{"id":55486,"date":"2024-04-05T17:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=55486"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:55:39","slug":"avalon-alegria-christened-in-portugal-youll-never-guess-who-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2024\/04\/avalon-alegria-christened-in-portugal-youll-never-guess-who-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalon Alegria Christened In Portugal (You&#8217;ll Never Guess Who By)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, March 28, Avalon Waterways christened its 15th Suite Ship, Avalon Alegria, in Europe. Acting as the ship\u2019s godmother, Cheri Oteri \u2013 widely known for the rise of female entertainers on Saturday Night Live &#8211; led the christening ceremony on the Douro River.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/e98eb500-214c-4ebf-d430-dd998bce2e35-1-853x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55487\" style=\"width:272px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo courtesy of Avalon Waterways<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After reciting her blessing, Cheri Oteri cut a rope tethered to locally produced Cuv\u00e9e \u2013 Marques de Marialva Cuv\u00e9e Primitivo \u2013 causing the bottle to smash against the newly named ship\u2019s bow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new, 262-foot, 102-passenger Avalon Alegria \u2013 with 14 Deluxe Staterooms and 37 Panorama Suites, built exclusively to sail the Douro River \u2013 is the first Suite Ship from Avalon Waterways to set sail in Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Avalon Alegria welcomed her first, official guests on board to cruise\u00a0<strong>Vida Portugal: Vineyards &amp; Villages Along the Douro<\/strong>\u00a0on April 3, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 28, Avalon Waterways christened its 15th Suite Ship, Avalon Alegria, in Europe. Acting as the ship\u2019s godmother, Cheri Oteri \u2013 widely known for the rise of female entertainers on Saturday Night Live &#8211; led the christening ceremony on the Douro River. After reciting her blessing, Cheri Oteri cut a rope tethered to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55492,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55486\/revisions\/55492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}