AmaPrima Review
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We were so impressed with the quality of service, dining and cabin accommodations on this trip. We decided this was the best way for us to see the best of Europe so we chose Ama for their cuisine and overall service recommendation. We were not disappointed. We started in Budapest, Hungary then sailed through Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and ended in the Netherlands with the final destination Amsterdam. What is so nice about river cruising is you unpack once and just enjoy when all your food, entertainment and hotel goes with you through Europe.
We did have a pretty huge issue when we were on this journey. Another barge hit one of the locks and we had to stay longer than anticipated on the river. Then the European Union had a summit meeting in Bratislava and they closed the river for an additional 8 hours. All in all we were delayed 51 hours on our trip. The Ama captain, cruise director and entire staff were incredible in making this horrific delay palatable to us.
The true value of a company is when unexpected issues happen and how they treat their customers. We were so happy to be on Ama with this unfortunate issue because they treated us with "world class service". They went over and above to bus us to our destinations and even giving us extra Euro's when we were unable to come back to the ship for lunch. I don't believe any other cruise line would have extended themselves to the level that Ama did. We had a trip of a lifetime even with the unfortunate situation.
Cabin Review
Stateroom with French balcony and outside balcony
It was a very nice cabin since it had the benefit of an outside balcony. The bathroom was very nice with a walk-in shower. The amenities in the room were very nice with refrigerator, safe, in room Apple Computer that also was your TV and Movie entertainment system. A very nice desk area and a comfortable oversize queen bed. The room was cleaned twice a day and it was always done perfectly.
Port Reviews
Bratislava
We had another wonderful tour guide for this active hike tour. She was so interesting especially when she described the years under the iron curtain. Very good and healthy walk with loads of history.
Regensburg
We were able to get off the ship early today and got on a quick shuttle bus to town. We took an active walking tour for about 1 hour with an original Bavarian woman who gave us a great history of the city. The old stone bridge was one of the most famous and old bridges in Europe. There also was a lovely Catholic Church in this town. We had plenty of time to shop in this town.
Nuremberg
World War II tour was taken and this was one of the most interesting tours of our journey. We had a chance to have a very good overview of the Nuremburg Trials and took a 3D tour of the courtroom since we were unable to visit it because it is still an active courtroom. We sat in a large auditorium where they had a speaker go through in detail the history of the Nuremburg Trials. A very good overall history especially about Hitler's grand plan for the country.
Rudesheim
We took a nice tour that included the Rudesheimer Coffee tasting at a lovely cafe. Cute shops after our tasting tour
Amsterdam
We had an interesting tour guide that took us to the Jordaan district of Amsterdam where we had tea and apple pie. She gave us a great overview of Amsterdam with the history of the West Indies Trading Company and all the information on the canals and people of Amsterdam.