Toboggan basket ride in Madeira

[petlady7]

Hi , hope somebody can help , do you have to pre book the toboggan ride or just turn up and pay on the day , do they accept other passengers when there are cruise ships in or are all the tickets sold to the ships 

[edinburgher]

4 hours ago, petlady7 said:

do you have to pre book the toboggan ride or just turn up and pay on the day , do they accept other passengers when there are cruise ships in or are all the tickets sold to the ships 

We just turned up and waited in line.  We paid before getting onto the toboggan.

Edited September 3 by edinburgher

[Sarnia 432]

Lines were long when we were there, watched a few baskets go by, then as it was getting later in the day, turned back for the ship

[John Bull]

I don't know if its even possible to pre-book.

We went direct from the ship by retro  mini-bus (like those in Yellowstone & Glacier N.P.s) to the bottom cablecar station, one-way ticket for just the first section of the cablecar route, turn left when you arrive & follow the road for five minutes.

Very short queue for us.

Buses back down from the bottom of the toboggan run are infrequent, so find others to make a total of four or five and negotiate (hard) with a taxi back to town (about €25)

 

JB 🙂 

[Thejuggler]

Its turn up and wait.  The taxi fare back to town is a complete rip off so avoid it if you can.

[petlady7]

OK , thanks for your help , will endeavor to disembark early and try to get there before the cruise passengers