For most American travelers, a European river cruise is not a trip booked on a whim. It is a once-a-year undertaking, sometimes once in a lifetime, built around a long flight, a transatlantic transfer and a tight window to make embarkation on time. Celebrity River Cruises is changing that calculation: guests who go through all of that no longer have to land, scramble through customs and board the same day.
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