Avalon Waterways Amsterdam Cruise Reviews

We chose the Rhine/Moselle cruise because we were traveling with 2 elders and knew a river cruise would be a good way to travel with them. The ship was clean, the stateroom nice, the staff pleasant and helpful. The food was nearly unaccepable. It was like a cheap cafeteria to me, often poorly cooked, cold, industrial meals. The vegetarian options were 90% pasta, over-cooked, bland pasta at ...

Pros: Nice balcony room, comfortable bed, excellent excursions, the lady playing violin was really great and entertaining, too. Cons: 1) Food. Simply awful and small portions. Some examples: The "welcome aboard" lunch was noodles and hamburger. Reminded me of school lunch - not a good start to an expensive cruise. My wife's main course at the "gala dinner" was sole (fish). Literally ...

Long journey from New Zealand, with High expectations of Avalon from Travel Agents. Fresh Food didn't arrive before leaving Amsterdam so meals were often AVERAGE. we are not that fussy, but compared to other trips ....food was not up to standard. Our Ship was switched to Avalon Artistry 2, at the last minute...with no explanation why. Purchased top deck for better views, but told ...

I chose it because of the single supplement was a good price! My cabin was very comfortable! It had a lovely view, but because the wTer level on the Danube was so low that often the view was another ship! I know the water level is an act of God, but I feel we should have been informed before sailing and given the opportunity to cancel because several of the locations we were supposed to visit had ...

Just returned from a river cruise on the Avalon Expression. Fabulous chauffer service from home to airport and vice versa. Lovely cars and lovely chauffeurs. Arrived at Amsterdam (large airport) but was disappointed in the meet and greet and struggled to find our guide who was slumped in his seat with his sign undetected against his chest! Finally on board coach to be told that we were going to ...