My First River Cruise: American Harmony Cruise Review - Columbia River

After 52 ocean cruises I finally had the opportunity to sail on the Columbia River and Snake River with American Cruise Lines, on their ship American Harmony.

This was a beautiful cruise with very interesting scenery as the ship made its way from the desert conditions in Clarkston, Washington, to the cooler, wetter coastal environment in Astoria and Portland, Oregon.

None of the video clips you'll see here were provided by the cruise line... I shot everything you'll see in this video myself... during a 7-day cruise in August of 2021. I made a special arrangement with American Cruise Lines to cruise at their expense in exchange for giving them a copy of all the photos and videos I shot during the cruise, so that their marketing department could use them.

This was a very different kind of cruise than the ocean cruises I've previously done with Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Princess, Norwegian, MSC, and Viking. A small river cruise ship has some interesting advantages over the big mega cruise ships... such as a complete lack of any crowding, no need for security x-ray inspections when boarding, ice makers and laundry facilities that passengers can use at no additional charge, soft drinks such as Coca Cola readily available any hour of the day or night, as well as cookies and other snacks that you can pick up anytime. On the other hand, a small ship can't compete with the wide number of dining and entertainment choices on a mega cruise ship.

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Day 1 - Clarkston
2:00 Holiday Inn
3:12 Embarkation
4:49 Dam
8:39 First Night
10:48 Tri Cities
14:49 Hood River
17:26 Stevenson
18:01 Music + Trains
18:49 Kalama
19:30 Astoria
21:14 River Day
22:24 Food
25:40 Activities
27:17 Portland
28:04 Travel Agent

Music Credits:
"Family Montage" (The Jim Zim theme song) by Biz Baz Studio
"Under The Wire" by The Mini Vandals
"Come With Us" by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
"Let's Do This!" by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
"Vanity Reprise" by Leviathe
"Surrender" by Dan Lebowitz
"Take Your Time" by Dan Lebowitz
"Arkansas Traveler" by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
"Firefly" by Chris Haugen
"Lazy Afternoon Sun" by Dan Lebowitz
"Everything Where It Needs To Be" by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
"Quarantine Waltz" by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
"Sailors Lament" by Audionautix
"Birds In Flight" by Dan Lebowitz
"All Hail The Queen" by Dan Lebowitz
"Happy Mandolin" by Media Right Productions
"Campfire Song" by Chris Haugen
"Stranger Danger" by Francis Preve

"Sailors Lament" by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: http://audionautix.com/