AmaWaterways  We were totally impressed by every aspect of our cruise. Even before we departed, the cruise document package was very classy and the luggage tags will be our permanent tags from now on. The AMA ships have a very practical design [shallow draft for low water conditions, ingeniously retractable pilot house for high water], and they are very nice from the passenger point of view too. The décor is modern and luxurious without being fussy, the split-level decks allow the dining room and lounge to have spacious high ceilings while still getting in three decks of cabins, and there are public spaces fore and aft as well as the entire Sun deck.

Cabin Our cabin seemed smaller than its measurements at first, but we were able to store all our stuff and get the suitcases under the bed so it worked just fine. The shower was a little tight, probably because it is shaped as a triangle. The French balcony was very nice: the window-wall gave nice views [the drapes shut out almost all the light so sleeping wasn’t a problem], and we were glad to be able to open the sliding door and look out several times. Next time we will hope to sail on one of the newer AMA ships and upgrade to a 235 sf twin-balcony, but even the 170 sf French balcony cabin was quite acceptable.

Food  We had been warned that ''"no river cruise matches the food on ocean cruises” ''" BUNK! The food on AmaCello was the best we have had on any cruise to date (excepting the extra-cost specialty restaurants Normandie and Qsine on Celebrity Summit). Read more