AmaLea Review
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It was on a river , my wife has a motion sickness problem. The itinerary looked interesting.
My wife uses an electric trike to travel any distance but it is not needed on board. The excursions all had a gentle options so we assumed we could cope. Unfortunately mainland Europe has not progress as far the UK and north america in disability access. Another problem was the boat was frequently double or triple parked so we had to get to the top deck, no lift to that and then go up and down over one or two other boats. The crew helped as much as they could but it was still a problem. No idea why they did that there seemed to be unused berths in places. My biggest problem was the quality of the shore excursions the guides seemed to pitch the talks at a very superficial level. The only ones I enjoyed were the tasting options when the guide or subject expert had the time to talk to us as adults.
Of the other guests two thirds had booked as a group this appeared to limit social interaction. Given the price I ticked the luxury box and marked accordingly.
Cabin Review
Outside Stateroom with French Balcony and Outside Balcony
New boat so everything looked new and was of high quality.
The entertainment system for me had two problems.
The ship had a bow camera with a resolution far inferior to what the system could display this seemed a very cheapskate option given the price of the technology today.
Why provide an Apple system when 95% of the world uses windows, this was highlighted when on the last day we were given instructions on how to use an Apple mouse to complete the survey. Only very basic functions had been left enabled so a smart phone was of more use.
Port Reviews
Rudesheim
Did the coffee tasting then took the cable car myself.
My wife did the mechanical museum and found access difficult
Durnstein (Krems)
Took a walk around town no guide
Wurzburg
Poor guide.
I found the constant references to the damage done by RAF offensive.