Celebration Belle (Excursion boat, 1986-)

Date

• June 30, 2004

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Twin propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion boat
• BUILT: Pensacola, Florida, Patti Shipbuilding 1986
• OWNERS: Schadler family, Moline, Illinois, 1989 to the present
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain "Duke" Pelton (2004); Joe Schadler (Captain, 2008); Scott Schadler (Captain, 2008)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Two propeller diesel with steel hull; built in 1986 by Patti Shipbuilding of Pensacola, Florida; purchased by the Schadler family of Moline, Illinois in 1989; still in operation. This 800 passenger, four-deck riverboat, described as the largest luxury riverboat excursion vessel on the Upper Mississippi River, makes 100-mile daylong cruises from the Quad City area and cruises upriver to Dubuque, Iowa, and Dubuque south to Moline, Illinois. The boat has brought in many out of town visitors to the area and some as far as 1000 miles away. The Schadlers hosted the King and Queen of Sweden aboard their vessel as well as many international groups
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At Winona, Minnesota on Grand Excursion 2004