AmaWaterways - AmaKristina Reviews

From the moment we stepped on the ship we were treated like honored guests. When we ventured off the ship for tours with one of the local guides, the education and entertainment began. It's wonderful to hear the history of a place from someone who has not only studied in the field but might even have a family history there. The food presentation makes each plate a work of art. This chef introduced me to some ingredients I hadn't tasted before. Always open to something new of course I tried everything. If something was not to my taste it was whisked away and an alternative was presented. That only happened once. I don't know how they do it but most of the crew we came in contact with daily knew our names by the next time we saw them. As you may be able to tell, we were once again very happy with our Ama experience. Our next trip with them is already booked.

While we thoroughly enjoyed our recent "Tulip Time" cruise, our first one with you last year on the Danube ranked higher for the following reasons. Perhaps due to the nature of this year's cruise (Tulip Time), it appealed to a much older audience. Whereas last year we were probably of average age, this year we felt like the youngsters on board. Part of that was attributed to the large number of passengers that were part of various "garden clubs"--a likely older demographic. However, our biggest disappointment was the fact that there were only a few "Active Walker" activities and when we did go on them one had 27 participants; the other had 35! There is NO WAY that you can do an active walker group with this many people. Last year on our Danube cruise we were spoiled by the fact that they were consistently groups of less than 10--often less than 6! That became our expectation for this cruise and we found it unwieldy to have so many people in a group--more reminiscent of ocean cruising where bus loads head out on their tours together. Having said that, I will say that the food, service and itinerary was excellent. Were it not for the disappointment with the ratio of guides to passengers on the excursions, we likely would have rated it higher.

Loved our cruise. The ship was wonderful, the crew was very friendly and helpful. Our room was small but comfortable and the food and entertainment great. We loved all the options we had for daily tours and met lots of very interesting fellow travelers. Would highly recommend this trip.

We had a wonderful time! We will do another river cruise!

April 9 date of our tulip tour river cruise. In my opinion this date is too early to begin a cruise to view tulips. Not until last day of trip did we see any tulips in full bloom. Also in addition to cold weather there was no scenery to view from the ship. Not once did we sit on our balcony. Too much time getting on bus, going up and over another ship next to us. First day of cruise we were bussed to some place called Zandam to walk around a bunch of shops. We must have been killing time until the ship was ready for us. Terrible excursion and all were in agreement. Best part of cruise was staying on the beautiful ship.

A wonderful trip with great scenery and great food.

Enjoyed the trip! Crew and guides did a great job.

We lived all of the diverse tour options including the Biking!!!

Beautiful boat, great staff, tons of fun--loved it!

AMA is the best.

Great trip

It exceeded my expectations! I had never been on any type of cruise, and this was an amazing way to fall in love with this type of vacation. My cousin and I still talk about the cruise and our fabulous vacation, and it was over 7 months ago.

First river cruise and it was fabulous. We loved being able to do bicycle tours and hikes. The ship was beautiful and the staff was exceptional.

Superb travel assistance. On board service, food, amenities, shore excursions all couldn't have been better

Another wonderful AmaWaterways cruise. Totally met our expectations. Friendly, helpful staff, delicious food, great daily tours. We are loyal AmaWaterways cruisers and hope to return again.