Thames Rockets is launching its new £1.5 million Rocket Rebel with two events exclsuively for media to get on-board and experience London's largest and fastest boat on the River Thames.

There's two dates and multiple time slots for journalists to enjoy a complimentary ride:

Thursday April 3rd (one-hour slots between 3pm and 9pm)

Friday April 4th (two slots: 4.30pm and 6pm). Plus the chance to join us for drinks in the London Eye Champagne Bar to meet MD Charlie Matheson and the Thames Rockets team.

Email Lou Hall (lou@studiolh.co.uk) or Rob Stewart (robert@ski-press.com) to book a space.

We can also help advise what the best time slots or options for you might be.

Where: The London Eye Pier Boarding Gate One, SE1 7PB

MORE INFO:

• Largest, fastest. first and most eco British-designed, British-built speedboat of its class (seats 26 pax instead of 12 - allowing for larger parties).
• London's world-favourite outdoor tourist attraction (voted Trip Advisor No.1 in the UK and No.8 in the world) just got bigger, better + more eco-friendly!  
• Unique brand of off-beat history sightseeing humour with London's finest comedy performers on-board as your guide.

Thames Rockets - the pioneers of London speedboat sightseeing - invite you to be one of the first to experience the most exciting and eco (fuel-efficient) boat of its kind. Rocket Rebel (which will take 26 passengers, over twice the current 12 maximum allowed in Europe and on the River Thames) is opening NEW to the public ready for Easter Holidays. Rocket Rebel is female skippered by Charlene Peck.  

This media event will give you the chance to experience the new 26 seater, £1.5 million Rocket Rebel before she's officially launched. NEW for Summer 2025 London Tourist Attraction - launches to public on 10th April.

The trip will last approximately one hour and takes in many of London's tourist hotspots before opening up its twin 1,400hp (new low-emission, jet-style) engines just after Tower Bridge and rocketing down towards Canary Wharf on a roller coaster ride like no other.