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hi I'm Gary Bainbridge now I want to
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share with you 10 that's right 10 things
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that you should expect if you go on a
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European river cruise keep watching
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those 10 things never having to pay for
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most of our cruise lines in Europe are
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all-inclusive so that your meals to
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drink your excursions your gratuities so
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you almost never have to pay anything
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else once you bought your fare
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the second thing to expect is never
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having to make any or many decisions
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it's a very regimented schedule during
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the day everything's organized for you
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you basically just follow the program
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and follow the flow and you make no
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decisions you just do what's arranged
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the third thing you should expect is a
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fairly small ship river boats have to be
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restricted by length by width by height
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based on the rivers and so you will find
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a ship that's not very big maybe 150
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maybe 200 passengers at most it'll be
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quite a small ship relatively cozy
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cabins as you probably see behind me not
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lots of amenities not lots of extra
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entertainment you'll get to know people
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really well you'll get to recognize them
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you'll go on tours with them and the
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crew will also get to know you so it's
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an intimate and very social experience
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the fourth thing you should expect is to
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be eating great food River cruise lines
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are renowned for having fantastic food
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despite the fact that they're quite
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small as you pass through the region
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you're learning to have local
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specialities local wines truly
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reflecting the region you're passing
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through another key thing that you
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should expect is the quirks of river
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cruising two things particularly that I
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wanted to point out first of all is that
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the ability to get up or down a river
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depends on the water levels so if the
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water levels are too low or too high it
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can disrupt your itinerary and you'll
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find if you speak to people to be on
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river cruising quite a few people would
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have had incidents where the ship hasn't
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been able to move around as plants often
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elders bus people tuned from the ship
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and the ship may not travel as far as
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planned the other thing is when you dock
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in town there may be a couple of ships
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you know there so actually they then
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connect to each other and you have to
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walk through ships or
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chips to get to the dock the next thing
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you should expect is to do a lot of
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most of the excursions which will be
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included are walking tours through towns
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so you could be walking two or three
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hours a day so you need to be relatively
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fit and you need to be ready to walk
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mostly excursions will focus on the
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history the culture and perhaps the food
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and wine of the region the seventh thing
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you should expect is that you're
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probably going to be an adults-only
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environments although cruise lines are
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starting to attract more families it
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tends to be adults and test B the 50 60
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and above age group so that's the kind
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of audience that you should expect an
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adult environment surrounded by people
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probably 50 plus the eighth thing you
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should expect is an informal dress code
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and atmosphere on board so the dress
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code is not very dressy so even for the
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captain's Welcome Party farewell party I
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mean some gents may wear long sleeve
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shirts perhaps a jacket but most people
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are going to wear sitting from the
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gentlemen side you know Urbanek shirts
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you do have to wear sort of long
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trousers particularly jeans which is
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normally perfectly fine ladies you know
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just casual dresses or slacks so you
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don't have to pack lots of different
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kind of clothes etc which also makes
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sense because you know the river cruise
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ships are small there's not lots of
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storage so actually not having to bring
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lots of permutations of clothes is
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obviously a big big plus the atmosphere
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as well is very relaxed it's very
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informal it's very sociable the nine
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thing you should expect is to be docking
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in the heart of the town so river
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cruises tend to dock right in the heart
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of wherever they're going to see you can
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only just get off the ship and you're
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right in heart of the action
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you can go to local markets you can go
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to local sights local attractions and
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often you'll be docked overnight so you
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can also get out and enjoy the nightlife
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as well the 10th and last thing that you
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should expect is a fairly intensive and
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immersive experience in a very specific
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part of the river that you're traveling
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along river cruise boats don't travel
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very far in fact the distances their
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travel every day you could probably
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cover in a bus in about two hours long
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so they tend to stop frequently at lots
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of places along a stretch of a river so
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you get a really good feel for the
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region you're passing through so there
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you have it that's the ten things that
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you should expect if you're heading out
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on a river cruise no I promise your
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