Cruise line Emerald Cruises. Emerald Waterways is a new river cruise shipping company established and brand owned by Scenic Tours shipowner. Like the new longships of Viking River Cruises , the innovations implemented on Emerald Waterways ships make these vessels an alternative to the ocean "small-ship cruising". Emerald Waterways adds more cruise tour itinerary choices and sailing dates for the aficionados of the all-inclusive European luxury riverboat travel vacations.
Most of Emerald Astra's staterooms are outfitted with drop-down windows that transform the seating area into a comfortable balcony space. Emerald Astra has a total of 91 staterooms in 8 categories for guests served by 52 crew members. Except for the single-occupancy category ES Emerald Single Stateroom , all cabins are with double occupancy max capacity 2 passengers per cabin.
There is also a buffet station at dinner and an omelet station at breakfast. Emerald Astra's inaugural cruise program lists the following itineraries as themes, homeports and destinations:. Note: You can see CruiseMapper's list of all river cruise ships and riverboats in the "itinerary" section of our River Cruises hub. All companies and their fleets are listed there. Vahali Shipyard Zasavica was officially opened in Following the construction in Serbia, the cruise ship was towed to Holland for final outfitting at Scheepswerf Vahali Gendt.
Deck plans Cabins News. Specifications of Emerald Astra. Emerald Astra cruises on the rivers Rhine, Main and Danube. Cabins Most of Emerald Astra's staterooms are outfitted with drop-down windows that transform the seating area into a comfortable balcony space.
One lift passenger elevator connects all cabin decks. The Terrace is the alfresco dining area - an informal venue for breakfast and lunch. The Horizon Lounge has floor-to-ceiling windows and doubles as a casual lunch restaurant. Weather permitting, lunch and dinner special buffets are held at various times on the open deck.
