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American Cruise Lines
Columbia & Snake Rivers Cruise
US Rivers
Sailing Itinerary
Trip Details
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Your Ship
American Song
The first modern American riverboat, and the ship the whole current series is descended from
Aboard
- The first of the modern riverboat series, delivered in 2018, the first contemporary riverboat built in the United States
- 180 guests, every stateroom with a private balcony
- A four-story glass atrium with a domed skylight, and lounges forty feet above the water
- Azimuth thrusters fore and aft in place of conventional shafts and rudders
- A hydraulic bow ramp that lets her land passengers on a bare riverbank
- Eight-night Columbia and Snake River runs, Portland to Clarkston, all season long
- No short version: the shortest thing she sells is eight nights
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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