American Queen Steamboat Engine Room

The grand american queen constructed in 1995 in morgan city louisiana carries on the tradition of the elegant 19th century steamboat travel.

American queen steamboat engine room.

We took our first u. This was a 23 day trip with american queen steamboat company from red wing mn to new orleans. It is really hard to rate the whole trip as we only have a windstar cruise to scotland for comparison plus opinions from others. Browse over 982 expert photos and member pictures of the american queen cruise ship.

All reviews queen steamboat hop on hop dining room front porch engine room civil war crew members highly recommend this. We cruised at 13 m p h from memphis to new orleans. Weather was perfect crew was friendly and accommodating premium tours were informative and inexpensive entertainment was very good with period music. All escorted tours marvelous food small boat with only about 150 passengers as opposed to about 450 passengers on the.

Although the ship was built in the mid 1990 s the. The interiors and accommodations also have the victorian look of the 19th century. River cruise on the mississippi river the week of christmas. Only about 450 guests with a crew of 150 boat was very clean entertainment.

She s the largest steamboat ever built and is a real beauty with her wedding cake tiered decks and fancy latticework. I said we had a balcony cabin but to clarify we had an outside cabin with chairs nd a table on the wrap around porch not a private balcony but still an outside space. The american queen steamboat has 222 cabins and suites and accommodates 436 passengers. What makes the american queen different from most of the riverboats in existence today is that a true steam engine is used to drive the paddlewheel.

19 reviews of american queen steamboat company we took the trip from memphis to new orleans may 1 9.