The tour will begin with a two-night hotel stay (Dec. 3 & 4) in New Orleans including a Welcome Reception, meals and special guided tours with escorts, Ronald and Judy Drez. In addition to exploring the city’s history, architecture and creole cuisine, we will visit The National D-Day Museum with World War II expert, Ronald Drez.
Our 7-night steamboatin’ adventure (Dec. 5 –12) will begin and end in New Orleans. We will travel the lower Mississippi River as far north as Vicksburg, Mississippi making shore stops along the way.
The steamboat portion of the tour includes all meals, daily Riverlorian (river historian) lectures and nightly showboat style entertainment. This cruise features the eloquent sounds of the legendary Mills Brothers, presenting their sweet harmonies of “Glow Worm,” “Lazy River,” “Paper Doll” and their first hit, “Tiger Rag.”
Your Steamboatin’ ports of call are:
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New Orleans
Steamboat departs 7:30 p.m.
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Oak Alley Plantation
Tour of Plantation is included.
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St. Francisville, Louisiana
Optional tours are available.
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Natchez, Mississippi
Exclusive shore tour escorted by Ronald Drez.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
Exclusive shore tour to Vicksburg National Military Park escorted by Ronald Drez, where he will discuss the Civil War as we walk this well preserved battlefield.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Exclusive shore tour of the U.S.S. Kidd, a restored WWII Fletcher class destroyer.
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Houmas House Plantation
Tour of Plantation is included.
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New Orleans
Disembark by 9:00 a.m.
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The Mississippi Queen steaming up
the Mississippi River.
Mississippi Queen
The magnificent Mississippi Queen will be decked from stem to stern in her Victorian holiday finery. She’s six decks-worth of glowing stained glass beauty, gleaming brass accents, cozy lounges, genuine antiques and friendly warmth and charm. Yet beneath her Victorian décor await the modern amenities expected by today’s sophisticated traveler, including elevators, a bathing pool, beauty salon, and individually climate-controlled staterooms. Be pampered by an all-American crew always at your beck and call and relax in an atmosphere of Victorian charm. Then, each night as you settle into your comfortable stateroom, lulled to sleep by the gentle, distant rhythm of the paddlewheel, you’ll dream of the adventures that await you the next morning.
Oak Alley Plantation
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