Avalon Waterways Avalon Panorama River Cruises Reviews

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Photo taken at one of the marrkets
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Taking in views of the Rhine from the open top deck.
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La Petite France in beautiful Strasbourg. So charming!
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Cable car in Cologne crossing the river to take you to the fortress!
Taken from my cabin on the Avalon Waterway's Panorama ship.
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"Caramel sauce was not buttery, chocolate sauce was grainy, fake whipped cream sometimes, cakes at tea time looked lavish but not top quality.Food & wine were plentiful although I felt the quality of some ingredients was not great...."Read More
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Sailing with excellent service

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Deer25
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

There are no better views from your cabin than with Avalon Waterways. I’ve sailed with Avalon before and love the 200’ cabin, with 11 foot glass wall that opens up to 7’ of water, sun, fresh air & spectacular views which can be seen from my river-facing bed!! Awesome!!! New awesome concepts are: 1. the fabulous coffee machine in the lounge area 2. station to refill water bottles 3. ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Pleasant Avalon Cruise, But More Expensive Than Its Worth

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Forest Beach
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our Avalon Rhine River cruise from Basel to Amsterdam was taken in late October 2019. The cruise was pleasant with no real negatives, but also without any exceptional experiences or excursions. The cruise is marketed as an 8 day cruise, but there are 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 7 dinners included, so its a 7 day cruise at best. The last 24 hours are spent docked in Amsterdam, so you are ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Service could have been better

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Jbrook05
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

The active cruise interested us as we are both avid walkers and enjoy biking and hiking. We were disappointed in the Avalon service compared to our experience on a Uniworld River Cruise on the Danube River. We enjoyed the option of the flexible dining that Avalon Cruise provided, but found the food being removed an hour earlier than advertised e.g. 8:00 PM instead of 9 PM. Then when we tried to go ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Great cruise, but not enough to be solely repeat customer

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CTJr
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose a river cruise as it would be a first for us and I had gotten seasick on the one and only time we went on an ocean cruise. We chose the Rhine river cruise due to the start/end cities and length of cruise. I looked at several cruise lines until it came down to two- Avalon and AmaWaterways. Chose Avalon due to schedule/direction. With the intimacy of small boats and smooth sailing on ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Low water levels in August caused 3 bus trips.

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DogDocDon
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

After 40 trips and cruises over seas, this 15 day Budapest to Amsterdam was our first river cruise. The record low water levels throughout Europe required us to take 3 bus trips to get around low water sections. The biggest problem is that we missed most of the Rhine River cruise up to Cologne and then on to Amsterdam. We each got compensated $200 and 50% off the daily cruise rate for each of ...
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Sail Date: August 2018

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Excellent all around onboard, will return, off ship service mediocre

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yeoguard
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

Overall the facilities, staff and food are excellent, you really can’t hope for much more. The staff are friendly and work incredibly hard to keep the boat spotless and service the guests. Friends arrived early in the morning and were allowed to hang out in the lounge with snacks and drinks until official boarding. The food overall is first rate, with many healthy options, but thought the desserts ...
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Sail Date: April 2018


Great first time cruise

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dbr463
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

I was with my siblings and mom, five of us total. We spent the three extra days in Prague and had a great time exploring. Each day we found new area and less touristy areas to explore. Our cruise director, Hendrick, was very informative. Due to last minute river rising, our cruise itinerary changed. We could not board in Nuremberg. However, Avalon was very accommodating in that we were ...
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Sail Date: September 2017

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


Wonderful Trip, Beautiful Scenery and Locations

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CruiseFanSarasota
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

I chose this trip because my sister, brother-in law, and I got a great Friends and Family discount that we could pass up. The ship was lovely, food excellent, smaller size of ship and total passengers (125) made for an intimate friendly experience. I especially enjoyed having time in Budapest and Prague to explore and relax before and after the cruise portion of the adventure. The shore ...
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Sail Date: August 2017

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with Window


Relaxing Rhine and Danube Cruise Experience

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Pauline Oldham
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s

We chose this cruise as we knew we would see lots of castles, beautiful churches and pretty towns and villages and we are particularly keen on scenery and wanted to see Vienna and Budapest. We would have liked a little more time in Cologne and Passau but realise that sometimes it is not possible for this to happen due to our sailing times. All the staff were helpful and friendly at all times. Our ...
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Sail Date: August 2017

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with Window


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slagutan
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Overall the river cruise was very good, it was just misleading in selling to us that all cabins are balcony, when in fact the level one was not. The several ports visited was more than what I expected. There was race discrimination on service especially the head of the dining or banquet including a female server. People were already seated and having their wine and were asked to leave and ...
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Sail Date: October 2016

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with Window


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