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American Cruise Lines
Columbia & Snake Rivers Cruise
US Rivers
Sailing Itinerary
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Your Ship
American Pride
The paddlewheeler the line moved west, and the one that kept her name in the 2022 renaming
Aboard
- Built at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in 2012 and entered service that August as Queen of the Mississippi
- Renamed American Pride in 2016 and sent to the Columbia and Snake Rivers
- The only one of the three Salisbury-built paddlewheelers sent to the Pacific Northwest
- 78 staterooms for 150 guests over five decks, with an elevator to each
- Decor themed on the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Native peoples of the region
- Every departure leaves from Portland, Oregon; most of them end at Clarkston
- Runs more of the short Columbia River Gorge cruise than any other ship in the fleet
Ashore
Where You Stop
Portland
Cruising the Columbia River
Astoria
Kalama
The Dalles
Pendleton
Richland
Clarkston
US Rivers
America's Rivers
The Mississippi, the Columbia and the Snake aboard small ships that dock in the middle of town: no passport, no flight over an ocean, and a different American city every morning.
- Best Time to Go
- April to November, with fall color on the Mississippi in October
- Typical Length
- 7 to 15 nights
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The Same Trip, Other Weeks
The identical itinerary on this ship, priced by departure. Fares move week to week, and the difference is often larger than anything else on this page.
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