River Beatrice Review
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Staff: The staff was excellent. Everyone was very friendly and worked hard to make sure that the cruise was a great experience. Tanya headed up the front desk and made any problem easy. Rik was the tour director and effective at getting 130 passengers to various sites without any problems. When the boat was cruising, he was often up in the wheelhouse providing commentary on what was going by to anyone up on the sun deck. He even showed up for the earliest bus to go to the airport after the trip -â€" 3:45AM, to make sure everything was OK.
Weather: Although cool (5-17°C ), the weather was good with five days of sunshine/partial sunshine and only two days of clouds. When the sun is out, it can be very lovely but bring lots of layers for when it is cloudy and when the sun sets -â€" the days are short and they can be cold. Gloves and a hat are a good idea and we wore light long underwear on the two days when the sun did not make an appearance.
Laundry: The River Beatrice has a small laundry -â€" two small Miele front load washers, two dryers and iron and an ironing board, on the lower deck. Detergent is available from the front desk at a cost of 2.5€. Everything is clean and works.
Cabin Review
Stateroom with French Balcony
Room 334: Very efficient, including a place under the bed to put your suitcases. Has a closet, a small bathroom and more than enough drawers - we did not fill half of them. The bed was very comfortable and there is a small table with two chairs next to the window.
They come in and make up your bed in the morning and then do a check/make up the bed later in the afternoon/evening.
This room does get some engine noise when under way which is why it costs a little less. We did not find it a problem (it was no more than the background noise of a city - the sound proofing of these cabins is very good) but some people might.