These two videos are from our very first River Cruise on AMA Waterways Prima, sailing from Vilshofen German to Budapest. These are compilation videos, that include a few scenes from Munich (our pre-cruise stop), Vilshefon (our departure port for our River Cruise), Melk Germany, Vienna Austria, Salzburg Austria, and Budapest (our departure point, but where we also stayed 5 days post cruise.)
I themed these two videos to The Sound of Music, as I always wanted to go to Salzburg, Austria where parts of the movie where filmed. Unfortunately it was raining that day, but it didn’t dampen our spirits!
What did dampen this River Cruise, however, was this sailing in June 2013 occurred during the “500 Year European Floods!” What seemingly came out of nowhere on the second day of our river cruise, turned into a show-stopper for the cruise portion of our trip, as the water rose so quickly that the ship literally could not sail under the many bridges along the rivers of Europe.
By the third day, AMA Waterways, however, was forced to dock our boat in a secure Navy Yard for the remainder of the trip, (along with many other River Ships among different lines) as they and countless other ships were not able to sail during this horrific flood occurring all over Europe. AMA Waterways was fantastic, though, and. chartered buses to take us from port to port, we would have otherwise sailed to.
Even with the rain, we have fond memories of our first River Cruise, and have taken several since then, all with AMA Waterways; they are a top notch and classy Cruise Line!