We were on the American Empess on the Columbia and Snake River. This is an excellent cruise. The staff is the best, and the food is out of this world. They do everything so well from the hop on hop off tours to the premiun tours. It was a ery stress free trip. I heartily recommend it. The Riverlorian, Mary, gave rxcellent , informative talks about the journey of Lewis and Clark to fi a passage across the United States. Greg and Lindey gave so much of thereselves to make this cruise a fun time for all the passengers, On the days we were not touring, we played bingo, trivia, name that tune, and there was always something going on in the lounge. We have sailed on the American Queen and also loved that ship and would reommend either boats to anyone wanting to have a relaxing, fun, and great food trip.