Riverside Cruises? German line

[Sujormik]

Anyone know anything about this line? Thanks.

[Host Jazzbeau]

There are four threads with Riverside in the title.  At the top of this page, at the right in the blue bar there is a Search box.  Enter Riverside, search 'in this forum,' then when the search completes click on 'Riverside in content titles only' to see the four relevant threads.

 

The short answer is that Riverside is an offshoot of a German hotel company that bought the former Crystal river ships and is operating them as a top-luxury line.  They are bilingual German and English.  Just starting up so few if any reviews yet – but here are two videos by an influencer (thanks to @steamboats😞

 

[steamboats]

Not sure whether John would call himself an influencer 😂. He's the husband of CC's editor-in-chief I've mentioned in the other thread 😉. I'm sure he'd call himself a journalist 😉.

 

steamboats 

[Host Jazzbeau]

48 minutes ago, steamboats said:

Not sure whether John would call himself an influencer 😂. He's the husband of CC's editor-in-chief I've mentioned in the other thread 😉. I'm sure he'd call himself a journalist 😉.

 

steamboats 

I don't claim to be an expert on this phenomenon of 'influencers' – but John's website sure sounds like he's looking for free cruises in exchange for publicizing how great they are, and that sounds like an influencer to me:

https://www.inthelooptravel.com/work-with-us.html

 

[steamboats]

John is definitely a travel writer who is writing for several print publications.

 

steamboats 

[Sujormik]

10 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

There are four threads with Riverside in the title.  At the top of this page, at the right in the blue bar there is a Search box.  Enter Riverside, search 'in this forum,' then when the search completes click on 'Riverside in content titles only' to see the four relevant threads.

 

The short answer is that Riverside is an offshoot of a German hotel company that bought the former Crystal river ships and is operating them as a top-luxury line.  They are bilingual German and English.  Just starting up so few if any reviews yet – but here are two videos by an influencer (thanks to @steamboats😞

 

Didn’t realize about the title search option, I promise I did search Riverside in the main search function!

[Coral]

I have traveled on one of the ship's (Mozart) before it became Riverside and the ship was amazing. It is my understanding that they were able to keep a lot of the same staff (chef's, managers, waiters, room stewards) who had previously been on the ship when it was owned by Crystal. I would sail again in a heart beat on that ship or any of the others. I also look forward to the reviews of individuals who have returned recently.