American Cruise Lines has announced that American Jazz, one of the company’s ten new riverboats, is repositioning from the Mississippi River to the West Coast for brand new California river cruises beginning February 2023 – the first of their kind since the 1940s.
Already underway on the journey from the Mississippi River to San Francisco Bay, American Jazz is expected to transit the Panama Canal in the coming days. American Jazz’s repositioning voyage is following a similar route to the historic US mail ships of the Gold Rush era that carried passengers, mail and gold between the East and West coasts. The expert nautical team aboard is supported each day of the voyage by the company’s shoreside operations team and all of them will be closely monitoring vessel systems, weather forecasts and voyage progress.
American Jazz’s arrival into San Francisco Bay heralds a historic development in US river cruising, as it is the first US built riverboat to offer overnight cruises throughout the Bay and California Delta in over 80 years. American Jazz will embark on the line’s first eight-day San Francisco Bay cruise on 24th February 2023. The new river cruises will sail San Francisco Bay and Wine Country, cruising the Napa River, Sacramento River and San Joaquin River.
“Exploring San Francisco Bay and the California Delta by a US river boat is a momentous occasion for domestic river cruising and another first for American Cruise Lines. We are proud to provide this new opportunity for our guests to discover yet another beautiful area of the country by river boat,” said Charles B Robertson, President & CEO of American Cruise Lines.
American Cruise Lines is proud to offer the eight-day San Francisco Bay itinerary roundtrip from San Francisco in February and March, and again in November and December 2023. American’s guests will explore San Francisco and Wine Country, while visiting vineyards and enjoying bespoke experiences from special tastings to becoming a winemaker for a day. Cruises highlight the region’s historical, cultural and geographical influences that gave rise to the stunning seaside city of San Francisco, as well as the lush vineyards and flourishing agricultural communities present throughout the Bay area and its surrounding valleys today.
American’s new eight-day San Francisco Bay cruises dock in San Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento and Vallejo, and sail San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, the Napa River and the San Joaquin River. 2023 departure dates are 24th February; 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th March; 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th November; and 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th December.
American’s California river cruises further represent the rapid growth of the domestic river cruise market and the extensive possibilities for exceptional 100% US small ship itineraries. In just the past few years, the company’s portfolio of domestic itineraries and their fleet of US-built small ships has experienced record growth; more than doubling in size since 2016, with many more new builds announced through 2027. Notably, all of American’s new ships remain small, with every boat in the fleet accommodating 180 guests or fewer, offering private balconies and over 350 square feet of space per passenger.
For further information call American Cruise Lines on 0800 021 3172, email sales@fredrivercruises.co.uk or visit www.americancruiselines.com
