The inaugural season of American Cruise Lines’ newest modern riverboat, American Melody, has set sail on the Mississippi despite the difficulties posed by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana.
She cast off on Friday (3 September), allowing guests to celebrate Labor Day Weekend exploring the lower Mississippi as they embark along American’s 22-Day Complete Mississippi River Cruise.
The cruise had originally been scheduled to operate from New Orleans to St Paul but, because of the devastation wreaked by Ida guests, had to embark 170 miles upstream in Natchez.
Melody’s inaugural season will cruise the country’s most iconic river through to the end of December.
American Melody on the Mississippi, above, and its panoramic Skywalk, top of page
American Melody accommodates 175-passengers and is the most sophisticated and elegant riverboat on US waters, advancing the line’s ongoing elevation of American river cruising.
It features a spectacular Skywalk on the top deck which features an ellipse cutout dramatically cantilevered over the ship’s 4 th deck.