The American Queen Steamboat Company is offering savings of up to US$1600 per couple on 20 iconic river cruises in 2019 and 2020 aboard two of the biggest and grandest paddlewheel ships ever built – the elegant and richly appointed American Queen and the American Empress.
The celebrated, 436-passenger American Queen is the largest river steamboat ever built. Constructed in 1995 as a fully working, six-deck recreation of a classic, steam paddlewheeler, the American Queen plies the legendary waters of America’s greatest waterway, the mighty Mississippi River – famous for the show tune, ‘Ol’ Man River’, Mark Twain’s tales of Huckleberry Finn, the home of Elvis and jazz, cotton plantations, Civil War battlefields and periods of slavery.
Meanwhile, the 223-passenger American Empress, built in 2002, is the largest, overnight riverboat west of the Mississippi, offering journeys along the historic Columbia River in the US Pacific Northwest.
Until July 31, 2019, savings of up to US$1600 per couple are available on selected, eight-night river cruise packages on 20 departure dates between November, 2019, and December, 2020. Exclusive to Australians, the discounted sailings are between Memphis and New Orleans or Alton aboard American Queen on the Mississippi River, and aboard American Empress, round-trip from Vancouver in the US State of Washington. on the Columbia River.
Each package includes a night’s accommodation pre-cruise, a seven-night cruise, guided, hop-on-hop-off shore excursions, beer and wine with dinner and soft drinks, water and specialty coffees throughout the cruise. The eight-night packages are available from US$1618 per person, twin-share, for a Mississippi cruise aboard American Queen from New Orleans to Memphis or vice versa, on December 8 or 15, 2019. This fare includes a saving of US$800 per person if booked by July 31, 2019.
Savings of up to US$600 are also available on 18 other departures on both ships between November, 2019, and December, 2020, if booked by July 31, 2019.
American Queen Steamboat Company’s elegant ladies of the river offer spacious, modern luxury and old-world charm and epitomise the grace and grandeur of American riverboat heritage via relaxed journeys back in time through authentic America. The cruise line also operates the 1995-built, 166-passenger American Duchess riverboat – fully renovated in 2017 – on the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, and in 2020 will debut its fourth riverboat, the 245-passenger American Countess, on the Mississippi.
American Queen Steamboat Company is the most award-winning, authentic and opulent river cruise line in America, offering the most inclusive cruises with guided shore excursions, nightly Broadway-calibre entertainment and regionally inspired fine dining included in the fare.
To book, consumers or travel agents can call the Australian representative for the American Queen Steamboat Company, Cruise Traveller, on 1800 507 777 or visit www.cruisetraveller.com.au
Direct link to packages: www.cruisetraveller.com.au/
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