Thames Rockets
We have just recently celebrated Bradley’s 14th birthday, we celebrated his birthday in a different way this year, to celebrate we headed off to London. Bradley is a little thrill-seeker and really enjoys his fun and adventures so we took him on a surprise trip to London to experience his fastest, funniest and craziest trip to-date with Thames Rockets.
We took Bradley on The Ultimate London Adventure, This is a speed boat down the iconic River Thames sight-seeing from a different view with a BIG difference. We went with Bradley sight-seeing (teen style) by speed-boat, he got to travel at a speed of 35 MPH up the Thames, in Bradley’s words “James Bond style”.
Bradley enjoyed a 50 minute fun-filled and adrenaline-filled trip. Before you step onto the boat you are given a life jacket and a waterproof coat to wear (coat is optional), you are given a safety briefing and then allowed to take your seat for the thrilling experience. The whole experience was fun-filled from start to finish.
Thames Rockets are situated at boarding gate one of the Millennium Pier!
Whilst on our travels we got to see some amazing views of London attractions such as:
- Big Ben
- The London Eye
- The Shard
- The Gherkin
- HMS Belfast
- London Bridge
- Somerset House
- Tate Modern
- Tower Bridge
- Shakespeare’s Globe
Once we got past Tower bridge the throttle was then opened, due to there being speed restrictions on the Thames before the bridge. We all had an amazing time speeding through Canary Wharf listening to a medley of feel-good tunes. Bradley really enjoyed waving bye to the boats left bobbing on the Thames as we go speeding on past. The staff was all very friendly and very knowledgeable on the history of London, Bradley enjoyed learning some facts from the very friendly guide on our way back.
Here is our video of the thrilling experience.
If this is a tour that you would like to book you can do so by visiting their website and select what adventure you would like to go on. If you have any questions you would like to discuss you can call them on – 02079288933 or even email them – bookings@londonribvoyages.com.
Do you have a thrill-seeker who would enjoy this experience?
How would you like to win a pair of tickets to step aboard for a thrill-seeking adventure?
Thames Rockets have kindly offered our readers a pair of tickets to experience The Ultimate London Adventure for themselves. Departing hourly 7 days a week. Suitable for all ages.
UK entries only, you must be over the age of 18 to enter. Tickets valid for three months only.
Disclaimer: We received tickets to go on a thrill-seeking adventure with London RIB Voyages – The Ultimate London Adventure. All thoughts and opinions are our own.
We have done this and it is up there with the most thrilling thing we have ever done 🙂
I’ve never done this before but it sounds right up my street! x
Well this certainly beats my usual style of travel on The Thames – by snails pace ferry bus! Said transport is also rather smelly – deisel fumes. I think the speedboat option is much more ‘the thing’! ;). Tx
The most daring thing I have done is swim in the great barrier reef with sharks – they were babies though!
The most daring this i have done, was giving up everything and going travelling!
I climbed a glacier in New Zealand but i also ran a mountain marathon in Switzerland when I was pregnant
Ooh this sounds like an excellent tour for both tourists and those who live in the UK. I am definitely a thrill seeker too!
Wow this looks totally amazing! I would love to experience this, thanks for sharing x
This sounds like a fab experience, how cool!
Oh wow I would so love to do this too and I think boo would too. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Oh wow, that sounds amazing! I’d love that myself and my teenage daughter would definitely enjoy something so exciting, it would really make a change from the usual birthday stuff.
This sounds so amazing!! I wish I lived closer (I live in Ireland) so I could go to this! Loved the way you described your experiencex
I have never been on this personally though I have friends that have. They absolutely loved it and would definitely go again
Looks like an amazing experience! Maybe we will try this when Monkey is a bit older. I walked on fire – not sure if that’s thrilling or just scary!! X
Very cool giveaway. Looks like a fun adventure experience. I must visit London someday soon x
Rib ride in southampton-quite scarry
We went on our 1st Family Adventure Holiday this year and we tried all sorts of experiences including Abseiling and ZipWire it was fab x
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I keep promising my boys we’ll go to London soon, I feel awful they’re teenagers and never been! they’d love this too.
This looks so much fun. I have never visited London but if I ever did, I would love to have a tour via the Thames, I bet it was a great way to see the city x
I once swam pretty soon after eating
Sounds fab, and it’s true – you really can do everything in London! It has something for everyone 🙂
Bungee jump
This looks like such a fantastic experience. I definitely would love to do this especially when the children are older x
This looks like so much fun! We visited London two summers ago & went on a ferry. We saw the rib go by & it looked amazing! It’s so fast & exciting & so much to see too!
I haven’t done anything really daring but am always up for it.
this looks so much fun!
It’s really up there for the thrill seekers and yup, very James Bond style. I’d love to do it if I could muster up the courage.
What an amazing trip for his birthday! He must if loved it. I’d love to do this with my son when he’s older x
I never do anything daring. I would love to change that
I’m not the thrill seeker, my eldest son is! My most daring thing was leaving home at 16, does that count? lol x
I climbed Mt Ishizuchi in Japan and used the chains to climb one section. It was a bit terrifying when I didn’t have much of a foothold and realized I was relying on my upper body strength to make it up.
Nothing too daring. Have gone paragliding which was fantastic
Giving up 2 well paid jobs to run our pub !
Travel half way across the world on my own xx