The "Dixie Belle"

[Looking Glass]

They are launching her tomorrow morning. I did not see which Ramp they are using, but assume Windsor as it was being refurbished up around Industrial area. Would be fun to watch the "Launch".

 

[185EZ]

We went on it years ago during the Christmas boat parade
So much fun
Glad to see it back
Bon Voyage

 

[Looking Glass]

We went on it years ago during the Christmas boat parade
So much fun
Glad to see it back
Bon Voyage

Did they have a Liquor License? That would be Great to Cruise back and forth for the Christmas Lights Parade. I would think at least Beer and Wine is necessary for a Summer Time Cruise Boat.

 

[2Driver]

Anyone around when they drove it into Copper Canyon during memorial day weekend?

 

[185EZ]

They did have alcohol. Maybe it was just for that day? It was fun watching all the people in the channel and being out in the bay with all the other boats

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Drove by the other day, staggering amount of work to bring it back. Where are the gonna tie it up? Space is tight down there.

 

[WATERDOG]

Drove by the other day, staggering amount of work to bring it back. Where are the gonna tie it up? Space is tight down there.

They built a new dock for it in front of LBR. On the bridge side I was told.

 

[Springfield]

Drove by the other day, staggering amount of work to bring it back. Where are the gonna tie it up? Space is tight down there.

They built a new dock for it in front of LBR. On the bridge side I was told.

Read the same a day or so back, LBR.

 

[PlanB]

They built a new dock for it in front of LBR. On the bridge side I was told.

The new dock is where the Bud Light boat used to be. Will be good to see it down in the village again.

 

[mjc]

Drove by the other day, staggering amount of work to bring it back. Where are the gonna tie it up? Space is tight down there.

new dock right in front of the ice cream shop, sharing with the parasail boat.

 

[cofooter]

 

[Spudsbud]

"another" old Queen back on the river !!

 

[PlanB]

Just saw a live feed of it being loaded on a flat bed trailer. Looks like it will be getting launched sometime this morning.

 

[warpt71]

Just saw a live feed of it being loaded on a flat bed trailer. Looks like it will be getting launched sometime this morning.

Link? Im board at work and in front of the computer

 

[PlanB]

FB link:

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Dixie Belle is being moved

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[rivergames]

Dixie Belle is gettin wet!

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

FB link:

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Dixie Belle is being moved

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Awesome........any idea how long it been sitting in that storage lot?

 

[PlanB]

It's on the ramp at Windsor right now, but the live feed cut off.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

5 axles.......Schiada folks have a pretty serious chubby right now.

 

[PlanB]

Awesome........any idea how long it been sitting in that storage lot?

It's being launched right now.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

It's on the ramp at Windsor right now, but the live feed cut off.

Hopefully it didnt sink, feed went dead

 

[Badchoices03]

Was it an F150 launching it?

 

[Wolskis]

Awesome........any idea how long it been sitting in that storage lot?

I left in 2016 and remember it sitting in the lot so around 2015 or so.

 

[PlanB]

Stuck on the ramp with "technical difficulties" . They are saying an hour to fix whatever is wrong.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Stuck on the ramp with "technical difficulties" . They are saying an hour to fix whatever is wrong.

Hopefully the glitter boat guys dont show up, that is "their" side of Windsor (what I have been told in the past)

 

[Gramps]

someone from southern Utah probably showed up and called the Dixie Belle racist and stopped the launch.

 

[F.U.IRS]

Saw it heading into the channel as we were on the ferry .

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

I thought it was going on the south side of the bridge? Hows that gonna work with it being on the north side?

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Houston, we have a problem..............

Dixie, the Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederate States of America (1860–65). ... The name came from the title of a song composed in 1859 by Daniel Decatur Emmett; this tune was popular as a marching song of the Confederate Army, and was often considered the Confederate anthem.

 

[Mandelon]

Is it my Dixie Wrecked?

 

[Looking Glass]

Saw it heading into the channel as we were on the ferry . View attachment 977550 View attachment 977551

What an Asset for LHC, Again. I can not imagine this Not being a 100% success!!

 

[Ziggy]

Drove west over the bridge with the entire southern side filled with people taking pics. On drive back off island Dixie was docked proudly

 

[Mandelon]

Do they do dinner cruises and cocktails?

 

[DWC]

Didn’t look like it was going anywhere today. Not sure what power it has but didn’t look like enough when we saw it in the lot.

 

[PlanB]

Do they do dinner cruises and cocktails?

Not sure about dinner but they used to do a cocktail cruise around the island.

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Truck driver had some serious backing skills. Very cool.

 

[Looking Glass]

Do they do dinner cruises and cocktails?

The ones in Laughlin are always busy with evening Dinner Cruises. Get the Food, Drinks and Service Fine Tuned and everything else will "Fall" into place!! Good Luck!!

 

[Looking Glass]

Didn’t look like it was going anywhere today. Not sure what power it has but didn’t look like enough when we saw it in the lot.
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I read that it was going to be until the end of the month, waiting on the Coast Guard Inspection and Sign Off. They wanted to get it in the water and do whatever necessary before in CG Check.

 

[rivrrts429]

Did they rig it with the new Merc V12 outboards lol

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Did they rig it with the new Merc V12 outboards lol

Yes, the steam powered ones. Merc said it’s the most revolutionary boat propulsion ever conceived by man in their press release.

 

[mjc]

Didn’t look like it was going anywhere today. Not sure what power it has but didn’t look like enough when we saw it in the lot.
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I remember back when it ran there was a cloud of 2 stroke smoke right under the paddle wheel.

 

[JB in so cal]

It looked like Hondas in a few shots of the video.

 

[Bobby V]

It looked like Hondas in a few shots of the video.

Yep Honda

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

So it fits under the bridge or did they go around?

 

[USMC2010]

We just walked on it tonight and was chases off the bridge. I guess no one was supposed to be up there. I don't thinkk he heard me when I told him that staircase should have been roped off. There were a lot of pizza boxes and a few people in varying degrees of inebriation.

 

[Keymyster]

I thought it was going on the south side of the bridge? Hows that gonna work with it being on the north side?

It is on the south side.

 

[JB in so cal]

We just walked on it tonight and was chases off the bridge. I guess no one was supposed to be up there. I don't thinkk he heard me when I told him that staircase should have been roped off. There were a lot of pizza boxes and a few people in varying degrees of inebriation.

I saw a couple of the videos days prior to launch and thought the same....hope they stay valid for a long time for the city's sake

 

[USMC2010]

It is on the south side.

Yes, right in front of London Bridge resort

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Honda outboards is disappointing. Would be cool if it was the real deal. Was wondering what was under that box lol.

 

[Dalton]

What happened to the big bud light boat?


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