My own journey had a focus on the Upper Mississippi, and as we ping-ponged from both sides of the river — Missouri and Illinois, Iowa and ... at the Viking Mississippi cruise ship, including ...

Southern locales such as Memphis and New Orleans are perhaps more well known but Upper Mississippi ports have their own appeal as I recently discovered on Viking River Cruises’ eight-day ...

Elizabeth Rhodes is a senior editor at Travel + Leisure, covering everything from luxury hotels to theme parks to must-pack travel products. Originally from South Carolina, Elizabeth moved to New ...

River cruises often elicit a lackluster response—conjuring images of slow-moving vessels brimming with family reunion T-shirts, cattle-call buffets, and cookie-cutter accommodations. But take a ...

In this second article below, we talk more the ship and three Iowa ports ... guests on these Mississippi River sailings are "repeaters" to Viking, according to the ship's cruise director Tim.

Here’s four of the best cruises you can book. 01 Cruise along the Mississippi for eight glorious days onboard a Viking Cruise ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa ... Cruise Line’s American Melody at Davenport’s River Heritage Park on Wednesday. Ships from American Cruise Lines and Viking Cruise Lines will make 20 stops through late ...

Minnesotans take pride in owning the source of the Mississippi, but how many have sailed it? In 2022, Viking River Cruises ... I toured ships from all three lines during recent port stops in ...

To get to know them better, I toured ships from all three lines during recent port stops ... river, but it’s the biggest one – the year-old, 450-foot Viking Mississippi. It’s the only cruise ...