Emerald Star-Ship Europe Class — Emerald River Cruises ship class at sea

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    Emerald Star-Ship Europe Class

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    Emerald River Cruises

    Engineering-led Star-Ships with indoor pools under retractable glass roofs — the contemporary, better-value sibling to Scenic.

    Introduced
    2014
    Gross tonnage
    ~2,850 GT
    Capacity
    180 guests

    The European Star-Ships are a run of sisters — Emerald Star, Emerald Sky, Emerald Sun, Emerald Dawn, Emerald Luna and their fleetmates — built to a common specification and covered here as a class.

    The defining feature is the aft pool: heated, indoors under a retractable glass roof, and converted to a cinema in the evening by covering the water with a floor. No other mainstream river line offers it fleetwide.

    Panorama Balcony Suites use a drop-down window wall rather than a fixed French balcony, giving open-air access without losing floor area, and the two Owner's One-Bedroom Suites reach roughly 28 square metres.

    Dining is the Reflections main restaurant plus the smaller Reflections Bistro at the stern, with the Horizon Bar forward and a sun deck with a walking track above.

    Sister ships

    Ships in the Emerald Star-Ship Europe Class

    5 sister ships share this class — near-identical layouts, cabins, and onboard venues across the Emerald River Cruises fleet.

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