One name, two very different boats
Listings along this coast are loose with the phrase "party boat". The pirate galleon sometimes gets the label because it sails with music and an animation crew; the name properly belongs to a different vessel entirely — the Starcraft disco yacht, which leaves after dark with a live DJ and a foam show. One is a day at sea, the other is a night out that happens to float.
So this comparison will not crown a winner. It lines the two up on the things that actually differ — hours, food, foam, children, pickup — and lets the shape of your holiday do the deciding.
Side by side, axis by axis
- Atmosphere — a family day at sea, every age on its record, against an evening the record itself calls lively.
- Music — an English-speaking animation crew by day; a live DJ plus an animation team by night.
- Foam — not on the galleon. In this pair the foam show sails at night, on the disco yacht. If you want foam in daylight instead, the nine-hour Starcraft day fires one between swims — a different trip, worth knowing before you pick between these two.
- Children — all ages are welcome on the pirate day, non-swimmers included; on the night boat, under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.
- Swimming — the galleon's seven hours are daylight hours on the water; nothing about swimming is recorded for the night sailing.
- Lunch — included on the galleon: grilled chicken, rice, salad. No meal is recorded on the disco yacht.
- Drinks — included on neither. Both carry a paid bar, and no boat on this site includes drinks.
- Duration — seven daytime hours against four evening ones.
- Price — €20 per adult on the galleon, €48 on the disco yacht; the child fares are €14 and €34.
- Pickup — the galleon collects in central Alanya, outside it on request only; the night boat also collects Mahmutlar and Kestel.
Children and swimming, spelled out
Travelling with children, the galleon is the boat that was built around you: families, couples and groups of any age are on its record, infants up to three sail free, four-to-elevens pay the €14 child fare, and non-swimmers are explicitly welcome — the sea is part of the day, never an obligation.
The night boat is a different room. Its record aims it at teens and adults, calls the mood lively, and requires anyone under 18 to be accompanied. A child fare exists on paper, but the record positions the night for teens and adults, with under-18s accompanied — a quiet family evening is not what it sells — and no swimming is recorded on it at all.
What €20 and €48 actually buy
€20 buys seven daytime hours with lunch — grilled chicken, rice and salad — cooked into the price. €48 buys four evening hours with the DJ and the foam, and no meal recorded, so eat on shore before you board. Per hour of boat, the galleon is the cheaper ticket; for a night out, nothing else sailing here has a DJ on its record. Drinks are extra in both cases — each boat runs a bar that charges.
The family arithmetic, done in the open: two adults and a nine-year-old on the pirate day come to €20 + €20 + €14 = €54, lunch included. Two adults with a fifteen-year-old pay three adult fares wherever they go — 3 × €20 = €60 by day, 3 × €48 = €144 by night.
Pickup zones — then the verdict
Where you sleep matters more than people expect. The galleon's transfer zone is central Alanya; from outside it, pickup is on request only. The night boat casts wider and also collects Mahmutlar and Kestel — if your hotel is in either of those, the evening comes to your door, while the pirate day needs asking about first.
And the verdict is the one we opened with: these are different days, not ranked ones. Book the galleon for the day at sea with everyone from the baby to the grandparents; book the disco yacht for the night you want loud. Both cancel free up to 24 hours before departure, so neither choice is a trap.