River Cruising Close to Home
经过Ana Figueroa/This is the fourth in a销售河流巡游的系列。
河流巡航并不总是涉及国际飞行 - 在家中有很多选择,它们的历史,风景和文化与国际同行一样。
The American story – real and fictional – unfolded along great rivers. The tale of the American river cruise industry is also filled with twists and turns.
线条来来去去,所以有多种感性的追随者。这在很大程度上是由于运营国内邮轮公司的经济学。
该国的河流巡游通常比海外巡游更高的价格点和更旧的人口。他们在那些已经经历过欧洲一次或多次欧洲的人中特别受欢迎。
Following is an overview of the U.S. river cruise market.
Life along the Mississippi
卡特里娜飓风造成了密西西比河巡航行业的破坏。但这在去年卷土重来。
With good reason. Cruises on the Mississippi sail through a living history of America’s heartland. Antebellum plantations, the French Quarter of New Orleans, the Victorian elegance of Mark Twain country, and busy modern cities are all a part of the great river’s landscape.
两名桨卫士,密西西比州的150名乘客女王和436名乘客的美国皇后,现在在密西西比州运作。
前者是美国邮轮公司于2012年推出的新建筑,是17年来在密西西比州推出的第一艘新河船。后者建于1995年,由美国皇后汽船公司进行了翻新。
New Orleans to the twin cities
两艘船只都提供从新奥尔良到明尼阿波利斯/ST的行程。保罗。他们还在俄亥俄州,坎伯兰郡和田纳西河的一部分上运作。
Avalon Waterways is offering itineraries on the American Queen, packaged with its own distinct land program. And Viking River Cruises also plans to enter the market.
维京发言人告诉beplay客服那家公司老板Tor Hagen说,该公司“would eventually” be on the Mississippi, but would not confirm a timeline. Local media in Minnesota have reported that a 340-passenger Viking ship could begin cruises in the fall of 2015.
Pacific Northwest
Not as well-known as their mid-America counterpart, the Columbia and Snake rivers are as enticing as the Mississippi. Journeys in the wake of Lewis and Clark venture through Oregon and Washington’s most scenic landscapes.
Itineraries typically include visits to the lunar-like landscape of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, the bucolic farmland in the shadow of Mount Hood, award-winning wine country, the imposing Columbia River Gorge and Hells Canyon.
哥伦比亚和蛇河行程还提供并与该地区的美国原住民传统相遇。例如,鲑鱼平台仍在河流沿线使用。
重建当地历史
非裁判冒险,以前是Innersea发现/美国野生动物园巡游,在哥伦比亚和蛇上运作。它的新成本,88-Passenger S.S. Legacy在复制品沿海轮船上提供了传统冒险。遗产的船员在1890年代服装,并全天演奏小插曲,重现当地历史。
223个乘客的美国皇后也在哥伦比亚和蛇河上栩栩如生。该船自己的历史令人印象深刻。
This reproduction of a 19th-century paddle wheeler first entered service a decade ago. After lying dormant for the past five years, she’s been renovated and will begin service again in 2014.
更多的选择
New York’s Hudson River winds through some of the state’s most historic and scenic locations.
美国邮轮公司从纽约市运行Hudson行程。亮点包括西点军事学院,历史悠久的昏昏欲睡的空心和FDR的海德公园出生地。哈德逊河在秋天游览中特别受欢迎。
The Erie Canal features prominently on cruises that include the Hudson River and other Northeast inland waterways. Blount Small Ship Adventures offers a New York City to Montreal cruise. The itinerary journeys into Canada on the St. Lawrence Seaway to Quebec and continues on the naturalist-favorite Saguenay River.
Though known as the ocean cruise capital of the world, Florida also offers river cruise options.
美国巡航线从杰克逊维尔(Jacksonville)驶向佛罗里达州东北部往返的水道。在圣约翰斯和托马托河上的旅行提供了各种各样的景观,观鸟机会,捕鱼社区以及历史悠久的阿米莉亚岛和圣奥古斯丁。
下一次:代理商分享了提高河流巡航销售的提示。
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