Cruise Reviews - Emerald Waterways

The cruise ran from Arles up the rivers Rhone and Saone, ending up in Lyon at the end of the week. We stayed in Marseille the night before to have a good look around the city and picked up the...

My wife and I have been going on cruises since the 1990's but this year we tried our first ever river cruise and it now resides right up there as one of our most enjoyable holidays ever. The ship...

Check in for the TAP flight at Gatwick was chaotic, though the flight itself was good and despite taking off slightly late, we arrived early. Transfer to the ship was quick and easy as was check...

The Lisbon & Secrets of the Douro was our 2nd river cruise with Scenic/Emerald having sailed on the Danube in 2015, we enjoyed the Danube cruise so much we booked with them again. The 3 night...

The following is a list of disappointments experienced by myself and my husband when we went on a cruise with Emerald Waterways. 1)Payment process. I was most surprised to receive an email...

We are very frequent cruisers (50+ ocean cruises) but we recently took our first ever river cruise aboard the Emerald Sun travelling from Budapest to Nuremberg. The holiday didn't start off well...

This was our first river cruise and it certainly won't be our last. As we haven't done a river cruise before we have nothing to compare with but when we book again it will definitely be with...

We recently sailed on the maiden voyage of the Emerald Liberte and enjoyed it very much. Our arrival at Marseille airport was an hour late due to fog at Gatwick which meant earlier arrivals from...

The four day cruise started with coach travel from Dover. Due to delays picking up passengers we missed the ferry resulting in a four hour late arrival in Amsterdam . Everything was rushed and we...

Our worst River cruise to date - with Emerald Waterways!!! (Emerald Star) (This was our 8th river cruise - so we know standards can be great) NEGATIVES: Bad cabin layout and lack of facilities...

Our worst River cruise to date - with Emerald Waterways!!! (This was our 8th river cruise - so we know standards CAN be great) NEGATIVES: Bad cabin layout in good sized cabin! Lack of...

The first thing to say about this 'Enchantment of Eastern Europe' cruise is that it is not a river cruise as we know it. Rather it is a coach tour based on an ever moving ship that sails from port...

River cruising may not be everyone's cup of tea and different peoples for different things on a cruise but we had a fabulous time on the Emerald Sun cruising down the Danube from Nuremberg to...

This was a cruise where everything was very well organised, except for the weather and Emerald Waterways had no control over that. Our cabin was very modern, as was the whole ship, having been...

Just returned on the 10th May 2016 from our second river cruise, this time my wife and I sailed on Emerald Waterways "Emerald Star" Highlights of the Netherlands & The Beauty of Belgium. Our...

We knew this was going to be a special holiday the moment we saw the lovely backpacks and wallet containing our tickets and information, but were surprised at just how special it was. The tour...

Smooth....exactly describes Emerald Waterways cruising. Smooth cruising all the way...from the immaculately presented promotional material to the backpacks and elegant wallet received on ticketing....

As soon as we got on-board we felt welcome and were made to feel very welcome! Our suite was lovely and gave us everything we could have wanted and more. After having cruised on Ocean vessels...

Simply the best holiday ever! Having arrived in Amsterdam after a short flight from Manchester, we were greeted at the airport by a friendly Emerald rep and guided to a coach. On arrival at the...

Hello I am thoroughly confused about the use of "tip" or "gratuity" by the majority of cruise lines. The actual meaning of the word "gratuity" is a DISCRETIONARY payment, for services provided...