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Is Delta Queen River Boat Cruise still operating?

I just saw a posting on the internet that the paddle wheel cruise ships ceased operation in 2009 - any word if they will resume operation and if so how do you make a reservation?

Public Comments

1. All that I know is that right now it is being bought out with no date on when it will resume cruises. The Delta Queen was a favorite of my dads. I do hope it comes back in full swing.
2. The historic Delta Queen steamboat is heading to Chattanooga, Tennessee to become a floating hotel -- at least for now. USA TODAY sister paper The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the famed paddlewheeler has been leased to a hotel operator in the city and soon will be moved from its current home in New Orleans. It could open as a hotel along the city's waterfront as soon as April, the paper says. Long beloved by riverboat fans, the 82-year-old Delta Queen was forced to stop cruising America's waterways in November after its 40-year Congressional exemption from a fire safety rule expired. Still, the legendary vessel's days traveling America's rivers are not necessarily over for good. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?ak=62036250.blog&type=blog Hope I helped!
3. the Delta Queen is now a hotel. Their website is www.save-the-delta-queen.org/ . There are other steam boats or paddle wheelers that operate on various rivers across the US. Most of them are in the south or the mid west. One of them is the Natchez Steamboat Mississippi River Cruise.
4. The Delta Queen is now a floating hotel because the federal government will not give approval for her type of hull. She is now permanently docked in Tennessee.