NYC’s Splash Tours Reinvents Itself as NYC Ducks

NYC Ducks and its new duck mascot, Captain Henry, are new names for New York City’s first land and water visitor experience. Although the tour is steering away from the Splash Tours name, the improved product is still the only half-boat, half-bus amphibious vehicle in the nation with an exciting multi-media theater component.

In the NYC Ducks Theater, travelers are rocked and splashed through a documentary, replicating Henry Hudson’s stormy voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. NYC Ducks will begin service on April 4, 2008Captain Henry will be introduced in conjunction with the new Duck theme to visitors at promotional events.

The NYC Ducks route starts in Times Square, on the east side of Broadway between 47th and 48th Streets and navigates the avenues of Manhattan to the waters of the Hudson River. Along the way, entertaining and informative tour guides point out some of New York City’s world-famous sites.

Ducks can accommodate 44 customers or shipmates plus two crewmembers. The new Duck Fleet will be introduced on April 4, 2008 and the land and water Duck explorations will operate through October, and may extend through November depending on weather conditions.