Kids Ride Free Aboard Hy-Line's Traditional Ferries

Hy-Line Cruises is a family-owned and operated ferry company and understands the importance of quality family time, that’s why KIDS RIDE FREE aboard its traditional ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard – every day, all season long!

1. Offer extended to children 12 & under
2. Maximum three kids per adult
3. Special not valid in first class or aboard high-speed ferries

Find Hy-Line's traditional ferry summer schedule from Hyannis to Nantucket here!

Planning a summer ferry trip from Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard? View Hy-Line's ferry schedule to the Vineyard here!

Hy-Line Adds Two Traditional Ferry Trips

On Saturday, June 21, Hy-Line Cruises will add two traditional ferry departures to its schedule: 1. Departing Hyannis at 6:20 p.m. for an 8:10 p.m. Nantucket arrival. 2. Departing Nantucket at 8:20 p.m. for a 10:10 p.m. arrival in Hyannis.

Traditional Summer Ferry Schedules Begin This Week

Both Hy-Line Cruises and the Steamship Authority will switch to full-fledged "summer mode" this weekend as both ferry lines will add runs to their traditional ferry schedules. The SSA shifts to summer scheduling on Thursday, June 19th. Hy-Line adds one additional ferry trip for the summer to and from Nantucket on Saturday, June 21st. Also noteworthy, Hy-Line's first fast ferry departure from Hyannis moves from 6:30 a.m. to 6:20 a.m. beginning Thursday, June 19th. The summer traditional ferry schedules are posted below. The links below are not active, but will take you to our HyannistoNantucket.com website, where you can book your ferry directly on the Hy-Line and SSA sites. Happy summer!

Nantucket Restaurant Week June 2-8

It happens just twice a year . . . Nantucket Restaurant Week!

Today marked the first day of this spring's Nantucket Restaurant Week! Participating restaurants are offering three course dinners from $35 to $45. The event runs through Sunday, June 8th.

Find out which restaurants are participating here

Traditional Ferry Schedule Adjustments

Beginning tomorrow, May 27, Hy-Line Cruises will suspend its traditional ferry departures from Hyannis at 6:20 p.m. and from Nantucket at 8:20 p.m. These ferry runs will be added back to Hy-Line's schedule on June 14 and continue through October 19.

On May 29, the Steamship Authority will suspend its traditional ferry departures from Hyannis at 6:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and from Nantucket at 9:15 a.m., 2:45 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. until June 19, at which point they will resume and continue to run through September 4.

For a current, combined listing of Hy-Line and SSA high-speed and traditional ferry runs between Hyannis and Nantucket, click here.

Hy-Line Gets SSA OK for Fast Ferry (I&M Story)

By Joshua Balling
The Inquirer & Mirror

(May 15, 2014) Travelers to and from Nantucket should have a new transportation option by the summer of 2016: A 493-passenger, high-speed catamaran that Hy-Line Cruises plans to replace the conventional ferry Great Point. read the entire article here

Kids Ride Free to Nantucket With Hy-Line Cruises!

Start making your summer family plans now & join Hy-Line Cruises on their Traditional Ferries to Nantucket & the Vineyard where KIDS RIDE FREE! Hy-Line is the only mid-Cape departure point to both islands, making it convenient to take the family to whichever island they choose. There's plenty of sights to see, fun to be had & memories to be made for the entire family...& the kids ride free all season!

Hy-Line's Traditional Ferry service to Nantucket begins May 17th & Traditional Ferry service to Martha's Vineyard begins May 24th. 

Click here for reservations call (800) 492-8082.