River Beatrice Review

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Beautiful Time on the Beautiful Danube

Review for Europe River Cruise on River Beatrice
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jeant
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013

Well, we set sail from Passau after spending 4 days independently in Prague, which was beautiful but a tad wet. If you come into Prague, don't miss Cesky Krumlov on the way down to Passau. It is a magical place. Had we known, we would have left Prague a day early and stayed there over night. The embarkation, as everyone has already posted, was seamlessly easy and fast. Our stateroom, while smaller that the suites (slightly), was very comfortable and had, I think, more storage space than ocean cruises we have taken.

I will not go into all of the specifics of the ports as they have been reviewed in past postings but I do want to talk about the crew. Now, we have sailed Sea Dream Yacht Club, Oceana, Paul Gaughin, and Silver Seas. Never have I experience a crew that was as genuinely kind and attentive as the crew on River Beatrice. They always greeted all of the passengers with a smile and a name and some began to feel like friends. We all love to see beautiful sites and I am sure all of the other river cruise lines provide the same sites but I just don't think the service on Uniworld's River Beatrice can be matched.

Case in point, the night before we docked in Linz, I was speaking to Tania Da Clara, the concierge, and she mentioned there was a memorial called Mauthausen (a labor camp) near Linz. I said we would like to go there and she kindly arranged to have us taken there (after returning from Gmunden and Steyr). Tania contacted a wonderfully kind gentleman who offered to take us there in his taxi. It turns out, he is also a tour guide and was so helpful in getting us in the the camp even though it was the end of the day and the staff was preparing to leave. To be there when it was silent and empty of other people was so meaningful. Thank you, Tania and thank you Johann.

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We had a category 2 cabin (311) which was mid ship and very convenient. The suites (I peeked in) are somewhat larger but I felt our cabin was perfectly adequate and comfortable. The bed linens are very soft and luxurious and we only had to ask for extra pillows and they were there in a few minutes. Plenty, plenty, plenty of storage space - more than we needed. Love the L'Occitane. We would love Uniworld to consider some room service on the food menu. Sometimes you just want to be lazy/

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