American Cruise Lines News Coverage

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.

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.

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.

American Cruise Lines will sail a new 16-day roundtrip itinerary on the Columbia and Snake Rivers on its new river cruise ship, American Anthem, when it launches in 2027.

The ‘Grand Columbia & Snake Rivers Cruise’ programme will begin sailing from Portland, Oregon, in May 2027. The cruise begins with an included pre-cruise hotel stay in Portland. Guests will then be transferred to Stevenson, Washington, for sailing west on the Columbia River to Astoria, Oregon, before turning east to the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers near Richland, Washington. The ship will then visit Clarkston and Hells Canyon in Washington before concluding in Stevenson, Washington. 

The 15-night "Grand New England Cruise" offered from mid-May to late September by American Cruise Lines is a perennial favorite — and for good reason.

With its celebrated lobster rolls, clam bakes, tall-masted schooners, colonial architecture, and vibrant arts scene, coastal New England is a revered summer playground. You may have visited with your family as a kid or enjoyed a romantic getaway to Newport or Nantucket as an adult. But what if your dream is to see it all — 15 coastal New England ports in four states — in one vacation, without having to drive, change hotels, or book local tours? 

Nearly 100 passengers, crew, company executives and government officials and company partners gathered on the top deck of American Pioneer on Monday as American Cruise Lines christened its newest vessel while docked at Mallory Square. The celebration marked the company’s third ship to enter service along Florida’s coasts, underscoring a growing partnership between the cruise line and the island community.