Ride the Ducks-Newport Now Open

[sdcforever]

HFE now has a Ride the Ducks attraction open at their Newport Aquarium.  They have three amphibious vehicles at this location.  Ride the Ducks-Newport is HFE's seventh Ride the Ducks location (the other six are in Baltimore, Branson, Philadelphia, Stone Mountain Park, San Francisco, and Seattle.

You can read a short article about the new attraction here:
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/travel/2008/07/new_ducks_settle_on_ohio_river.html

[Swoosh]

FYI: Newport is just across the river from downtown Cincy if you were wondering where the heck Newport, KY is located

[Coaster]

The Ride the Ducks attractions must be really successful for them to start popping up in cities around the country. We've never been on it. I know the one in Philadelphia looked really busy and there were a lot of signs around the downtown area advertising it.

Was the one in Branson the first one?

[sdcforever]

^Yep, the one in Branson was the first one.  The amphibious vehicles were originally used in WWII, and the Ride the Ducks attraction in Branson has been open since 1971.  HFE didn't start the partnership with Ride the Ducks until 2001, but they wasted no time.  Once they formed the partnership they opened a new location in Baltimore in 2002 and Philadelphia in 2003.

[Copper]

I don't know when or if it will happen, but they have been toying around with the idea of a London location.

[Swoosh]

How about a San Antonio one.  I could see it splashing down into the Riverwalk cannal.  lol