Andys River Toobs

Wow– absolutely LOVE Andy’s River Toobs! We come here at Least 10 times a year. Ronney is amazing and so is the rest of the staff! Really a WOW experience– so personable and really friendly! We have been to other competitors– they are over priced and you are just another tuber– thank you Andy’s family!— your fans– the Mitchell’s — aka guy on crutches :)

Arrived around 3pm and was told that only have time for horse shoe ride and about an 1hr ride. I explain to old man running counter that it’s my first time and needed details how it works. Only details he provide was 15 each. Cool 2 people I pay 30 bucks for an hour tube ride and I provided my own tubes.
As I wait for the shuttle and it pulls up 15 min later, old man came out and said I didn’t know you had your own. you didn’t say that. I say okay it’s same price right? Yes but you need to say and you have 3 tubes so you owe me money? Wth? I specifically said it was my first time tubing and I needed details. smh so 45 bucks for 2 people 3 tubes and 1 hour float. Not too happy with information they provided or price. If they gonna cut float time down due to time. they should really cut down price as well. I felt bad for the lady on front of me that paid 75 bucks for 5.
I would like to try rover again for a longer float earlier in day but I will try somewhere else.

If I could give this review less than one star, I would. We greeted the older guy at the counter very nicely and with respect and was asking for some information on floating times. What we got back was shocking. He was extremely rude for no reason and was just a prick. Maybe he was having a bad day, but I will say we will never be coming back. I guess it was a blessing in disguise, because we found other places for much cheaper down the street. I’m surprised this place is a business with how we got treated there!

$ 15/​tube and you have to walk to the starting point. However, they pick you up at the end which is nice. It was my first time floating so I don’t have anything to compare it to but I did like that they gave us a netted bag to use as a trash bag. Don’t mess with Texas was in full force! I’d go back, not much to complain about or rave about. You get a tube, you float the river, you get picked up, the end.

We have rented at all of the tube rental places and they’re basically all the same– but I think Andy’s is a bit on the pricey side– its $ 15/​tube as opposed to $ 10 – 12 at other places.

Hey its tubes! Its kinda cheap and they did pick us up like they said.
The bathrooms were bad though, I suggest not using them unless you have to.
Go enjoy the hot weather and toooob!

I have been tubing numerous times and I have used a different toob rental place on every occasion. This past Sunday, we made the trek to The Guadalupe River to do a little river pirating and we rented our toobs from Andy’s River Toobs, solely because this was the first rental place we came to. Yep, we were suckers.
First of all, we paid $ 15 per toob. We later saw other places further down the road that rented toobs for $ 10, so we felt a bit ripped off.
Secondly, Andy’s never gave us a netted trash holder for our empty cans. It makes it difficult not to litter without one of those. We lost a few empties to the rapids because we didn’t have a good place to put them.
Andy’s also did not shuttle us to the drop-​off point, therefore, we had to walk. It isn’t that far of a walk, but when you have a heavy cooler and a bulky toob to carry, it can be a difficult walk.
We did the short float, as we got to the river late in the day, and we tried to go again but the employees at Andy’s came and collected our toobs from us as we walked by their shop. We asked if we could float the short one again and they told us it was too late. I’m pretty positive we could have pulled it off before dusk, but I think the Andy’s employees were more concerned with closing up shop and heading home for the day.
Maybe that was a good thing though. My friend’s toob sprung a leak at the very end of our float, and it was pretty much flat by the time we got it back.
Next time I go to float The Guad, I will make sure to keep driving once I see Andy’s.

We decided to take Saturday to go tubing and relax, with plenty of brewskis in hand. Boy oh boy, did we have a good time! (So good that my chest is now the color of red Crayola crayons!)
Our little gang trekked from Houston, with coolers filled to the brim with beer and bellies full of Subway’s (the only semi-​decent eatery we could find on the way), to Andy’s River Toobs.
We got there and paid the $ 15 per tube for tubes with bottoms (didn’t want to worry about having our butts falling out into the cold, cold water…) and rented another cooler. (One wasn’t enough!) I believe the cooler tube was $ 10. We also purchased ice there (and they also have beers for sale as well).
Note: Don’t bring glass to the river — you will get ticketed. Cans only, guys!
So we filled the new cooler with our Bud Lights, Lone Stars (yes, we’re classy), Jack and Coke in a can, some sweet and nasty tasting tequila drink in a can, along with lots of fruit and water! We were ready to go (we also put on sun screen, but apparently I used the spray on stuff and didn’t apply liberally… ugh)!
We made the walk down to the river with all our gear (the cooler apparently weighed a million pounds with all those beers) and waited in a looooooong line to get down to the water. Once we got down (oh the walk down is slippery if you take the ramp… I had to practically ride the guard rail down), I slipped my foot in the water and almost peed in my pants!
It was soooo cold in the water, and once I got in, I realized why getting the tube with bottoms is a good idea — your ass doesn’t freeze off! The float started incredibly slowly (due to low water levels) and we tried to bungee ourselves to each other and the tube with all the beer… We ran into some trees a couple of times, but it was overall not too bad.
We did the 4 hour run (you can do a 2 hr one, 6 hrs or 8 hrs) and it felt like FOR-​EV-​ER. It was waaay too long because we were moving so slowly and the water wasn’t freaking taking us anywhere! But we drank a loooot of beer, ate a lot of grapes and basically ran into a lot of rocks and trees on the way down. (By the time the ride was over, one person from the group was so intoxicated, he couldn’t stand and walk out of the river on his own!)
I had a lot of fun, and it was crazy seeing this mass of humanity head down the river together… but I do wish I’d brought a waterproof radio of some sort. Music always puts me in a better mood!
All in all, the actual tubes held up well (except for the cooler tube — it semi-​deflated at one point). And then one of the other tubes had a tie come off (which meant she was no longer hooked onto the rest of the group and went missing!). But the tubes held up through the whole ride down, and the guys from Andy’s were waiting at the end with the shuttle to get us back to our cars.
But I can’t complain (Except about my sunburn and my terrible tan lines… oh and spray-​on sunscreen. I have some areas of my arm that are splotchy due to the not-​so-​liberal application of the spray-​on stuff.)… it was an excellent way to spend a Saturday afternoon!