The Music City Queen at Opry Mills.

The Music City Queen is a replica showboat operating for entertainment purposes on the Cumberland River in the southern United States. A showboat, or show boat was a form of Theatre that travelled along the waterways of the United States, especially along the Mississippi and The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the Southern United States. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive It is the smaller of two stern-wheel paddle steamers based at Opry Mills in Nashville, Tennessee; the other is the General Jackson. A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a Steam engine that uses one or more Paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. Opry Mills is a mega Shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group, formerly by its initial owners Mills Corporation and Gaylord Entertainment. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Specifications The General Jackson was built by Jeffboat in Jeffersonville Indiana and launched in 1985.