Just about every other week, there's a riverboat making its first stop of the season in Dubuque.  Travel Dubuque, along with the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, has been welcoming all the large excursion riverboats this summer as they make their first stops in Dubuque. And this week it's happening again.

.The American Queen will be making its first stop of the season  in Dubuque on Friday, August 26, 2022. This ship is the largest in the American Queen Voyages fleet. It can accommodate up to 436 guests and a crew of 160 people. There are 222 staterooms on board this ship.

The ship has been stopping in Dubuque to explore since 2012. Not only does the ship cruise the Mississippi River, but it also will cruise the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at the American Trust Rivers Edge Plaza in the Port of Dubuque at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022.

There's one more ribbon cutting planned this fall, Tuesday, September. 27th with the American Symphony, 7:30 a.m. Port of Dubuque American Trust Rivers Edge Plaza.