New paddlewheeler begins cruising the Mississippi River American Cruise Lines (ACL)

摘要

new 150-passenger paddlewheeler Queen of the Mississippi left New Orleans in early August on its inaugural cruise. The 26O'x53'x8' steel boat is the first new paddlewheeler built for the Mississippi River in 20 years. ACL's cruises will cost passengers an average of about $4,000. "That includes everything," Charles A. Robertson, ACL's president and CEO, said at a luncheon aboard the Queen before the boat left on its "pre-inaugural" cruise for Vicksburg, Miss.