A multi-million pound renovation of a historic Mersey Ferry into a floating restaurant and bar space is to officially open to the public next month. For more than six decades, the Royal Daffodil took thousands of passengers across the river connecting Liverpool and the Wirral.
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00:00An historic Mersey Ferry which has gone through a multi-million pound renovation is now at Canning Dock.
00:08It's a relief, I mean we've got five years behind us doing this project now and to see it here and the scale of it and the space I think is really exciting.
00:17For more than six decades the Royal Daffodil took thousands of passengers across the river connecting Liverpool and Wirral before being decommissioned and falling into disrepair.
00:27I think everyone's been on the ferries at some point haven't they with Nan and Grandad or you know a lot of people have been you know engaged on the ferries and have got family who've worked them or have serviced them over the years in Dock.
00:39And you know there's just a big maritime connection in this city and the city region because it's not just a Liverpool thing it's a Merseyside thing and that's so important for us to remember.
00:49Now the Mersey Ferry has a new lease of life as it's been turned into a floating restaurant and bar space.
00:55Up on the upper deck there you'll see is the promenade bar and in there you can come and experience an all-day diner menu so that's just a really sociable beautiful space.
01:05Obviously with the views over the Dock Water looking across the Royal Albert Dock.
01:08The main deck of the vessel is the restaurant and leading right up to Christmas we've got the festive menu.
01:15Renamed Daffodil the three and a half million pound project is being fronted by directors Josh Boyd and Philip Bourke-Olivier the former Brookside actor.
01:23The pair have confirmed that the restaurant bar and event space will open for the first time on December 9th.
01:29Picture postcard moment I think is the phrase.
01:33You'll see this is the place where a lot of people especially visitors come and take photographs of the city because you've got amazing views over the water.
01:40You see the Deliver building in the background.
01:42Around 50 jobs are to be created through the new venue which was signed off by Liverpool Council in June last year.
01:48Having originally been submitted in 2019 fresh designs were put forward to reimagine the ferry once known as Overchurch into restaurant bar and event space last summer.