This is a good idea.

For my birthday last year my bf had a whole special night planned. We went to dinner at this AMAZING restaurant and I had Wasabi Steak. YUM. Outside was a boat dock. I told him "we can do ANYTHING you want tonight as long as you don't feed me all this food and then take me on a boat." I really didn't want to v* on my bday. Long story short...he rented a Gondola (in Long Beach) and rode around the bay for almost an hour. I was petrified when I saw what he had done but for the life of me, I was not going to miss this opportunity. It was so romantic. But, I was fine! I loved it!