23 JUL 2018: The AmaWaterways experience begins the moment you arrive. Friendly crew members of AmaLea greet us at the dock to make sure we don’t even have to roll our own carry-ons aboard. We’re escorted through a corridor finished in rich, textured wall coverings to a stateroom appointed in the polished wood cabinetry and opulent fabrics you might pick for your house, if you had an unlimited budget.

If it all feels like a visit to a fine family home, there’s good reason. While some other river cruise lines build ships in volume, AmaWaterways fits out only one or two new ships a year to make a more personal statement. The co-owners, president Rudi Schreiner and executive vice-president Kristin Karst personally select the colors and fabrics for each of their ships to make each one unique.

They’re on board this Danube cruise from Budapest to Vilshofen, fresh from a design meeting for the company’s next ships, AmaMora and the unique double-width AmaMagna due in 2019. Here’s a look at how they define the state of the river cruise art:

Read it in The Cruisington Times: