Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Ride the Ducks

Address:: Philadelphia, PA
Directions:: You buy your tickets at a kiosk at 6th and Chestnut Sts or one block north inside the Independence Visitor Center. The Ducks depart just outside of the Independence Visitor Center. Or you can just watch them splash into the water six blocks east where Race St. meets the river.

Visitor Tips and News About Ride the Ducks

Following are Ride the Ducks reports and tips that were sent in by RoadsideAmerica.com visitors. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip or update.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Ride the Ducks

This new tour ride takes you around to all the usual tourist stuff. The difference with this motor tour is that when you get to Race St. at the Delaware River you drive right on in. The duck looks like an old army amphibious transport painted white with RIDE THE DUCK on the side. You take a river tour of Penn's Landing with the WWI destroyer and WWII sub. Each person receives a "free" wacky quacker duck sound blow-into-thing -- my 7 year old loved it. [Fred McCarty, 07/08/2003]

[RA: Popular for many years in places like Wisconsin Dells and Hot Springs, AR, the amphibious military landers from World War II, the Ducks are deploying more broadly.]

Nearby Offbeat Places

Chemical Heritage Museum, Philadelphia, PA - < 1 mi.
Lights of Liberty Spectacularama, Philadelphia, PA - < 1 mi.
Larry Fine Mural, Philadelphia, PA - < 1 mi.
In the region: Elsie the Cow's Grave, Plainsboro, NJ - 38 mi.

Latest Tips Across Roadside America

Catch up on the latest discoveries from the road.

Explore Thousands of Oddball Tourist Attractions!

Unique destinations in the US and Canada are our special obsession. Start here.
Use RoadsideAmerica.com's Attraction Maps to plan your next road trip.

November 24, 2009