Overnight Mississippi River Cruises Memphis
The schadler family is involved in every aspect of the boat s day to day operations from cooking the food fresh daily helping serve their guests keeping the engines running smooth and even piloting the vessel.
Overnight mississippi river cruises memphis. Memphis to new orleans river cruise fertile cotton fields vast sugar cane plantations and imposing pillared mansions will transport you back in time. While most cruises only last a few hours there are a few overnight riverboat journeys along the regions many rivers. Our memphis sightseeing cruises are a great way to see and learn a bit of mississippi river history while visiting memphis tennessee. Guests have access to a cash credit bar serving soda and spirits.
Because of covid 19 all american queen steamboat company operations have been suspended until june 21 2020. Cruises from memphis to st. The paddlewheel riverboats carry you to the world of the river life. Overnight cruises on the mississippi river give you a chance to see much more than you would be able to see on any other kind of overnight trip in the united states.
The local two hour cruises from south to north of the memphis riverfront are better than in the past with some good history and stories imparted. There are a variety of options available to tourists depending on the amount of time the visitor has. Included is the most excellent house band playing a little of everything from r b to jazz and of course the blues. Take a paddlewheeler a few miles up and down the greatest river in the u s a the mighty mississippi.
April 25 may 3 2021includes pre cruise night in memphis tn. 7 nights on the american queen the only overnight steamship in the world. 218 staterooms accommodating 417 guests. The cruise includes two hours on the mighty mississippi music from our house band and a wonderful buffet.
See the mississippi ohio illinois and. Many of the passengers on the cancelled cruises will be rescheduling their cruises for 2021. You basically get to take a trip through history when you hop on one of these river boats and you can actually book one of these trips at almost any point during the year. This is a great way to see and learn a bit of mississippi river history while visiting memphis tennessee.
Louis and to new oleans are available but nothing two night is out there to my knowledge. The most popular cruise is the 90 minute sightseeing cruise which takes visitors a step back into tennessee history.