{"id":12999,"date":"2013-01-14T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/american-queen-cancels-two-sailings-for-extended-drydocking\/"},"modified":"2013-01-14T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T21:34:00","slug":"american-queen-cancels-two-sailings-for-extended-drydocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/01\/american-queen-cancels-two-sailings-for-extended-drydocking\/","title":{"rendered":"American Queen Cancels Two Sailings for Extended Drydocking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelwizard.com\/luxurycruise\/media\/the_american_queen_steamboat.JPG\"><\/div>\n<p>The American Queen Steamboat Company announced it is cancelling the February 7 and February 15, 2013, voyages of the American Queen. <\/p>\n<p>The boat will spend this extra time in the shipyard providing engineers the opportunity to build a completely new and more durable paddlewheel drive shaft, while re-building and reinforcing the fabled paddlewheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety and reliability of the American Queen is our top priority and her drive shaft must be completely re-built,\u201d shared American Queen Steamboat Company President and COO Ted Sykes. \u201cThis additional time in lay-up is needed to custom-build a much stronger drive shaft with a 40- to 50-year lifespan, as well as re-install the iconic paddlewheel. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our guests and travel partners, and we are looking forward to an exciting and successful second season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These repairs will take place in addition to her annual refurbishments that include such enhancements as painting and wall papering public spaces and staterooms, the addition of a new Front Porch Caf\u00e9 and d\u00e9cor updates to the J.M. White Dining Room and Engine Room Bar, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The American Queen is now scheduled to sail her first voyage of the season on February 23, 2013, roundtrip from New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanqueensteamboatcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.americanqueensteamboatcompany.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Queen Steamboat Company announced it is cancelling the February 7 and February 15, 2013, voyages of the American Queen. The boat will spend this extra time in the shipyard providing engineers the opportunity to build a completely new and more durable paddlewheel drive shaft, while re-building and reinforcing the fabled paddlewheel. \u201cThe safety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[337],"class_list":["post-12999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-cruise-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}