Because the river was too high. That's fine but they refused to refund our money. they offered a voucher but we had a bunch of people from out of state and couldn't do this in the future. They did not operate that day at all. They didn't t even show up to tell us it was canceled. They incurred no costs that day yet still wouldn't refund us. They stole money. They took our money without providing the service. DO NOT BOOK WITH THEM read more

Took a float on the Cuyahoga for the first time today with Float The River. Had so much fun! Will definitely go again and highly recommend you try it out. read more

My mom and a few of her friends checked this out, and said it was terrible. The owner was very rude and her overall experience was awful. They certainly care more about the money than your safety. She also said her tube was filthy and didn't look to be cleaned in awhile. Her friend was asked how much she weighs because there is a weight limit for their tubes, but she only weighs 167 pounds. The $20 a person (each of her friends) price is very high. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND USE YOUR OWN TUBE AND GO DOWN THE RIVER FOR FREE. There's no need to pay $20 to rent a tube for only an hour or so. Keep in mind that before these owners made this a way to make money off of people, they were using their own tubes and the river free. After the experience my mom had, I ordered her a very nice brand new tube for just $29 on Amazon. She no longer has to go through these owners and can take her tube on the river whenever she wants for free. There are also lots of tubes cheaper than $30. Just buy your own and use the river free! Please don't let these owners take advantage of you. They do not own the river. They are simply just citizens who started a business. I'm sure they tell people things to make people want to go through them (for their own profit) regardless of the fact that they know anyone can use their own tube and river free of charge. Once again, the couple that owns this business were using their own tubes on the river free, and saw a opportunity to make money. read more