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Legendary Danube on the AMA Lyra; what a disappointment!

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2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2013

After reading all of the glowing reviews of the AMA Waterways European river cruises, we made reservations for the Legendary Danube cruise from Prague to Budapest on the AMA Lyra. We reserved a modestly priced cabin with a French balcony on the upper (Violin) deck. With a three day pre-cruise extension in Prague, the cost, not including airfare was close to $9000. We had great expectations and were so disappointed.

In Prague, we stayed at the Intercontinental, an older hotel that has been nicely updated. The included breakfast there was excellent. We had a city tour on the first day, and it was fair, at best. The tour guide was difficult to understand due to her accent. We were rushed from site to site, a pattern that persisted through the trip. The following day we took the optional tour of Terezen. The bus ride was tiring, but the tour was excellent.

The following day, we left by bus for our embarkation from Nuremberg. On the way we stopped for lunch and a brief tour of Karlovy Vary. The guide on our bus had such a pronounced accent that we understood very little of what he said. Our embarkation was smooth and the cabin, although small, as others have noted, was acceptable and adequate for our purposes. The housekeepers were friendly and did a excellent job of keeping it clean. We were promised bath robes; After numerous phone calls, they finally arrived 36 hours later. There were not enough electrical receptacles in the cabin, and the ones there were under the bedside tables, making access to them challenging.

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