Moscow to Europe - River Cruise Reviews (2011 UPDATED): Ratings of Europe

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Moscow to Europe - River Cruise Reviews

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Interesting itinerary but not a luxury experience

"I will start with a few snippets from the March 2010 AMA press release: "March 25, AMAWATERWAYS TO INTRODUCE MS AMAKATARINA IN RUSSIA The completely renovated ship will be the largest and most..."Read More

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1-10 of 7 Moscow to Europe - River Cruise Reviews

Be sure to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg on your own

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

187harland

6-10 Cruises

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Age 60s

This cruise was our first river cruise (following 7 "ocean" cruises) and we enjoyed it. Yes to the question will you go on another river cruise. We were told many times by fellow passengers that this cruise was not as luxurious, for lack of a better term, as their previous river cruise experiences in Europe. But the same people agreed with me that in Russia AmaWaterways' AmaKatarina offered the ...

Sail Date: July 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Superior with Two Windows

Interesting itinerary but not a luxury experience

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

lkbside

10+ Cruises

I will start with a few snippets from the March 2010 AMA press release: "March 25, AMAWATERWAYS TO INTRODUCE MS AMAKATARINA IN RUSSIA The completely renovated ship will be the largest and most luxurious vessel sailing the Volga-Baltic Waterways. The 212-passenger ship boasts 24,025 square feet of space dedicated to 106 cabins. Seventy-six of those cabins feature balconies. ...

Sail Date: August 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Marinsky Suite

AMA Waterways Katarina NOT Luxury Cruise

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

sailj133

2-5 Cruises

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Age 60s

Our two main issues with this trip are that it was advertised as a luxury cruise ("luxurious", "fine dining", "cuisine") and at $24,000 for the four of us it was certainly our expectation. The other issue was that the boat and crew were not ready to sail. Airport Arrival - We arrived at 16:30 at Moscow airport and stood (literally) for two hours before we were taken to our ...

Sail Date: June 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Marinsky Suite

Luxury....NOT

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

Sobe02

10+ Cruises

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Age 80s

Having enjoyed the AMA tulip time cruise, we booked the AMA Russian Waterways cruise. A mistake! AMA advertises "their" luxury re-built ship as the "most comfortable elegant vessel completely renovated and reconstructed from bare steel". Not true. They lease a partially redone Russian ship with original noisy vibrating engines and inadequate air conditioning in the dining rooms and meeting room. ...

Sail Date: June 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Deluxe with Balcony

Russia beautiful and fascinating, AMAKatarina almost there

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

Relaxationspecialist

2-5 Cruises

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Age 60s

We had a lovely time and would happily sail with AMAWaterways again, but in this review I am going to be very specific re pros and cons. Route was great but we would have liked 1 more day in Moscow, which Viking does offer on its similar cruise. Cabin very comfortable; beds good, balcony spacious, nice flat-screen TV, turn-down service till last couple of days (not sure why it stopped). We loved ...

Sail Date: July 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Deluxe with Balcony

Amakatarina, A wonderful way to Experience Russia

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

Kellie Poodle

10+ Cruises

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Age 70s

The first thing one must know about river travel in Russia is that the company you have booked with does not own the ship. All ships are owned by Russian companies. They are staffed by those companies with the exception of one or possibly two employees of the line you booked with. The best term I can think of to make this clear is that your river cruise line has chartered a Russian ship. We ...

Sail Date: June 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Deluxe with Balcony

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Amakatarina - major teething problems

Review for AmaKatarina to Europe - River Cruise

mzungu369

First Time Cruiser

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Age 60s

We were on the inaugural cruise of the Amakatarina (actually it's officially the Mickael Rostropovich - the Russian authorities have refused to register the boat as Amakatarina). The cruise had a number of significant problems which resulted in a major compensation package to all passengers. This package included a 50% refund of the cruise price and a free 7-day cruise. Here is a summary of the ...

Sail Date: May 2011

Departure Port: Auckland

Cabin Type: Marinsky Suite

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