{"id":26082,"date":"2015-11-13T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=26082"},"modified":"2015-11-13T01:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T09:00:54","slug":"friday-file-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26082","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: AmaDara, A River Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we’re far from experts on river cruising, our trip on AmaWaterways’<\/a> new ship (the AmaDara<\/a>) quickly brought the similarities with — and differences from — ocean cruise ships into focus. Because everything is much smaller, even though river cruises are less modest in price they are more modest in the size of, well, everything — except service, of course, because the crew-to-passenger ratio is so much better. When you spend a week on a river ship, chances are if you don’t know everybody you will at least have a nodding recognition. From our week in Southeast Asia, today’s pictures will give you an idea of what it’s like on board…<\/p>\n

\"AmaDara\"<\/a>
\n\tAmaDara is one of the bigger (higher) ships on rivers and it comfortably carries 164 passengers<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Entertainment\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Five entertainers who entertain only when the ship is in a port, in an all-purpose room on the ship.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

That is THE pool…the only one, so clearly river cruisers don’t expect to get bronzed by the pool.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Gym\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, there is a gym and what you see of it here is pretty much what you get — yet it’s rarely busy.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Internet\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While ocean ships devote rooms for Wi-Fi, the AmaDara’s Internet connections come from here.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Lifesaver\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Every ship has one lifesaver, at least, and fortunately for all it’s almost always just a decoration.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Stateroom-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our stateroom…a little larger and more plush than a comparable category on the ocean.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Suite-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This comparative photo shows you what a suite — of which there are few — looks like.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Towels\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some things don’t change when you’re on any kind of cruise ship: room stewards’ creativity.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

• P&O's Pacific Eden to be christened, sail maiden voyage, this weekend
\n\t• Vancouver, Boston latest ports to report banner years with crusing<\/p>\n

Today at <\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>Australia — very much a cruising hotspot<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\tCelebrity Millennium<\/a>
\n\t8 nights
\n\tMay 12, 2016
\n\tVancouver<\/a>, Inside Passage<\/a>, Ketchikan<\/a>, Sitka<\/a>, Icy Strait Point<\/a>, Juneau<\/a>, Skagway<\/a>, Hubbard Glacier<\/a>, Anchorage<\/a>
\n\tInside: $619
\n\tCost per day: $77<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.celebritycruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While we’re far from experts on river cruising, our trip on AmaWaterways’ new ship (the AmaDara) quickly brought the similarities with — and differences from — ocean cruise ships into focus. Because everything is much smaller, even though river cruises are less modest in price they are more modest in the size of, well, everything… Continue reading Friday File: AmaDara, A River Intro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893,19],"tags":[45,2081,1290,138,78,912,72,819,1888,35,867,26,27,2133,868,42,2114],"class_list":["post-26082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","category-ships","tag-alaska","tag-amadara","tag-amawaterways","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-celebrity-millennium","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-photos","tag-cruises","tag-new-river-cruise-ships","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-river-cruise-photos","tag-river-cruise-ships","tag-river-cruises","tag-southeast-asia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}