Amsterdam to Europe - River Cruise Reviews

My friends and I, a group of forty-something guys, decided to give a Viking river cruise a try. We all wanted to visit the Christmas markets in Europe and though this would be a relaxing, carefree way to do so. Boy were we wrong. I'll start with the positive. The ship was clean, bright, and well-appointed. Space was used efficiently, and our French balcony stateroom was small but comfortable. ...

My husband and I chose this cruise as we throughly enjoyed our Christmas Cruise on the Rhine last year, it was so fantastic that when a sale came up on the River cruises I booked another one expecting the same level of service as before. This was not the case, first we received an email that our ship had been changed, not a problem. Then the day that we are to board we received another email ...

We have travelled with Viking 3 times. Twice pre-covid and now just recently this past August, post-covid. The company is night/day and not for the better. Our first trip was the Cities of Lights tour wherein high river levels caused severe deviations and constant bussing from Wurzburg. It was not pleasant but in the end the ships staff and PD as well as Captain tried to make up for the ...

We had taken 3 Viking River Cruises in the past and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the experience. After our July cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest ( Grand European Tour) we will never travel with Viking again. The main issue is that I believe that Viking knew at least a week before the start of the cruise that it was highly likely that we would have to swap ships and they deliberately ...

We had taken 3 Viking River Cruises in the past and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the experience. After our July 2023 cruise we will never travel with Viking again. My main issue is that I believe that Viking knew at least a week before the start of the cruise that it was highly likely that we would have to swap ships and they deliberately avoided telling us. I contacted Viking 3 times ...

We chose this cruise as liked the idea of travelling leisurely along the Rhine, an are we have driven in past years. We had to postpone from the previous year for medical reasons. We flew to Amsterdam from our local airport, and realised that the berth was close to the enormous rail terminus. On arrival we were shown to a dark dungeon of a tiny cabin, with window at ceiling level, and simply no ...

I picked this cruise on the recommendations of friends and the wonderful ads they run, it was the worst experience ever. After a delayed flight in arriving at the airport when I called Viking for my pick up, I was told to get a cab I had paid for the transfers, but they weren’t willing to come get me. Things went from bad to worse. The only rooms available. were on the first floor, but I was told ...

Food was fair at best, Beer was served warm when I complained they brought ice. The night of the buffet was a free for all I gave up waiting after 40 minutes, went up later and it looked picked clean. Excursions were booked full by 6:15 am the day they opened I believe they keep them for higher end customers. Ship rafted at many ports this gave our balcony that we paid 2,000 for a view of ...

We would not recommend Viking river cruise. Dealing with Viking Air was cumbersome and time consuming. Nickel and dime air charges: $100.x2, $166.50x2, $24x2, $50x2, $20.x2. And no refund on any, some being Viking mistakes, some just illogical rules. Food was poor, most guests we ate with agreed. Customer blogs before this cruise commented on poor food and Viking chose not to fix this ...

It went wrong from the start. Taxi driver had us down for Manchester T1 instead of T2 . Luckily i put him straight. When we arrived in Amsterdam and after a long wait because of the luggage belt not working, we were ushered into a holding aread and told to wait until other flghts arrived. That took all of 2 hours. Eventuall we were show to a coach and told we were to being transported to a ...