We bought a two day third day free hop on hop off bus tour including tickets for the Tower of America, River Cruise and Buckhorn Saloon. The first day we decided to go the whole 18 stop bus tour with stopping. The bus driver and tour guide was T.C. and he was knowledgeable and entertaining Playing great country music between stops.The drivers for the other days were not as knowledgeable and played tapes at the stops. The 1.5 hour river cruise had a great guide and it was a great way to see the available sites on the river.The Tower of America was a great way to see the city from up high.The included 4 D movie was factual but not to the standards of Amusement part 4 D rides. Fair price if you take advantage of all the stops.
My boyfriend Dan and I chose to use the Hop On/Hop Off deluxe option. We received tickets after a kind of technologically difficult check-in, but tickets for the River Boat along the Riverwalk, the Tower, Buckhorn Saloon Museum tour and an Imax movie on the history of the Alamo were included in the cost. They do have other options available. I would recommend doing this as it basically was for 2 days, w/ a 3rd day free. The value is pretty good and I would have picked a couple of the other options if they would had offered them online for the same price. All in all, a great experience! The Riverwalk was great with a lot of dining options and sights as it was the festival of San Jacinto sp., sorry during that time. We checked out the Buckhorn Museum and the movie experience of the Alamo. We did not have enough time or energy to walk to the Tower or take the Riverboat as we had walked the whole Riverwalk the day before GREAT FOOD, so just gave our tickets to other couples. I would recommend using this option as the sights are fairly spread pretty far apart.
Great deal!!!! Very easy transit system to get around the city. Tickets to the buckhorn saloon, Texas rangers museum, river boat cruise and tower of americas are included with the pass. You pay for two days and got a day free!!!!