Oct 5, 2026 · 32 min · 11 segments
A smaller ship. More time focused on the places you visit. And no need to change hotels every time you move to another town. In the first episode of River Cruise 101, Stephanie Pakosta and Ryan Joy…
Ryan JoyHost
Stephanie PakostaHostWe've talked about our experiences with brands like Scenic and Emerald and Ama, but we realized we've never really backed it all the way up and explained river cruising from the beginning.
And if you've seen pictures of these ships floating past castles in Europe and thought, "That looks amazing, but I have absolutely no idea how any of this works," well, these episodes are gonna be for you, because today we're answering the biggest question first.
Ryan, let's assume somebody listening to this has only ever taken an ocean cruise.
And I would say, you know, where on the ocean you've got at least 2,000 passengers typically on your-
I mean, the, the tagline for all of river cruising is, you know, that they bring you through countries, where ocean cruises-
We've talked about our experiences with brands like Scenic and Emerald and Ama, but we realized we've never really backed it all the way up and explained river cruising from the beginning.
And if you've seen pictures of these ships floating past castles in Europe and thought, "That looks amazing, but I have absolutely no idea how any of this works," well, these episodes are gonna be for you, because today we're answering the biggest question first.
Ryan, let's assume somebody listening to this has only ever taken an ocean cruise.
And I would say, you know, where on the ocean you've got at least 2,000 passengers typically on your-
I mean, the, the tagline for all of river cruising is, you know, that they bring you through countries, where ocean cruises-
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