ACL expanding to the West Coast
Mon 30th November 2009
American Cruise Lines (ACL) will start operating seven-night itineraries aboard the recently acquired Queen of the West on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 2010. The Queen of the West is a 120-passenger, US flagged cruise ship and currently the only authentic paddlewheel, over-night passenger vessel, operating in North America. American Cruise Lines plans to announce plans for even further expansion to the west coast in early 2010. ACL is planning several different itineraries that will depart from Portland, Oregon and Clarkston, Washington, starting in the summer of 2010. Stops along the route will include the Columbia River Gorge, Multonomah Falls, Mt. St. Helen’s, The Dalles, Hells Canyon and Astoria. (http://www.americancruiselines.com)
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