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.
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