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May 29, 2026

The Party Boat That Was Born From a Hurricane

Planning and Budgeting
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May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026

Built from the ground up on Fort Myers Beach

When Ian made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, it didn't just knock out buildings. It knocked out the spirit of a town. The founders of Tiki Pub FMB lost everything along with their neighbors. Their response was to buy a boat. Not a charter, not a paddleboard rental. A full tiki boat, with the specific goal of giving locals an escape from the wreckage and a reason to laugh again. People boarded, danced, sang, and for a few hours forgot that they were living in the middle of a disaster zone. The boat became a lifeline before it ever became a business. That origin is baked into everything Tiki Pub does now. It's not a cruise company with a party angle. It's a party with a boat attached.

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Forget everything you think you know about a "boat tour"

The "snooze cruise" exists everywhere. People sit. People sip. Maybe a captain points at a pelican. Tiki Pub FMB built its entire identity in opposition to that. The Tiki Pub Entertainer on every cruise is the real engine of the experience. They run Tiki-Oki, the boat's signature version of karaoke where nobody sits on the sidelines. Mics get passed, the playlist goes wide, and groups that boarded as strangers end up singing verses together. There are party games, there are shot skis, and there is a zip line cooler that sends drinks across the boat in a way that feels genuinely ridiculous. Three custom-built tiki boats handle the fleet: a 28-passenger, a 25-passenger, and a 6-passenger boat with a waterslide. Every one of them comes with a USCG-licensed captain and a full onboard bathroom with a freshwater sink.

What Tiki Pub actually does for a bachelorette party

The private buyout is obvious: your group, your boat, your chaos. But the ticketed shared cruise is worth talking about because it flips the experience in a way most groups don't expect. When a bachelorette party boards a shared cruise, they don't blend into the background. According to the Tiki Pub crew, bachelorette groups become the party. Everyone on that boat is celebrating with them. The entertainer leans into it. The group becomes the centerpiece. For parties that want that electric, crowd-energy kind of night, a shared cruise can hit harder than a private one. Both options are available. Both work. The choice is just about what kind of energy you want to walk into.

Three ways to get on the water

The Party Cruise is the daytime flagship. BYOB with no restrictions, an ice-filled cooler waiting on board, floats and paddleboards at the sandbar, and a glow party option for groups who want to take it into the night. The Dolphin Cruise heads out specifically along Fort Myers Beach's coastline where dolphin sightings are common, running the same Tiki-Oki and game format with added wildlife on the side. The Sunset Cruise is the golden-hour version: two hours on the bay as the sky goes orange, music pumping, drinks in hand. All three cruises depart from two locations, one on the island at Old San Carlos and one at Excursions Marina on the mainland, so wherever your group is staying, boarding is straightforward.

👉 Book the Tiki Pub Party Cruise: Music, Drinks & Fun on the Bay

👉 Book the Fun in the Sun Dolphin Tiki Cruise: Party, Music & Drinks

👉 Book the Tiki Pub Spectacular Sunset Party Cruise

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4.8

700k

parties planned

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Book exciting experiences

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Party planning

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4.8

700k

parties planned

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Party planning

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Launch group polls & chat

with your crew

Party planning

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4.8

700k

parties planned

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Party planning

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Keep track of expenses

among the group

Party planning

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700k

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