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Victory Cruise Lines Adds Erie to 2028 Great Lakes Voyage
Victory's 190-passenger ships are set to dock at the foot of Holland Street, with local stops including Presque Isle Lighthouse and Romolo's Chocolates.
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Victory Cruise Lines Names De Souza VP of Sales for Great Lakes
Victory said De Souza will work alongside Bob Salmon, the line's current vice president of sales, who plans to retire in 2027; no start date was provided.
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American Patriot Begins Milwaukee Turnaround Calls
Built by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland, American Patriot is about two hundred forty-three feet long and carries about one hundred thirty guests in fifty-six balcony staterooms.
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American Cruise Lines Adds Sheboygan to Great Lakes Schedule
American Patriot is scheduled to dock along South Pier on a nine-day Lake Michigan and Upper Peninsula itinerary, with up to 130 guests expected ashore June 26.
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Victory II Opens Green Bay’s Expanded 2026 Cruise Season
Passengers were scheduled for excursions to the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay Botanical Garden and Lambeau Field before Victory II’s planned June 10 departure.
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Victory II Opens Duluth Summer Cruise Season
The DECC seawall, repaired last year, is Duluth's primary cruise dock, with customs and security processing for foreign-flagged vessels on routes crossing the United States-Canada border.
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Thunder Bay Opens 2026 Cruise Season as Victory II Arrives
For the first two-ship day on June 19, Victory II is due at Keefer Terminal while Viking Polaris docks at Pool Six.
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Hapag-Lloyd Adds Two 21-Day Great Lakes Voyages for 2027
The added sailings replace three shorter cruises and include Tadoussac, where the Saguenay Fjord meets the Saint Lawrence River and guests may see belugas.
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American Patriot Returns Cruise Traffic to Rochester After Six Years
Passengers were greeted by Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony reenactors before local stops at the Susan B. Anthony House and George Eastman House.
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New York Sets 2028 Opening for Buffalo Outer Harbor Cruise Terminal
Visit Buffalo Niagara expects seven cruise calls in Western New York this year, with a potential regional economic impact of about one million dollars.
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Pearl Seas Plans Four Great Lakes Itineraries for 2026
Pearl Seas has four Great Lakes itineraries planned, including a fourteen-night Great Lakes Explorer voyage from Toronto to Duluth across all five lakes.
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Escanaba Opens Cruise Season as Victory I Brings 150 Visitors
Sunday’s shore program moved visitors from the waterfront to the Delta County Chamber Museums for local history on Webster Marble and the Upper Peninsula’s military role.