AmaWaterways
AmaVenita
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Ship comparison
AmaWaterways
Viking River Cruises
The verdict
AmaVenita is an intimate AmaWaterways ship carrying 162 passengers, in service since 2015. Viking Radgrid is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 168 passengers, in service since 2022.
Choose AmaVenita if you want better-rated staterooms, more culture or more cruises to choose from: it outscores Viking Radgrid for staterooms (7.0 vs 6.0) and cultural (8.0 vs 7.0) in Cruiseable’s Bliss scores and it has 28 cruises on sale (vs 3).
Choose Viking Radgrid if you want more space per passenger or a newer ship: it has 29.8 gross tons per passenger (vs 22.2) and its maiden voyage was in 2022 (vs 2015).
Side by side
marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.
| AmaVenita | Viking Radgrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise line | AmaWaterways | Viking River Cruises |
| Ship size | Intimate | Intimate |
| Maiden voyagenewer highlighted | 2015 | 2022 (better) |
| Gross tonnage | 3,600 | 5,000 |
| Passengers | 162 | 168 |
| Crew | 51 | 48 |
| Passengers per crew memberfewer is better | 3.2 (better) | 3.5 |
| Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier | 22.2 | 29.8 (better) |
| Cabins | 81 | — |
| Decks | 4 | 4 |
| Length | 443 ft | 410 ft |
| Beam | 38 ft | 39 ft |
| Cruiseable ratingout of 10 | 10 / 10 (better) | 9 / 10 |
| Cruises on sale | 28 | 3 |
| Upcoming sailings | 111 | 88 |
| Cruise lengths | 7–14 nights | 7–11 nights |
| Fares fromlower highlighted | — | $3,199 |
Bliss scores
Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday. AmaVenita leads on 2 of the ten, Viking Radgrid on 0, with 8 level.
AmaWaterways
28 cruises on sale.
Viking River Cruises
Viking Radgrid carries 168 passengers — fewer than the usual complement of 190 guests on most Viking Longships — on one-week cruises from Paris to the heart of Normandy, including World War II memorials.
3 cruises on sale, from $3,199.
Questions
Viking Radgrid is bigger at 5,000 gross tons, against 3,600 gross tons for AmaVenita. AmaVenita carries 162 passengers and Viking Radgrid carries 168.
Viking Radgrid is newer, with a maiden voyage in 2022 against 2015 for AmaVenita.
Viking Radgrid, with 29.8 gross tons per passenger against 22.2 on AmaVenita. The higher the figure, the more ship there is for each guest.
AmaVenita, with one crew member for every 3.2 passengers against one for every 3.5 on Viking Radgrid.
They score the same for family friendliness in Cruiseable’s Bliss scores: 5.0 out of 10.
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