You Can Rent Floating BBQ Party Donuts Near Montreal This Summer

Grab a grill, drinks and seven friends and you already have the ingredients for a good time. Now pack all that into an intimate tube and shove it out onto the waters of the Saint Lawrence. That's what Top Dopico's offers. The Montreal-based company is about launch its floating BBQ donuts for the 2023 season.

The donuts can accommodate up to eight people and come equipped with either a central grill or cooler. There are so far two departure points, in Laval on the Rivière des Milles Îles and on the Saint Lawrence in Boucherville — both a short trip from Montreal proper (if traffic is on your side). Top Dopico's is teasing a forthcoming third station in Pointe-Calumet, just west of Laval on the Lac des Deux-Montagnes.

The experience isn't cheap: between $325 and $350 for a three-hour daytime excursion, $350 for a sunset cruise, and between $525 and $550 for five hours. But the company advertises the motorized, toiletless donuts as a unique way to celebrate special occasions.

Of course, the price per person diminishes with each additional guest. At that maximum of eight, the price per capita for a three-hour outing in a cooler-equipped donut is $40.63.

While Top Dopico's website previously advertised meals from unnamed "participating restaurateurs," organizers tell MTL Blog that the option won't be available this year. Floaters will have to bring their own food and beverages.

However, a new package this year, dubbed the Caméli-Tour, offers a 45-minute excursion plus a camel milk and corossol (tropical fruit) milkshake for $30 per person.

Online, donut reservations are available Wednesday through Sunday beginning June 1.

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