Cruise West is
starting Mississippi River cruises!!
They are renaming
100-passenger Spirit of Glacier Bay to
Spirit of America and starting cruises
in 2011. Most of the cruises go from New
Orleans to Memphis or from Memphis to
Nashville, with the first cruise being
New Orleans to Memphis March 19, 2011.
Other introductory cruises are in April
and May. Published rates are $3,499,
$3,799, $4,299, and $5,099 per person
double occupancy. But we just talked to
Cruise West and we can get you a
$600 discount per person if you book
with us by July 31.
All cabins are outside
and have individually controlled
air-conditioning and heating, two lower
beds and private bath. Some cabins have
pullmans and can accommodate a third
person.
AMERICAN CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINE
(BLOUNT SMALL SHIP ADVENTURES)
NIAGARA PRINCE
Passenger Capacity: 84
Cruises between Chicago
and New Orleans on the Mississippi and other rivers.
CRUISE WEST
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
Passenger Capacity: 100
Was Spirit of Glacier Bay. Cruises from New Orleans, Memphis,
Nashville.
GREAT RIVER STEAMBOAT COMPANY
JULIA BELLE SWAIN STEAMBOAT
Passenger Capacity: 150
Two-day trips from La Crosse to Winona and
Prairie du Chien
RIVERBARGE
EXCURSION LINES -- currently out of service
RIVER EXPLORER
Passenger Capacity: 198
Cruises
Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Cumberland Rivers, Atchafalaya River
Basin,
Texas-Louisiana Intracoastal Waterway. Two barges attached and pushed by a
towboat.
TWILIGHT
Overnights on shore at resort hotel.
SPIRIT
OF PEORIA
SPIRIT OF PEORIA
Passenger Capacity: 150
Three-day overnight
cruises on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, Peoria,
Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri.
Two-day overnight cruises go north from Peoria to Starved
Rock State Park.
May-October.
There are no cabins on the boat; passengers stay at night in lodges at the
state parks.