Last night, I sold that I would comment on the holiday, and river cruising in general. I think one very simple question is would we do another, and the answer to that is equally simple; Oh Yes!
The whole travel arrangement, From Baggageman, through the tour manager meeting us at St Pancras, train transfers both out and home went very smoothly (one minor episode on the return, more down to the imaptience of the mob than the tour managers fault) and of course there is no accounting of traffic in Paris or Brussels. I liked it, thought it went very well.
The ship, the Amadeus Star a new-ish boat, built in 2019, Accommodation was excellent, the cabin itself may have been slighty smaller than it’s equivalent on on a sea cruise ship, but the bathroom was quite a bit bigger, and the shower was lovely;. Absolutely no complaints at all. Our cabin was on the same level as the restaurant, which was nice.
Oh yes, let’s talk about food. Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and late night snack. The quality if the food was outstanding. The approach was simple with some basic choices, but the quality of the cooking and the delivery were superb.
One thing we very much appreciated was the absolute lack of pressure to buy services or things on board ship, which made things very nice.
The trips, which were all included were well organised, time was a bit tight on occasion, but IU had no issues with that.
Like at the beginning of this pose, if anyone were to ask me if I would recommend a river cruise, my answer would be a very simple and emphatic Yes.
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