American Queen Ceases Operations

[3rdGenCunarder]

56 minutes ago, DaveinCharlotte said:

I tend to doubt it.  ACL already has five -- count 'm five -- ships operating there, two of which are paddlewheelers.  Those (Pride, West) however are kind of long in the tooth, so maybe ACL would be keen to replace them/

 

By West do you mean the old Queen of the West? Or as we called it, Queen of the Worst. We sailed on that ship 10 years ago and thought it was in bad shape.

[Globalfish]

The sale of the four AQV riverboats to ACL was just approved by the Bankruptcy Court in Houston.  The sale of the Ocean Voyager and Ocean Navigator to a different buyer is still pending.
 

https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/finance-legal-regulatory/19m-winning-bid-aqv-coastals-court-oks-6m-sale-river-vessels

[steamboats]

The Ocean Victory is an expedition ship built for polar regions. It was not really the right ship for Alaska but for the Med???? 

 

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[DaveinCharlotte]

23 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

By West do you mean the old Queen of the West? Or as we called it, Queen of the Worst. We sailed on that ship 10 years ago and thought it was in bad shape.

I don't know; can't find anything on wikipedia.  ACL just calls it "American West, 110 passengers, Inaugurated 1995."  That's pretty old, so you're probably right.

 

https://www.americancruiselines.com/usa-riverboat-cruise-ships/paddlewheeler-cruise-ships/american-west

[Globalfish]

Everyone’s happy:
 

https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/American-Queen-Voyages-ships-find-new-life

[steamboats]

16 hours ago, DaveinCharlotte said:

I don't know; can't find anything on wikipedia.  ACL just calls it "American West, 110 passengers, Inaugurated 1995."  That's pretty old, so you're probably right.

 

Yes, it´s the former Queen of the West.

 

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[Host Jazzbeau]

On 4/5/2024 at 2:20 AM, steamboats said:

The Ocean Victory is an expedition ship built for polar regions. It was not really the right ship for Alaska but for the Med???? 

 

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Well, the Med it is.  But you have to speak Spanish:

Alma Cruceros to Operate Ocean Victory in Med in 2025

[steamboats]

Not the first company which tries to operate on the Spanish speaking market. So far they all failed. And this ship is not suited for warm weather destinations.

 

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[island lady]

I keep getting multiple duplicate letters with the bankruptcy information...but nothing that helps any of us out with actual refunds yet.  Anyone have any luck yet?  They owe me over 15K for paid in full B2B river cruise.  Ouch.  

[island lady]

Yet another one of those form letters again today.  Sheezz...they are spending a lot of postage just to send us a massive amount of the same letter that does us no good.  🤬