Good Day Elegant Readers,

Hope you are having a great holiday weekend of rest and relaxation.

A few months ago I was contacted to take an Xperience Days activity experience.  Xperience Days offers 1,000 of activity experience gifts in the US and UK from cooking classes to dinner cruises. My hubby and I choose a diner jazz cruise in Memphis operated by Memphis Riverboats Inc. I had to make a change to our  original cruise date because a friend of ours had passed way and we wanted to attend the memorial service. Our representative and his supervisor from Xperience and the people at Memphis Riverboats were so accommodating and understanding. We were able to arrange another date with no problem.

We arrived at the registration center by 7:00pm so we could set sail at 7:30pm.

 We arrived at the small parking lot, expecting to pay five or ten dollars. Thankfully, it was free, so awesome. My recommendation is to arrive early because by the time arrived, only a few parking spaces were left. The lot attendant asked two people to move their cars because they were not going on the cruise.  The attendant asked ask if we were here for the cruise. We let him that we were. He said enjoy your cruise and we said we will. It was great to know that the lot was reserved for only people traveling on the dinner cruises.

The parking space was near at the ticket building entrance. We came up to the counter, gave them our registration certificate and they knew who we were. The process was so easy and quick.  We got our tickets and went outside and waited to get on the boat.

The view was beautiful and serene as the sun was setting over the river.

My hubby looks so relaxed.

We were suppose to leave on the Island Queen boat at 7:30pm but we actually boarded at that time. The boat arrived late in the harbor.

We waited in this area for the boat to arrive. Everyone was really nice. Families were going on the cruise together, celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and there was even a wedding party.

Great view of the Island Queen boat.

 We boarded at 7:30pm and starting cruising at 7:45pm. When we first got on, I was about to find an open table to sit down; however, we had a sitting chart. We sat to the left of the band, at the first table. The dinner featured traditional Memphis BBQ fixings: maple-smoked baked beans, pulled pork, grilled marinated chicken, corn, cole slaw and a chocolate Oreo dessert. The food was served buffet style and you were called by rows to come to the buffet. The beverages was at the other end of the room.

As we were eating the band was playing some good old school jazz.

The food was good and my favorite was the baked beans with brown sugar flavoring. The band serenaded us while we ate.

The band

A kind fellow cruiser took a picture for us. So nice.

The cruise lasted about 2 hours and 15 minutes. My hubby and I enjoyed every minute of it.

If you get a chance to visit Memphis you have to take a dinner cruise from Xperience days.