The concept of the cruise is simple.  The price of your ticket pays for nearly everything.  There’s a brunch buffet with a variety of the standard breakfast foods--croissants, bacon, french toast, etc.--as well as some non-standard type brunch foods.  Pasta salads, salmon lochs, mushrooms, and a meat carving station were all there.  Thee food was pretty good.  Much better than a standard buffet, but still a buffet.  There’s also a limitless supply of delicious orange juice, champagne, and sparkling cider.  In additional to that, there’s an open bar where you can purchase drinky-drinks (yes, that’s what I call booze), and there are even some musical numbers that the crew performed to welcome us and to say goodbye.

    The whole event takes about two hours, and tickets are about forty bucks apiece, which is pretty fair for the endless food and the river tour.  We actually ended up going up on deck halfway through the tour to take pictures.  All in all, it’s not gourmet by any stretch, but it’s a lovely, leisurely excursion for anyone just wanting to get out while visiting Portland.  I’ve included some pictures we took during the trip for you all to see.  Like I said, the touristy-scenery portion is totally worth it!