A good look at Switzerland and sailing of the Rhine River

Item: AmaLucia
Rating: 3.5
Author: maucat721

AmaLucia Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

maucat721

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

Sail date: September 22, 2024

Ship: AmaLucia

Cabin number: 330

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

Having been on numerous Viking River and Ocean cruises, we and some friends decided to try AMA. I can honestly say everything is just a bit below Viking's standards and you notice it. The food is a bit off--hot dished are cold many times. The servers mess up orders--then fix them. Nobody really knows your name like on Viking. I do like the Sip and Sail. All the wines were very good--no need for a Silver spirits package. One major delay/snafu moving luggage in Switzerland.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Meals were hit or miss. I had two really good meals, but others included things like lukewarm custom omelet, lukewarm fish and chips, lukewarm waffles, etc.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

N/A

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Piano man was good.

Children's Programs

No kids on the ship.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room stewards, laundry service was great. I never really felt like the waiters knew our names. They often brought wrong beverages...which was fixed.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Yes

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Small, but that was expected.

Ship tip

Set your expectations.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

4 out of 5

Nice little city.

Thumbs Up 0

Lucerne, Switzerland

4 out of 5

Nice trip and mountain excursion. However, departing Zurich with luggage and busses was a big fiasco which impacted the rest of the day. 89 people had 50 minutes to eat lunch--and restaurants were just opening. Time cut off of free time to make the bus! :(

Thumbs Up 0

Basel, Switzerland

4 out of 5

Yes, nice excursion.

Thumbs Up 0

Breisach Am Rhine, Germany

3 out of 5

good

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Strasbourg, France

4 out of 5

A very nice town.