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Looks like the Whisper got pretty bad reviews lately. We are going on our first SS cruise in December on the Spirit, hopefully will be better. Covid became a common excuse for everything those days, but we sailed twice with Oceania in the last year and didn't have any issues.

Hello all, We are looking at the following cruises: https://www.uniworld.com/ca/river-cruise/central-europe/rhine/remarkable-rhine-and-historic-holland/2022-amsterdam-to-basel/day-to-day https://www.amawaterways.ca/destination/europe-river-cruises/2023/enchanting-rhine/itinerary The first one is 10 nights from Basel to Amsterdam on Uniworld River Empress, overnight in Basel and Amsterdam. The second one is on Amawaterways AmaSiena or AmaLucia, 7 nights from Basel to Amsterdam with 2 Nights Zurich, 2 Nights Lucerne Pre-Cruise (total 11 nights). Ama is more expensive per night, which is surprising to me (I was under impression that Uniworld is considered slightly more luxury and more expensive typically). One thing I noticed is that River Empress is a 20 years old ship, whole both Ama ships are brand new. Is it a minus or it doesn't really matter? Any feedback about the companies, the ships, the itinerary etc. would be appreciated.