Rare notamermaid Posted May 6, 2018 Author #176 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Arosa, the German river cruise company, got a new owner earlier this year. The company has also got a new deal with the UK tour operator Shearings that will charter the Arosa ships. A new ship will join the fleet in 2019, on the Douro: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/302689/a-rosa-to-build-new-ship-to-sail-portugals-river-douro The Douro has seen a big increase in ships in the last few years. Will it mean double-docking and more crowded places, seeing that on the Douro sailing is restricted to daytime? Or is there still much room for more docking places? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 25, 2018 Author #177 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Food on river cruises... always a subject for much debate, comparing. liking and not liking. For those happy to go beyond where they have ever gone before as regards food and those who want to "experience" food rather than just eat it, here is an article on what AmaWaterways wants to offer you: https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/epicurean-journeys-await-with-amawaterways.html notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 29, 2018 Author #178 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Crystal's Walter Littlejohn talked at the christening of the Crystal Debussy about Crystal's river cruising plans: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/304445/crystal-will-build-more-river-ships-only-if-there-is-sufficient-demand notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 31, 2018 Author #179 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Uniworld's 2019 itineraries are out: https://www.cruisetradenews.com/uniworld-launches-2019-europe-programme/ I really like their 10-day itinerary on the Rhine and Moselle. As it does not cover as much ground as a sailing from Amsterdam to Basel these ten days could be a more intensive look at the area and the day-to-day description certainly gives the impression that it does. As regards airports it is Frankfurt and Cologne, but the great thing about this is that, if you had to, you could also make it back to Frankfurt without too much hassle on a high speed train. https://www.uniworld.com/eu/river-cruise/europe/rhine/magnificent-moselle-and-rhine/2019-frankfurt-to-cologne/day-to-day/ It is the first time that I have read about a visit to the Roman villa Borg on a river cruise itinerary. Ebblewoi in Frankfurt, really nice. If you are going on this trip try and go up with the chairlift in Boppard! notamermaid Edited May 31, 2018 by notamermaid added website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnome12 Posted May 31, 2018 #180 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Uniworld's 2019 itineraries are out: https://www.cruisetradenews.com/uniworld-launches-2019-europe-programme/ I really like their 10-day itinerary on the Rhine and Moselle. As it does not cover as much ground as a sailing from Amsterdam to Basel these ten days could be a more intensive look at the area and the day-to-day description certainly gives the impression that it does. As regards airports it is Frankfurt and Cologne, but the great thing about this is that, if you had to, you could also make it back to Frankfurt without too much hassle on a high speed train. https://www.uniworld.com/eu/river-cruise/europe/rhine/magnificent-moselle-and-rhine/2019-frankfurt-to-cologne/day-to-day/ It is the first time that I have read about a visit to the Roman villa Borg on a river cruise itinerary. Ebblewoi in Frankfurt, really nice. If you are going on this trip try and go up with the chairlift in Boppard! notamermaid This one also appealed to me. I have spent over a week in Amsterdam (on 2 different trips), and since I did Vienna to Basel, I have gone upstream from the Main to Basel. This trip doesn't duplicate much that I have done before (except Rudesheim) but covers the places that I haven't seen; the Moselle and the castle section of the Rhine. I also like the fact that it really is a round trip to Frankfurt. (I have taken the train between Frankfurt airport and Cologne so I know how easy it is.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 31, 2018 Author #181 Share Posted May 31, 2018 gnome12, glad to read you also like it. It is a good mix of excursions and towns I find, unusually also leaving out Koblenz. Knowing both Koblenz and Bonn quite well I would say that this is perhaps a bold move, but hope it will do well with cruisers as Bonn for me has some merits that Koblenz has not (although Bonn does not have a stunning fortress with views) and is certainly superior for shopping. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 10, 2018 Author #182 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Some info on the AmaLea: http://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/AmaWaterways-brings-wellness-program-to-new-ship notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 14, 2018 Author #183 Share Posted June 14, 2018 The bigger the better? That is not necessarily the case as regards ports on a river cruise. Small places can come as a pleasant surprise, says travelweekly's Michelle Baran: http://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/On-Europes-rivers-its-the-smaller-ports-that-shine?ct=river I would tend to agree. One exception (and yes, I am biased) that is Rüdesheim on the Rhine stands out. That small town is not for me. And big, yes, my river cruise has left me with a longing to see Budapest again, I just did not have enough time there. And if you are willing to venture out into the hills on a coach, a half hour trip will bring more enchanting places closer to you that could delight. Let us see what river cruise companies will offer us as regards "new" places in the near future. A nice amount of new options has already been introduced in 2017 and 2018. A river cruise that goes to none of the (very) familiar towns and villages - now that would be a challenge and an economic adventure. Would it work? I would like to see a company try it out! notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbie48 Posted June 14, 2018 #184 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Agree about Rüdesheim. Did not go to mechanical museum or have the special coffee. Wandered town and not impressed. We really liked Beilstein. Hope we get some new interesting small towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 17, 2018 Author #185 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Themed cruises are a great idea and for the Danube one certainly lends itself: music! Tauck has a classical music-themed cruise and this is the experience of a writer of the British newspaper "The Telegraph": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/river-cruises/best-cruises-for-classical-music/ notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 27, 2018 Author #186 Share Posted June 27, 2018 The founders of AmaWaterways will join passengers on the Danube this November: https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/amawaterways-announces-dual-november-founder-s-cruises notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Got2Cruise Posted June 27, 2018 #187 Share Posted June 27, 2018 The founders of AmaWaterways will join passengers on the Danube this November: https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/amawaterways-announces-dual-november-founder-s-cruises notamermaid Oh those lucky pax! You know everything will be extraordinary on that sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 29, 2018 Author #188 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Two articles, one on Riviera Travel UK and one on Vietnam, combined in one page: https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Pandaw-River-Cruises-Intimate-Vietnam-vibes notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted July 5, 2018 Author #189 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Some details, infrastructure-related and economic facts about river cruising in France: http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/river-cruising-in-france-growth-is-back.html notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 4, 2018 Author #190 Share Posted September 4, 2018 River cruising is getting ever popular with the British: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/310798/river-cruise-passengers-surpass-200000-for-first-time Sort of going full circle in history, I suppose. Seeing that it all started with British, rich (and sometimes odd ;)), young gentlemen on the Rhine in the early 1800's... notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 4, 2018 #191 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Yup we are defiantly still odd, now we all enjoy the ‘Grand Tour’. Keep on cruising CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.M.T. Posted September 9, 2018 #192 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Notamermaid, did you see the ARD program Hartaberfair on 3rd. Sept., about Mass Tourism. On the same level as Venice, Durovnik and Santorin Passau was included in this group. Here is the link to the mediatheke: http://mediathek.daserste.de/Hart-aber-fair/Wir-Kreuzfahrer-und-Billigflieger-wer-z/Video?bcastId=561146&documentId=55710200 For other interested party's it is only available in German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 10, 2018 Author #193 Share Posted September 10, 2018 G.M.T., Thank you for the link. I am not a television person unless it is some documentary on specific topics. I watch those recorded, sometimes weeks later. "Hart-aber-fair" being normally a guarantee for civilised talking I did devote some time to your recommendation yesterday. And stayed with it all the way to the end! It was an interesting bunch of people from a professor of tourism of sorts (ex-TUI, a German travel operator of the massive type) to a lady from Greenpeace. I found the photo they showed of a cruise ship next to the old town of Venice striking, it looked surreal, but Bernd Plasberg (the presenter) was quick to point out that it is indeed not a photoshop thing, but the real deal. If I had not thought this before, my decision not to go to Venice this decade would have been taken there and then. San Turin? Never. Dubrovnik. Probably not ever. Give me an old castle in the middle of nowhere in Britain anytime... Now Passau, that is a different matter. When I was there in 2012 on a land trip I really enjoyed it. Early Spring and not many people about. I did not even notice the river cruise ships or any crowds of tourists. When I took my river cruise in 2013 in Spring I likewise did not see any crowds of people. Just a couple of Asians here and there, German day tourists, the like. The busiest place was the railway station platform as many got off the train to go to at least two river cruise ships embarking on their cruises on that day. I cannot agree with the local gentleman in the TV programme (a short embedded clip from Passau) saying that the "real" shops for the locals close and are replaced by those serving only tourists. It sounded as if that was a deliberate thing. One thing does not automatically lead to the other. All inner city structures in Germany have changed due to supermarkets, online shopping, rising house prices. Passau could well be more affected by this trend towards "cheap tourist kitsch" shops as this is where money can be made these days (shop owners think). In 2013 I could not see this trend in Passau, but that was five years ago. In 2018 it might be more evident. Since 2013 much water has flowed down the Danube and at least seven more river cruise ships plough her waters. I have lost count of how many have been introduced to the rivers of Europe in recent years, but most of those are deployed to the Rhine and Danube. And we travel enthusiasts and professionals have not finished yet filling the river with ships and tourists. Passau indeed has a berthing problem as is very evident in the current low water level situation. See those many ships "outdocked" to Engelhartszell and elsewhere... notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 20, 2018 Author #194 Share Posted September 20, 2018 CroisiEurope will be extending their fleet in 2019: https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/croisieurope-cruises-introducing-its-newest-2019-itinerary notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted October 2, 2018 Author #195 Share Posted October 2, 2018 U by Uniworld with a new Seine itinerary: https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/U-by-Uniworld-doing-a-new-Seine-cruise-next-year notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted October 23, 2018 Author #196 Share Posted October 23, 2018 The boss is coming... The Crystal president will join passengers on a river cruise in October of 2019: http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/tom-wolber-to-host-crystal-river-cruise-on-the-moselle.html notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.M.T. Posted October 23, 2018 #197 Share Posted October 23, 2018 44 minutes ago, notamermaid said: The boss is coming... The Crystal president will join passengers on a river cruise in October of 2019: http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/tom-wolber-to-host-crystal-river-cruise-on-the-moselle.html notamermaid Bet there are NO bus journeys or ship swap - this is why the Moselle has been chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDC1 Posted October 23, 2018 #198 Share Posted October 23, 2018 2 hours ago, notamermaid said: The boss is coming... The Crystal president will join passengers on a river cruise in October of 2019: http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/tom-wolber-to-host-crystal-river-cruise-on-the-moselle.html notamermaid Would be more impressed if he was joining a cruise on the Rhine or Danube to see how things are being handled during problem times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted October 26, 2018 Author #199 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Introducing the AmaMagna (preview video): https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/AmaWaterways-Shows-Off-AmaMagna-in-Preview-Video Notice the mistake in the text. The AmaMagna will be almost twice as wide not twice as long. notamermaid Edited October 26, 2018 by notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted October 30, 2018 Author #200 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Cruising the Amazon river: https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Rainforest-Cruises-offers-luxury-Amazon-package and U.S. rivers: https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/US-river-cruise-lines-struggling-keep-up-with-demand?ct=river notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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