American Cruise Lines News Coverage
American Cruise Lines is regularly covered in well-known national newspapers, travel magazines, and respected travel industry publications, and is often featured on local and national television. Please see below to read a selection of press coverage on American’s cruises, itineraries, awards, and new ships. American Cruise Lines explores more U.S. destinations than any other cruise company and is proud to be America’s #1 river and small ship cruise line.
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All Things Cruise
American Encore Riverboat Passes Sea Trials Setting New Global River Cruising Standard
With its wonderful name, the new American Encore riverboat is bound to have passengers booking more cruises on American Cruise Lines’ latest gem to see more on America’s treasured waterways.
The American Encore has now passed Sea Trials with flying colors and is already underway along its journey to the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
The finest new riverboat in the world, the American Encore showcases top-notch amenities, a refined elegant onboard aesthetic and state-of-the-art engineering. The best 180-passenger riverboat ever built, American Encore is more akin to a luxury yacht with more space-per-passenger than any other riverboat globally.
Seatrade
American Cruise Lines Unfurls ‘250 Years of America’ Campaign
American Cruise Lines' "Celebrating 250 Years of America" campaign honors the nation's semiquincentennial on all 2026 sailings.
These explore the rivers and waterways in 35 states, from Alaska to Florida. The campaign includes commemorative 250th recognition on board, enhanced enrichment programming and special celebrations.
Porthole Cruise & Travel
Southern Sailing on American Cruise Lines’ Inaugural Gulf Coast Cruise
I was about to bite into a beignet, those delectable, deep-fried pastries that are icons of the New Orleans culinary scene, when my guide on the Bienville Bites Food Tour stopped me.
“Wait! You forgot the lemon.” Lemon? Who puts lemon on a beignet?
Residents of Mobile, Alabama, do, and that’s where this food tour took place. To my surprise, the citrus juice melded with the powdered sugar on the warm pastry, forming a delicious, gooey icing. Sorry, New Orleans, but this beignet from Panini Pete’s was the best I’ve ever had…
MLIVE (Muskegon Chronicle)
Cruise Line Focused on All-U.S. Itineraries to Join Growing Great Lakes Cruising Industry
A cruise line focused on U.S. destinations will join the growing Great Lakes cruising industry in 2026, adding three all-domestic itineraries. In response to guest demand, American Cruise Lines’ new ship, American Patriot, will sail lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Ontario from May to August 2026 with 9- and 14-day itineraries.
FOX 10 News WALA (Mobile)
For Some Mobile Businesses, Impact of American Cruise Lines Could Be Bigger Than Carnival
Tour guide Bella Myers on Friday led a group of passengers from the American Cruise Lines’ American Symphony through downtown. They got a little history.
“Like we talked about before, this is the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception,” she said as the cruisers walked up Dauphin Street. “It was originally built in – they laid the cornerstone in 1835.”
And they ate a lot of food – signature offerings from five Mobile restaurants, plus a final treat from Three Georges Fine Southern Chocolates.
AARP
Top Ocean and River Cruises to Take in 2026
American Cruise Lines offers more than 50 U.S.–based itineraries ranging from seven to 55 days. Guests don’t need a passport to sail on any of its 90- to 180-passenger ships, since the entire fleet is flagged in the U.S. Its domestic itineraries include river cruises on the Mississippi, the Columbia and the Snake, and the Hudson rivers. The line also offers coastal voyages, combined land-and-cruise National Parks itineraries, extended cruises, holiday and themed sailings.