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The Southern Empress Cruises

2.8 (137 reviews)
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PlanYourRomance Y.

My husband and I play a dating game with our dates. We plan our dates around an alphabet letter and then surprise each other with our plans. It was my turn to plan and I had the letter "C". This is where the "Southern Empress" CAME in to play. I wanted to do a dinner CRUISE and how perfect that the boat happens to be on Lake CONROE and exciting that it was a murder mystery CRUISE. The Southern Empress resembles an 1800s sternwheeler riverboat and showcases a rich history and CHARM of an era. The boat is supposed to look a bit old, but in all seriousness I believe the look added to the boats CHARACTER. So, what my husband still didn't know was there would be a CRIME COMMITTED while we sailed around Lake CONROE. The first hour on the boat was COCKTAIL hour. We were able to walk around the boat and enjoy its CHARISMATIC CHARM. Some of the CHARACTERS walked around the boat and CHEERFULLY introduced themselves to set the scene. We went to the lower deck for a planned dinner of CHICKEN, mashed potatoes, and blackforest CAKE. As dinner CONTINUED on, we learned of the CRIME and were given CONFIDENTIAL papers where we could CHANNEL our inner detective. We engaged in CONVERSATION, gathered CLUES, and solved the CASE. It was a lot of fun and the evening was quite CAPTIVATING. The CREW were friendly, entertaining, and attentive to us all. The CASH bar selection was great (they did take CC) and the food was good especially for having to serve so many. We had a great time and we both said we wanted to come back.

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Jay S.

What a great night out! We went on the Valentine's Day Cruise and had so much fun! The food was delicious, prime rib was cooked well, and cheesecake was awesome! Jeff the owner was so nice and made sure we were happy and Barbara was also so fun and funny, what a great staff!

Debra R.

Our first time with 3 couples. I was pleasantly surprised how good the food was! DJ was amazing and he sang too! Captain and staff were amazing. I would definitely go again. The boat does need a little TLC but overall we all had an amazing time.

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I normally love to leave positive reviews and try to focus on showcasing good companies BUT this…read moretime, I have to leave a horrible review... This place is absurd. They lie to customers saying repairs will be handled within a certain timeframe and then push it back over and over. After waiting almost a month to have something "fixed" when they said it would be done within 1 week - Not only did we lose out on being able to use our camper for a trip and had to pay extra for a reservation that had to be canceled due to an incorrect timeline given by Ron Hoover, but now they lied and said it was ready but when we went to pick it up, it's still broken!! Then they said it would cost MORE money and more time to fix "that part" when it was the original reason we took it to them in the first place! We are starting to question the integrity of this company and the quality of their work. Beware.

I would give them zero if possible. The general manager needs to pay attention to the day to day…read more It's been a year trying to get warranty work done. We have had the rv in three times and warranty work isn't done. They say each time they couldn't do this or that due to parts needed. Each time they were supposed to have the parts. Now we were suppose to take it next week (we've given them five months to get the parts). Today they say the parts are not in. Never had such poor service from any merchant. First trip we took (new camper) and the auto leveling didn't work, the service manager said to call out a mobile service and they'd reimburse us. That's been two years still no reimbursement. At this point we are looking into legal avenues to get this resolved.

The Southern Empress Cruises - boating - Updated May 2026

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