American Jazz Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This was our first Mississippi River Cruise. American Cruise Line was fabulous from the moment we stepped onboard. American Jazz was beautifully appointed. We so enjoyed the top notch nightly entertainment and daily cultural programs. It was so interesting to explore many historical landmarks on excursions led by local knowledgeable guides. The food was delicious and prepared from locally grown ingredients. The nightly cocktail hours were complimentary as were beer and wine at lunch and dinner. The ACL staff were not only professional and courteous. Guests are their priority! The crew worked well together to insure passengers were enjoying their stay and had everything they needed. I would highly recommend ACL, you won’t be disappointed!

We took two cruises recently, one on a "monster" ship holding more than 4000 passengers and this one on American Cruise Lines. There is no comparison as to which is far superior: American Cruise Line (ACL) is better by a mile! There are many reasons: traveling in the US makes us feel safe and close to high quality medical facilities; the American crew is wonderful - sweet, attentive, and they go out of their way to help if you have difficulties; small ship sailing eliminates the endless walking from one end to the other on the "monster" ships if you have difficulty walking - you always seem to be on the wrong side of the ship for all activities; no waiting on endless lines for embarkation/disembarkation or excursions; great excursions and most excursions are included; no "nickel and diming" on the ship - put your wallet away, there are no extra charges; ALL drinks are included and no outrageous charge for water bottles like we had on other lines; fabulous high end food (no cutting through tough tendons on so-called "prime meat" like other ships; a sense of intimacy with both fellow passengers and crew since you see the same familiar people again and again and get to know them. The itinerary is great, and you see the development of modern music from Elvis and WC Handy's blues and jazz in Memphis to down home country and country cross-overs along the way to Nashville. Grand Ol Opry included. The towns along the way gave us a great feel of the south and of the rivers we traveled on. We learned a lot about the history of the region, as well, when we learned about the civil war battlefields and development of the area.

A great cruise line and a great cruise. We have been on the Hudson River, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands, and now the Memphis to Nashville experience. All were A1, and all were all-American.

We really enjoyed the entire cruise. It was a great boat - quite new - with a nice atmosphere onboard. Staff was friendly and all from the US. The music was the best part for us. So much of it to explore on the Mississippi River. We especially enjoyed the cruise line's tour to Graceland the first day of the cruise.

I can't wait to take another American Cruise line cruise.

This was a wonderful experience I would do it again and I would recommend the American jazz to anyone that's interested in a Civil War riverboat cruise it's educational it's reliable it's relaxing great people great staff all around it was just fantastic fantastic memory

We wanted a nice relaxing cruise for the holiday, someplace where the temps were moderate for that time of year and somewhere in the US. We chose the American Cruise Line and were on the American Jazz out of New Orleans. The excursions we chose were informative and even entertaining due to the history guides and bus drivers. The best though was the Thanksgiving meal that was provided, of course turkey plus three other types of meat, various sides to numerous to mention and a table of deserts. And I did not have to prepare one thing! That was the table talk among the ladies at our table. We decided this was the best way to spend Thanksgiving. I did have a moment of pity for the chef who put out this spread-but he at least had an army of helpers to prepare AND clean up. I think next year I need to be aboard another ACL ship somewhere.

For the price of the cruise American Cruise Lines should invest in their company and develop some usable docks at each of their stops. Viking Cruise has done it, so I'm not sure why an American Company hasn't as well.