A-ROSA Cruises
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Disappointing River cruise
Let me start by saying we have cruised on a Viking river cruise last year and actually didn’t have a great experience due to river flooding but the food and entertainment on the first week was excellent, we and felt like we were on a coach tour at times but we feel we can compare and honestly review A Rosa Clea on the Mosel . As the only English speaking couple on board we were saved by kind friendly,excellent service staff willing to chat , each meal is in the dining room with unassigned seating buffet style with limited table service only for 2 courses at dinner time and I can honestly say that the food is very average at best ( I compare it to nursing home food but my husband thinks I’m been a bit harsh !) Strangely the cohort of all Germans onboard only a few ( 4 ) were willing to speak to us ! We weren’t sure if maybe they just didn’t speak English well ( we don’t speak German but have managed to have many delightful conversations with other Germans in our 6 weeks travel in Germany ) so each meal time we could see the dread on other diners faces as we entered the room hoping we wouldn’t sit next to them ! We actually would eat out if we happened to be in a port . Premium alcohol package isn’t top end , the white wine is like a house white and my husband couldn’t drink the red , but the beer and spirits are fine . The friendly cruise directors tried to offer English brochures for self guided walks in town which we really appreciated , finally the so called music director was a joke , he basically played a few Spotify covers at night by pressing play and played the Piano and guitar a couple of times ( poorly ) , he didn’t deserve to be paid in our opinion, we would never recommend A-Rosa river cruises to anyone .