NEW ORLEANS — There's a new royal of riverboats on the Mississippi. The company that operates the much-beloved American Queen on Monday officially welcomed a second vessel to the river, American ...

The American Queen docks in Tunica, Mississippi, May 28, 2023, for a final stop before docking in Memphis on Memorial Day. Credit: Keely Brewer Paywall-free, every single day.

American Queen Voyages retired the smallest of its three Mississippi River boats in late 2022. Then, last year, it scrapped its trips on the Great Lakes and sold the boats that ran those tours.

In 2022, Viking River Cruises shipped its luxury European brand to America with the new, state-of-the-art, 386-passenger Viking Mississippi. But two U.S. competitors — American Queen Voyages and ...

A trip up or down the Mississippi River on a riverboat cruise offers many sights and sounds of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and more. There's food, culture, history and music ...

The drop in the Mississippi River has led to riverboat cruise ships notifying the city of Vicksburg that it won’t be docking nearby because the water levels have dropped so far. The plan from American ...

There will be a noticeable difference in riverboat visitors on the Mississippi River this summer. American Queen Voyages, a popular riverboat cruise company has shut down indefinitely. The company ...

With the failure of American Queen Voyages in February 2024, the Viking Mississippi is ACL’s sole competitor on the ...

The body of Tamia Taylor, a 21-year-old woman who went missing along the Mississippi River while on a riverboat birthday cruise earlier this month, has been found, according to police ...

(The only other Mississippi cruise ship with a pool is the original American Queen.) If river levels remain a concern this fall, we’d recommend booking for next summer — or staying north of St ...