Avalon Waterways Gay & Lesbian Cruises Reviews

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Sailing with excellent service

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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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


Over all a good experience

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Poetry II

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crusingwithfriends
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We choose this cruise for ports and because there were options for active excursions. The pros The cabin and bathroom were more spacious than on most river cruise ships. The beds very comfortable. The ship was very clean. The staff attentive. The food was very good. Free Happy Hour drinks Activities director was wonderful Favorite excursions: Vineyard Views, E bikes ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Wonderful Trip, Made Better with a Few of Our Own Deviations from the Itinerary

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Visionary

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Annebar1
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We had a great time on our brief cruise of the Rhine for the Christmas in Alsace tour. To save money and time, we booked our own flights and we ended up adding a night before and after the cruise on our own. I'm glad we did because we had the opportunity to tour the Christmas markets of Zurich and Frankfurt as an extra bonus. The Visionary ship was nicely appointed and the crew was very ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Pleasant Avalon Cruise, But More Expensive Than Its Worth

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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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

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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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

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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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


Busy Trip with Lots to See

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Visionary

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gerryv85234
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Bucket list trip to see Budapest & Prague for my wife & I, we have taken 4 ocean liner cruises but this was our first river cruise. We arrived in Budapest the day before the cruise started & we arranged for Avalon to transfer us from the airport to the hotel. The morning of our trip departure Avalon had a bus shuttle us & many other passengers from the hotel to the Visionary ship. Check in went ...
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Sail Date: June 2019

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Burgundy-Provence River Cruising

Review for a France Cruise on Avalon Poetry II

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klmooers
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our friends that are wine connoisseurs wanted to tour region. We wanted to see Monaco but this trip did not end up there as the brochure stated when we booked. We enjoyed all the stops and seeing so many wonderful places., especially the small, quaint little towns and unusual things like "Garden of Eden," organ concert in cathedral, wine tasting in a chateau, etc..... We also liked the ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Low water levels in August caused 3 bus trips.

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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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


Burgundy & Provence for Wine Lovers

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Poetry II

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ccozart
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

We thoroughly enjoyed this cruise. It is our 4th with Avalon and they did not disappoint. The ship was well appointed and our cabin was roomy enough for the two of us. Food choices were many and we took advantage of ordering many items we had never eaten before, such as escargots! The crew did a good job and at times appeared to be a new crew with regard to time working together, but no ...
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Sail Date: July 2018

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


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