AmaWaterways plans to offer complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks to passengers this year with lunch -- a first for the river cruise line.
The California-based company has offered passengers free beer, wine and soda at dinner since its founding in 2002, but until now drinks at lunch always came with an extra charge.
The complimentary drinks will be available on AmaWaterways' entire European fleet with the exception of the Russia-based AmaKatarina and the soon-to-debut, Portugal-based AmaVida.
Scheduled to begin operation on Portugal's Duoro River in March, the 106-passenger AmaVida is one of two new AmaWaterways ships arriving this year. Also new is the 164-passenger AmaPrima, which will debut on April 3 in Amsterdam. The AmaPrima will operate on Europe's Rhine and Danube rivers.
In addition the Duoro, Rhine and Danube, AmaWaterways operates river ships on Europe's Main, Mosel, Seine and Rhône rivers.
