American Cruise Line to boost capacity in Pacific Northwest in 2016

American Cruise Lines’ American Pride will join Queen of the West in the Pacific Northwest on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 2016.

Built three years ago, the 150-passenger American Pride is currently operating on the Mississippi River and will reposition to provide extra capacity on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The paddlewheeler will offer seven- to ten-day cruises from 2 April.

American Cruise Lines’ larger newbuild America, which currently under construction at the Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Maryland, will replace American Pride on the Mississippi.