About American Cruise Lines

American Cruise Lines has been spearheading most of the growth in U.S. river cruising with plans to build five modern U.S. river ships in the next couple of years. When all builds are complete, American Cruise Lines will have nine U.S. river ships in addition to its coastal cruisers. Each of the new ships will have a four-story glass atrium and large, windowed lounge areas. They are being built wider, faster, and quieter than the more traditional American Cruise Lines paddle wheelers. The larger-than-average staterooms will range from 250-square-foot singles for solo travelers to 900-square-foot grand suites. All staterooms will be outside-facing with private balconies.

American Cruise Lines has a new schedule of cruises for 2022-2023, with 13 small ships carrying 100 to 200 passengers, including 4 new Modern Riverboats.

All American's ships will cruise the country, coast to coast, including: the Mississippi River, the Columbia and Snake Rivers, Puget Sound, Alaska, New England, the Hudson River and the Southeast Coast.

 American Jazz and American Melody, the 3rd and 4th modern riverboats debuted in 2020. American Jazz begins operating Mississippi cruises in late August and American Melody was out in late 2021.

A new itinerary for 2022 will be the 11-day Alaskan Explorer cruise, round trip from Juneau.

A new on-board program is an immersive Art Cruise program on select itineraries across the country. This program features an artist in residence on board, who will offer daily classes in watercolor and mixed-media instruction.

American Cruise Line will elevate the standard for U.S. riverboat cruising, on the new American Harmony which will offer a glass atrium, several inviting lounges and the largest staterooms of their fleet.