About Memphis

Memphis is the music city of the Mississippi, embarking and disembarking the cruises that run upstream toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Graceland, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Sun Studio (where Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded), and the Civil Rights Museum at the former Lorraine Motel where Dr King was assassinated are the standard shore-excursion choices. Beale Street's blues clubs and the duck march at the Peabody Hotel fill the embarkation evening.

River cruise ships that call at Memphis

18 vessels from 3 operators include Memphis in their published itineraries:

Ship	Cruise line
American Countess	American Queen Voyages
American Duchess	American Queen Voyages
American Eagle	American Cruise Lines
American Glory	American Cruise Lines
American Harmony	American Cruise Lines
American Heritage	American Cruise Lines
American Independence	American Cruise Lines
American Jazz	American Cruise Lines
American Melody	American Cruise Lines
American Queen	American Queen Voyages
American Serenade	American Cruise Lines
American Song	American Cruise Lines
American Spirit	American Cruise Lines
American Splendor	American Cruise Lines
American Star	American Cruise Lines
American Symphony	American Cruise Lines
Queen of the Mississippi	American Cruise Lines
Viking Mississippi	Viking River Cruises

Itineraries that include Memphis

Lower Mississippi Heritage
Complete Mississippi
Music Cities of the South

Operators serving Memphis

Founded 1997

Viking River Cruises

Scandinavian-styled Longships exploring Europe's great waterways.

Founded 1991

American Cruise Lines

US-built coastal and river ships across America's waterways.

Founded 2012

American Queen Voyages

Heritage paddle-wheelers on the Mississippi River system.

Rivers reached from Memphis

North America

Mississippi

Cruises on the Mississippi are operated by paddle-wheel and modern shallow-draft ships from American Cruise Lines and American Queen Voyages. Itineraries run…