Lake Express high speed ferry - middle of Lake Michigan views

Seldom seen views from on board the Lake Express high speed ferry.

The early parts of this video show the Lake Michigan waters shot through the bow doors of the Lake Express as it travels at full speed - nearly 40 mph. On the day this was shot the waters were dead still and the feeling was like standing on the wing of an airplane - you could see down many feet below and the entire bottom edge of the Lake Express was visible as it cut through the water.

The latter portion of this video shows details of the unique water jet propulsion system of the ship as it traveled at full speed on Lake Michigan.

Lake Express began service in 2004 as the first high speed auto and passenger ferry to operate between US ports. It has completed more than 5,000 Lake Michigan crossings between Milwaukee, WI and Muskegon, MI and has carried more than 600,000 since its inaugural voyage June 1, 2004.

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[matts4290]

Does Lake Express give student discounts? I live in the lower pennisula of Michigan and go to college in Wisconsin. It would be nice to just cut across the lake, but I can't afford to take the ferry.