Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted April 5, 2020 #726 Share Posted April 5, 2020 @notamermaid posted this link in another thread, which I thought would be relevant here too as it explains AMA's policies about refunds, taking care of crew and employees, and hopes for resumption of sailing: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/europe-could-be-cruising-july-us-big-unknown-amawaterways-schreiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninAult Posted April 7, 2020 #727 Share Posted April 7, 2020 June cruises canceled. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation baby Posted May 5, 2020 #728 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Just checked on Ama web site. All cruises are cancelled through July 31, 2020! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted May 5, 2020 #729 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 4:14 PM, JohninAult said: June cruises canceled. 59 minutes ago, vacation baby said: Just checked on Ama web site. All cruises are cancelled through July 31, 2020! So they seem to be cancelling a month at a time. It probably takes them a month to work through the paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted May 10, 2020 #730 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I plan on waiting until later this year to book my cruise for next year. Until AMA gets the go ahead to sail with regular service; I will wait. Have a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaTraveler Posted May 10, 2020 #731 Share Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, AF-1 said: I plan on waiting until later this year to book my cruise for next year. Until AMA gets the go ahead to sail with regular service; I will wait. Have a good day I'm waiting, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 13, 2020 #732 Share Posted May 13, 2020 So AmaWaterways will resume 1 August, which means the maiden voyage of the AmaSiena needs to be postponed, too. Currently on the website I see her scheduled to do cruises in August and the christening ceremony is supposed to take place in August (according to an older press release). It appears the AmaSiena was successfully shipped from Serbia to Germany and I presume she is now being outfitted in the Netherlands. But it is mid-May and she is not signalling yet. It is still a good two months to go and I am confident she will be ready in time. Will keep a look out on marinetraffic and Binnenschifferforum. The guys on that German website are great at ship spotting. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleLee Posted May 22, 2020 #733 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 8:39 AM, notamermaid said: So AmaWaterways will resume 1 August, which means the maiden voyage of the AmaSiena needs to be postponed, too. Currently on the website I see her scheduled to do cruises in August and the christening ceremony is supposed to take place in August (according to an older press release). It appears the AmaSiena was successfully shipped from Serbia to Germany and I presume she is now being outfitted in the Netherlands. But it is mid-May and she is not signalling yet. It is still a good two months to go and I am confident she will be ready in time. Will keep a look out on marinetraffic and Binnenschifferforum. The guys on that German website are great at ship spotting. notamermaid Any idea about the AMALUCIA? Planning on Rhine cruise on this new build Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsP_29 Posted May 22, 2020 #734 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 8:39 AM, notamermaid said: So AmaWaterways will resume 1 August, which means the maiden voyage of the AmaSiena needs to be postponed, too. Currently on the website I see her scheduled to do cruises in August and the christening ceremony is supposed to take place in August (according to an older press release). It appears the AmaSiena was successfully shipped from Serbia to Germany and I presume she is now being outfitted in the Netherlands. But it is mid-May and she is not signalling yet. It is still a good two months to go and I am confident she will be ready in time. Will keep a look out on marinetraffic and Binnenschifferforum. The guys on that German website are great at ship spotting. notamermaid I am still optimistic about sailing on the AmaSiena in late October. She would have had about 12 trips under her belt, time for the little kinks to be worked out. So maybe she'll have a little less experience, I'm okay with that. I'm sure the trip will be every bit as memorable as I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted May 22, 2020 #735 Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, CaroleLee said: Any idea about the AMALUCIA? Planning on Rhine cruise on this new build Carole The Amalucia is only due next year, isn't she? Assuming she will be another contract for the Vahali shipyards, Twitter posts are a good thing to look at. Vahali regularly posts photographs of ships on the slipway and on "sea trials" or of the transit to the Netherlands. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted June 2, 2020 #736 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Has anyone noticed if AMA has jacked up their prices for next year? My May cruise cancelled and I took the 115% FCC. When I look at doing a May 2021 cruise the price for the cruise eats up all of the extra FCC. So did I really get any benefit with FCC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspaul Posted June 2, 2020 #737 Share Posted June 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, AF-1 said: Has anyone noticed if AMA has jacked up their prices for next year? My May cruise cancelled and I took the 115% FCC. When I look at doing a May 2021 cruise the price for the cruise eats up all of the extra FCC. So did I really get any benefit with FCC? I’d say yes, you did get benefit from the 115% FCC, at least you have the extra $ to rebook a cruise next year. Even if it means using the extra 15% to cover the rise in costs you’ll still be able to book. With the losses the cruise industry is taking this year it’s no wonder that prices will increase and probably will be knocking some of us out of being able to cruise. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdroho34 Posted June 2, 2020 #738 Share Posted June 2, 2020 We were to cruise in September on Magna and rebooked for August 2021 at a fairly good discount to what we were paying this year. If we booked for September 2021 it would have been slightly higher. 2021 is booking up quickly so I was surprised to find even August on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninAult Posted June 2, 2020 #739 Share Posted June 2, 2020 We were supposed to leave this week for our Rhine River cruise. Just checked in to rebooking for next May and the agent said the price is the same. We may upgrade to better cabins to use the extra credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 2, 2020 #740 Share Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, AF-1 said: Has anyone noticed if AMA has jacked up their prices for next year? My May cruise cancelled and I took the 115% FCC. When I look at doing a May 2021 cruise the price for the cruise eats up all of the extra FCC. So did I really get any benefit with FCC? Only a few cruise lines have offered to allow rebooking the 'same' cruise next year with price protection; most are offering 100+% FCC to cover price inflation and give you more flexibility. The price protection offers always create a lot of confusion and complaints over the definition of 'same.' I have seen FCC offers that run from 110% to 125% [and I have seen some that are just 100% and too bad]. On ocean cruise lines, having some FCC left over is helpful because you can buy shore excursions or a beverage package – on river cruises it would be a waste because so many things are already included. So covering the cost of your next-year cruise seems fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted June 3, 2020 #741 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Thanks everyone for your feedback and input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayakcove Posted June 20, 2020 #742 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Considering ‘Gems of Southeast Europe’ in August 2021 with the four-day land extension in Romania. Anyone have any feedback on this itinerary? Would be our second cruise on AMA, did Mekong with 8-day land extension in late February really enjoyed the staff and found the itinerary enlightening. One possible concern is condition of AmaBella, review from last fall indicated furnishings were getting a bit worn. Timewise now seems like an opportunity to refresh some things except for the cost vs. current lack of income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation baby Posted June 24, 2020 #743 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Just checked Ama web site....they are now cancelled through Aug. 31, 2020. We were scheduled to cruise Aug. 17, but we already cancelled. We are looking at August of next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayakcove Posted June 26, 2020 #744 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I was looking at the new Egypt land/cruise for fall of 2021 and realized it was good value compared to Uniworld and Viking. Others obviously thought the same this morning when I tried to book a Cat C for October 1 and found that Category was booked from September 17 up to November 26. The SB and SA were also booked October into mid-November. There was a Cat C on September 10 the initial sailing of the new boat and crew. My answer was to go back to where I was initially looking and booked ‘Gems of SE Europe’ for August 29, 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted August 24, 2020 #745 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 9:07 PM, CaroleLee said: Any idea about the AMALUCIA? Planning on Rhine cruise on this new build Carole The ship spotters on Binnenschifferforum have posted photos of her on the Danube, being transported by the Vigilia: https://www.binnenschifferforum.de/showthread.php?100765-Amalucia-KFGS-Kasko&p=400409#post400409 That means she should be in the Netherlands for outfitting by now. Hopefully things can go ahead as planned. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleLee Posted August 25, 2020 #746 Share Posted August 25, 2020 20 hours ago, notamermaid said: The ship spotters on Binnenschifferforum have posted photos of her on the Danube, being transported by the Vigilia: https://www.binnenschifferforum.de/showthread.php?100765-Amalucia-KFGS-Kasko&p=400409#post400409 That means she should be in the Netherlands for outfitting by now. Hopefully things can go ahead as planned. notamermaid Thank you for the update. Hopefully next July we will be on board to celebrate my husband's big birthday. Stay safe & healthy Carole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCHappilyRetired Posted August 25, 2020 #747 Share Posted August 25, 2020 We have our cruise on AMLucia September 2021. Holding our breath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsP_29 Posted August 31, 2020 #748 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 8:39 AM, notamermaid said: So AmaWaterways will resume 1 August, which means the maiden voyage of the AmaSiena needs to be postponed, too. Currently on the website I see her scheduled to do cruises in August and the christening ceremony is supposed to take place in August (according to an older press release). It appears the AmaSiena was successfully shipped from Serbia to Germany and I presume she is now being outfitted in the Netherlands. But it is mid-May and she is not signalling yet. It is still a good two months to go and I am confident she will be ready in time. Will keep a look out on marinetraffic and Binnenschifferforum. The guys on that German website are great at ship spotting. notamermaid Any updates info on AmaSiena? I don't read German so I wouldn't know where to click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted August 31, 2020 #749 Share Posted August 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Annie11455 said: Any updates info on AmaSiena? I don't read German so I wouldn't know where to click. The link I posted is part of the area on that forum which lists Kaskotransporte - that means transporting a ship - in this case just the hull of the Amasiena for example. Normally some months later, after outfitting and registering (the paperwork) a ship appears in their database with info on the ship like tonnage and size, flag, etc. The Amasiena does not have a thread yet, it would be here at the top of the alphabetical list if I am not mistaken: https://www.binnenschifferforum.de/forumdisplay.php?1060-A/page9 When I looked on a couple of other websites last week I did not see any news either. Perhaps try Facebook, or even a call to AmaWaterways? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted September 1, 2020 #750 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Still no AIS signal for the AmaSiena. The German online TA is now selling the AmaStella for winter cruises (starting November 2020) including Christmas. I haven´t followed it but obviously the AmaViola which was offered for cruises out of Passau never made it or was withdrawn soon. It´s not offered anymore. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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