American river cruising on the rise
With the growing popularity of river cruising in Europe, more companies are making plans to increase cruises on American rivers. Set to open in August in Memphis is the newly formed Great American...
View ArticleAmerican Queen’s return to the river
The American Queen that was held by the tax department has been sold to the new Great American Steamboat Company. After an infusion of some big bucks to fix her up, she will be ready for sailing in...
View ArticleDisney details and Christmas deals
It appears that “Mickey” likes the idea of going to Hawaii. One of “his” ships had a cruise scheduled to the Polynesian paradise, and now the same ship is going back for a second look. The Disney...
View ArticleAmerican Queen — a retro trip
It’s all new so you may have heard precious little about the Great American Steamboat Company and its refurbished steamer, American Queen. Last week, the company released the talent line-up that will...
View ArticleAmerican Queen: Godmother with grace
Priscilla Presley will soon get to “beat her feet on the Mississippi mud” after accepting the honour of being named the Godmother of the Great American Steamboat Company’s re-built American Queen....
View ArticleCat Cora to be Riviera’s Godmother
Over the past three weeks, there has been an impressive list of Godmothers lending their names to the latest new cruise ships. Mariah Carey joined Disney’s venerable characters when she christened the...
View ArticleRiverboat Godmother an American Queen, too
The Presley name lives on thanks to former wife of Elvis, Priscilla Presley, who has made more money for the estate in the last decade than the King of Rock ’n Roll did while he was alive. Priscilla,...
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