Tubing the Grand Cambridge — Local services in Milton

I'm not sure if it was just the time of year or what... but my group found the website to be completely misleading. There was NO just floating down the river, if we stopped paddling we didn't move at all because the river was running so slowly with barely any current. This meant that it wasn't just the end part where we had to paddle (which is what their website says) we had to paddle the ENTIRE trip which, took close to 4 hours. We had children with us, so my mom and I had to tie the younger two kids tubes to our tubes and tow them the ENTIRE way because after about 20 mins of paddling their arms were too tired and our older two kids (12 years old) had to do it on their own and were miserable after about an hour and a half of it. We all ended up with blisters on our hands and very sore arms. We were expecting a nice relaxing float down the river (we were more than happy to paddle through parts, but not the ENTIRE time). Nothing about this was fun or relaxing. I honestly don't even know why they let us go considering it was two adults with four kids and if the older kids couldn't make it (which they almost couldn't) there was nothing we could do to help because it was hard enough pulling the two younger kids... and as I said above, if we didn't paddle we just sat still. There was no warning when we got there that the river was running very slow and that it would require us to paddle the whole time (there was maybe 7 mins TOTAL where no paddling was required, but we were still barely moving in those areas). If we wanted to paddle something down the river, why on earth would anyone ever choose a tube? You would choose something that is meant for that like a canoe or a kayak and has room for two, so we weren't towing another tube behind us. We saw people on canoes and kayaks pass us with ease. The pictures of the waterfalls they posted that you are supposed to see along the way were also very misleading, again... maybe it's the time of the year (but it should specify that on the website) but they looked more like a trickle of water. Very disappointed, none of us had fun and are all recovering from our blisters and sore arms. When we came to the end and mentioned to the people running it that it was much more paddling than we expected, they did not seem at all surprised to hear that. We talked to another middle aged couple at the end that didn't have kids and they said the same thing as us, that it was not relaxing as they had expected and they couldn't believe my mom and I were able to make it towing kids behind us or that our other kids did it on their own because they had a hard enough time...

My husband and I had so much fun drifting down the Grand. Thank you for a lovely afternoon! We enjoyed it so much that we want to bring some family members and do it again. For 35$ this was a very affordable, fun and unique activity in Cambridge. We thought it was a great deal! It even includes a water bottle and granola bar, plus a taxi voucher to get you back to the parking lot where your car is at no additional cost. And there is a dry bag provided to put your phone in! It's very customizable to whatever you like to do... you can purely just let your raft drift (in which case it does take a loooong time to go down the Grand but is really relaxing and beautiful to just take in the river and scenery) or you can paddle if you want to be more active. You can also alternate between drifting and paddling which is what we ended up doing. You can also attach the rafts together as my husband and I did if you want it to be more of a group experience. So fun and we both highly recommend. The owner was very friendly and...

Julia, the owner was completely disrespectful and passive aggressive to my mom when she called in to ask about our reservations. My mom called her out on her behaviour and ended up hurting Julia’s feelings. Julia then told us the day of our reservation, once we arrive that she cancelled our reservation and “has the right to refuse service” and stated that she doesn’t care about us as she’s “moving to Miami soon anyways”. For someone whose so passive aggressive, she can’t seem to handle any confrontation as she kept trying to avoid us. Tip for next time Julia, don’t shake that much next time when you’re avoiding conformation, as we can instantly tell you’re just a pathetic spineless swine. Have fun...