The operator publishes up to 30 guests plus two crew, first party. Zola publishes 1 to 24 seated and 1 to 29 standing, marketplace. The workable reading is that 30 is the advertised total and 24 is the number who can sit down to dinner, so plan a seated wedding for 24. Private parties start at $1,499 for two or three hours, first party.
tikiboatlongisland.com/wedding-cruisesTwo addresses circulate for this boat. The operator's own current site publishes one: Port Jefferson Marina, 118 West Broadway, Slip C-4, on the west side of the parking lot next to the fishing boats. Its wedding page describes Port Jefferson and Long Island Sound. An Oakdale address on the Great South Bay appears on Zola and WeddingWire, whose newest reviews date to December 2023 and January 2024. Treat Port Jefferson as the dock and confirm anything else by phone.
On its own site the operator sells public cruises from $99 per ticket for two hours, private parties from $1,499 for two or three hours and corporate events from $2,871, all plus taxes and fees. On Zola and WeddingWire the products are 90 minutes: public tours at $49 to $84 per person, private parties at $735 to $1,035 and a three hour premium tour at $1,769 to $2,369. A wedding starting price of $1,769 appears on both marketplaces and nowhere first party. Those are either different products or a stale listing. Establish which price list governs a wedding before you quote it to anyone.
This operator publishes more rules than anyone else in the category. Six guests minimum for departure. The boat departs on schedule and missed cruises forfeit tickets, which is the only published late guest policy on Long Island. Cancellation gives full store credit at 14 days or more, and 72 hours notice is required. Outside alcohol is prohibited because the boat carries its own full liquor license, and a professional bartender and a top shelf bar come with the charter. Guests may bring food on public cruises, nothing too messy. What the wedding page never says is whether a ceremony may be performed aboard.
The site states that the crew consists of certified USCG captains, first party. That is a claim about the people aboard. A boat carrying 29 or 30 passengers cannot operate as an uninspected six passenger vessel, so a Certificate of Inspection has to exist for this hull, and the operator never mentions its inspection status. No certificate is public for any Long Island vessel. Ask for this one and read the passenger number off it.
The 150 passenger figure attached to The Lauren Kristy comes from third party editorial, and from four independent write ups that agree with each other.
The Freeport Gem publishes $4,950 for up to 50 people, tax and gratuity included, and $55 per additional person plus tax.
Sapphire Princess publishes a capacity of up to 127 guests on its own site, and that figure is corroborated twice.
Captain Lou Fleet publishes 1 to 150 passengers for Captain Lou VII on its private charters page, first party, and the identical figure for two sister hulls at the same dock.
The Moon Chaser publishes a capacity of 200 people, first party, which is the largest of any vessel docked on Long Island.
Bay Princess II says it is licensed for 100 passengers, first party, which is the closest any Long Island operator comes to publishing a certificated number on its own site.