{"id":108,"date":"2009-09-17T06:36:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T12:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?p=108"},"modified":"2009-09-17T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T13:24:12","slug":"overnight-cruises-on-the-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/overnight-cruises-on-the-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight Cruises on the Mississippi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--p $GLOBALS['google']['ad_type']='text_image'; $GLOBALS['google']['channel']='3216254557'; $GLOBALS['google']['client']='pub-2632865458600424'; $GLOBALS['google']['color_border']='555555'; $GLOBALS['google']['color_bg']='EEEEEE'; $GLOBALS['google']['color_link']='0000CC'; $GLOBALS['google']['color_text']='000000'; $GLOBALS['google']['color_url']='008000'; $GLOBALS['google']['format']='mobile_single'; $GLOBALS['google']['https']=read_global('HTTPS'); $GLOBALS['google']['ip']=read_global('REMOTE_ADDR'); $GLOBALS['google']['markup']='xhtml'; $GLOBALS['google']['oe']='utf8'; $GLOBALS['google']['output']='xhtml'; $GLOBALS['google']['ref']=read_global('HTTP_REFERER'); $GLOBALS['google']['url']=read_global('HTTP_HOST') . read_global('REQUEST_URI'); $GLOBALS['google']['useragent']=read_global('HTTP_USER_AGENT'); $google_dt = time(); google_set_screen_res(); google_set_muid(); function read_global($var) {   return isset($_SERVER[$var]) ? $_SERVER[$var]: ''; } function google_append_url(&#038;$url, $param, $value) {   $url .= '&#038;' . $param . 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I just received an email about a two-day cruise from The TWILIGHT, a boat built by Dennis Trone and operating out of Le Claire, Iowa.\u00a0 Check out their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverboattwilight.com\">www.riverboattwilight.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please join us for our very affordable, 2 -Day Overnight Mississippi River Cruise! Our 2-Day Cruise is only $329 and includes:<br \/>\nAll Meals, Snacks, plus complimentary Coffee, Tea &amp; Lemonade<br \/>\nOn-Board Entertainment<br \/>\nOvernight Accommodations at the Riverfront Grand Harbor Resort<br \/>\nAdmission to the Iowa&#8217;s #1 Tourist attraction:<br \/>\nThe National Mississippi River Museum &amp; Aquarium<br \/>\nFor more information, got to our website at www.riverboattwilight.com. We look forward to seeing you in 2009 and sharing our Mississippi River experience!&#8221;<br \/>\nCarrie &amp; Captain Kevin Stier<\/p>\n<p>The smaller boats, like the <em>Twilight<\/em>, the <em>JBS<\/em>, or the <em>Spirit of Peoria<\/em> on the Illinois River, incorporate hotel stays with shore trips and overnight hotel stays. The passenger still enjoys long lazy days on the river. \u00a0The<em> JBS<\/em>, unfortunately is not operating this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Fall Color about to burst on the Upper Mississippi, I often get inquiries about how to find an overnight cruise on the river now that the steamboats are not operating. 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