We were sat on a table for 6 with 2 other lovely couples. There is a small plunge pool behind the wheelhouse at the front of the ship (it was far too cold to venture in there though!) And there was a giant chess board at the rear.Д®venings on board consisted of a 3-course meal with wine, beer and soft drinks included. There is plenty of room to relax on top deck with tables & chairs under a light cover and deck chairs around the perimeter. There is also a selection of board games and books for you to enjoy.ДЄt the back of the ship is the restaurant where we would have our buffet breakfast, 3-course lunch & evening meals. The middle deck was home to the bar & lounge at the front of the ship and the Amadeus Club where you are welcome to tea & coffee at all times. A great view to work out to! Next door was a massage room which carried a supplement. On the lower deck there was a small gym which consisted of a rowing machine and 2 exercise bikes facing out of a porthole window. I took myself for a quick look around the ship whilst my mum unpacked. Room for your suitcases under the beds, a table and chairs by the sliding French Balcony doors, sliding wardrobe doors by the main cabin door with plenty of room and bathroom with shower opposite. Being quite a small river ship the cabins arenвЂ™t huge, but they are more than adequate. We were treated to an A grade French Balcony Stateroom. Once this was complete, we collected the keys to the cabins and went to unpack. We had around an hour here, just enough time for a snack and a drink before we boarded the coach to the ship.Д¬hecking in was a fairly simple process, David the SAGA cruise director, introduced himself on the coach before we were invited to board the ship to have tea & coffee in the lounge whilst our bags were loaded on board and placed in our cabins. It looks like an 18 th/19 th century village with wooden houses and rows of traditional windmills. ItвЂ™s a small area in the Dutch town of Zaandam (about 25 minutes outside of Amsterdam). The ship wasnвЂ™t ready to be boarded until 3pm so our bags weвЂ™re loaded on to the coach and we were treated to an unplanned tour of De Zaanse Schans. SAGA is an over 50вЂ™s cruise line so I was a little apprehensive of how I would be received on board вЂ“ my Mum however couldnвЂ™t wait as it was her first time sailing on a river ship!ДЄ short 1-hour flight from Manchester to Amsterdam and we were met by our SAGA rep at the arrivals gate, we had to wait around 20 minutes for all the other guests on other flights to arrive then we walked to our coach waiting outside the terminal. Recently I was lucky enough to win a SAGA river cruise with my Mum on board the Amadeus Royal, sailing from Amsterdam to Nuremburg.

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