Chicago Water Taxi - Riverside Plaza — Local services in West Chicago Township

The Chicago Water Taxi is a great and inexpensive way to view the city from a new perspective! I recommend getting the $8 day pass and taking all the routes. While there may be a wait time between transfers, that time can be spent walking around and exploring the areas. Furthermore, it's possible to view schedules with their helpful website and plan the most convenient trip. And you can buy tickets in advance and present them on your phone (or print them out).

If you've lived here all your life or just visiting for a few days, it's still a fun experience. The boats are different in size and look, it's great to explore and...

So we waited on a Saturday morning an hour and a half. Two boats were too full after hitting Michigan Ave stop on way to Ogilvie then Chinatown. I told the workers there where we were going (Chinatown) and they had no way to serve those in line first. Our line wasn't very long thank goodness. They also didn't explain well that if we just got on the boat to Michigan Ave we could ride a one way to Chinatown so long as we didn't get off the boat. We would have done that. Just not run well at all. No one wants to pay $20 to wait an hour and a...

Probably not the best public transportation. If you get to get on, it's nice but if you get a ticket in one the stops in between, you may or may not get to go on and you have to wait for an hour for the next one. I think numbered tickets may be best instead of having to wait in line for an hour. I didn't use my tickets at the end and I'm not sure how long I will have to use them or if they're...