Mother's Day Dinner Cruise Miami

This year, Island Queen Cruises is hosting a special Mother's Day Dinner Cruise aboard the Venetian Lady. This is going to be the best place to take your mother or wife and entire family for this special day. Make plans for this incredible Mother's Day Dinner Cruise.

This special Mother's Day Dinner cruise includes an unlimited dinner buffet of a tenderloin carving station with fresh baked dinner rolls, chicken marcela, bow tie pasta with 2 types of sauces fresh grilled garden veggies, scallop potatoes, fresh Greek salad and a Hong Kong desert table.

Our Venetian Lady yacht will be boarding between 3:30pm to 4:30pm and cruising until 7:30pm. The cruise will navigate the clear blue, calm waters around Miami and beautiful Biscayne Bay. Sit back and enjoy the scenery, while relaxing to our tropical background music and savor some of the best cuisine in South Florida. The most memorable Mother's Day imaginable!

Our modern yacht, the Venetian Lady, features three grand decks, 2 full bars, 2 dance floors, and state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment. She is Miami's newest private luxury charter yacht.

Please contact our office at 305.379.5119 ext 201 to make reservations for this spectacular Mother's Day Brunch Cruise. Limited Seating!

Price Adults $95.00 Children $42.95

Click here to purchase Mother's Day Dinner Cruise tickets!

Wine Tasting Event in Miami

"Wine on Harvest Moon" isn't your ordinary wine tasting event. The event, now in it's seventh year, includes fine wine, fine food and fine art under the golden light of the Harvest Moon at the Deering Estate. Every year the wine tasting event features a different region - and this year it is the Wines of Spain presented by Crown Wine and Spirits.

With a tasting map and wine glass in hand, guests can explore the historic Stone House and Richmond Cottage which are filled with a variety of Tapas prepared by a select group of Miami's Top Chefs.


Be sure to enjoy a glass of wine in the Prohibition Era Wine Cellar where Charles Deering once hid his collection of fine wine and spirits.


Guests can also enjoy the best of Flamenco presented by Clarita Filgueiras - Flamenco Puro. And be one of the first to see the new permanent exhibit "Marycel and Tamarit" in the Stone House. Tickets for Members are $60 and for Non-members are $75.

Treat yourself to the VIP experience! As a VIP Ticket holder, you are invited to arrive one hour early to enjoy a special VIP Tasting with Professor Chip Cassidy, Wine Director of Crown Wine & Spirits, a culinary tour with event sommelier Marita Leonard, Ortanique on the Mile, preview the art and enjoy a special tour of Spain as seen through the eyes of Charles Deering. You will also receive preferred VIP parking and reserved VIP seating on the Stone House Court Yard for scheduled performances throughout the evening. VIP Tickets for Members are $120 and Non-members $150.

Drink and be merry because this event is for a good cause. Proceeds benefit the Deering Estate Foundation, which serves as the advocacy support group and philanthropic arm of the Deering Estate at Cutler. The Foundation raises funds to support education, research, exhibits and collections, natural conservation and historical restoration and preservation at the Deering Estate at Cutler.

Purchase tickets early because this event has sold out in the past. To purchase tickets or for more information call 305-235-1668 ext. 263.

Cirque du Soleil Corteo coming to Miami

Corteo, one of the many touring Cirque du Soleil shows, is coming to Miami on Thursday, November 13th. That's right - they are setting up shop (actually, the Grand Chapiteau) at Bicentannial Park in Downtown Miami. Performances will be held through the end of November. I am a big fan of the Cirque du Soleil shows. I have seen several shows in Miami and Las Vegas and enjoy the creativity and uniqueness of each show. It's breathtaking what an ordinary circus has transformed to and how the enchanting music and performances take you to another world. Oh yes, let's not forget the comedy...

Corteo Tickets are on sale now exclusively for Cirque du Soleil Club Members. Becoming a member is free and easy, so take advantage of this great opportunity (especially since you will get the better seats!)

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sunday, August 17th.

Miami Metrozoo's Amazon & Beyond

Miami Metrozoo has hundreds of wild animals and attractions for all ages. There are a number of ways that you can get around the zoo; you can simply walk, take a guided tram tour or an air-conditioned monorail tour. You can also turn an ordinary visit to the zoo into an exciting adventure by renting a Safari Cycle. You can pull up right next to each exhibit and take photos of the zoo animals right from the cycle.

From Flamingos to Bengal Tigers to the Silverback Gorilla, there are so many fascinating animals for you to interact with. Who knows what type of mood they will be in when you are visiting. Sometimes the animals are very entertaining and sometimes they are sleeping. Everyday is a completely different experience; therefore you must visit more than once.

Camel rides are offered in the Children's zoo and keeper talks are held at the animals respective location throughout the day. For those of you who are techies, you can also download Miami Metrozoo's Podcast Tour to your ipod.

Miami Metrozoo is opening the 27-acre "Amazon & Beyond" exhibit which will feature new animals such as a giant river otter, a black howler monkey and two green anacondas.

Sightseeing Cruises Miami by Island Queen Cruises

There is truly no better way to experience Miami than by taking a sightseeing cruise by Island Queen Cruises. They operate the best sightseeing cruise in Miami by far.

Certainly, you will first notice the many times of their departures. They leave every hour on the hour from 11am to 7pm and will even set sail whether they have 2 people or 140 passengers, the limit. This is tough to accomplish in any city, especially with the cost of fuel being so high. Yet, they do it 7 days a week and 365 days a year. We noticed this because we missed our first cruise and took the next available cruise at 5pm.

Next, we noticed that all of Island Queen Cruises' boats are clean and new! Many cities around the world have sightseeing cruises but usually there boats are old. I was surprised when the captain mentioned there boat, the Miami Lady was built this year. Can you believe it was born in 2008?

You really get to experience Miami by being on a boat. We cruised through Biscayne Bay, passing the beautiful homes and tall, luxury condos. It is truly spectacular. During our cruise we got to see the entire Miami skyline, the Port of Miami with both the cruise ships and cargo districts, an island called Fisher Island and Millionaire's Row or Star Island. This is where Gloria Estefan and P Diddy live.

The cruise was great and we even picked up a DVD about the history of Miami. The DVD has other areas of interest that we weren't able to see.