A large, white multi-deck riverboat with red trim and patriotic bunting is docked along a paved walkway. The ship features ornate Victorian-style railings, multiple levels of balconies, and a black hull resting in green-tinted river water under a cloudy sky.

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Departs: September 22, 2026

Returns: October 3, 2026

Departure Port: Knoxville

Ship: American Splendor

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American Splendor

Delivered in 2016 as America, and still the largest paddlewheeler in the fleet

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Handed over by Chesapeake Shipbuilding on March 6, 2016 under the name America
296 feet overall and 180 guests, the largest of the four paddlewheelers
Refitted and renamed in 2022, along with two of her stablemates
Runs the Lower Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans, and the Tennessee from Chattanooga to Nashville
US-built, US-flagged and American-crewed, which is what makes those rivers legal

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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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Scenic view of Nashville skyline and pedestrian bridge reflecting in the Cumberland River at sunrise. — Nashville, Tennessee

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