Avalon Waterways Singles Cruises Reviews

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Us in front of our favourite River cruise
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A view of the Danube
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At night from the top of the Avalon Expression
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Amsterdam-Basel - Avalon are functional, but AMA are fun!

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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kentcouple65
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We had a wonderful time with Ama Waterways for my wife's 50th. birthday going from Budapest to Nuremberg, so thought we would try a river cruise again, this time with Avalon Waterways for her 60th. from Amsterdam to Basel. The best thing about this cruise was the food - when we travelled with AMA previously, the food was somewhat bland, but, other than the last night when presumably the chef ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


8 days to travel 300 miles!

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

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trek_doc
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Firstly a disclaimer this is our first river cruise although we have done a number of cruises on small ships Azamara, Oceana. We embarked in Arle and then went downstream 1 hour to the Camarge. The active excursion by bike was great. Day 2 back to Arle ( where we had independently spent a day) the excursion was great hiking up a limestone mountain and seeing a Van Gogh audiovisual ...
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Sail Date: September 2019


Avalon Pulls a Fast One on its Customers

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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Jesse S.
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

This was a Danube cruise, Budapest to Nuremburg. Due to low water on the river, the ship discharged passengers just beyond Regensburg, busing those who were departing from Nuremburg and to Prague for those who had signed up for it. At this, we considered ourselves fortunate, because we heard that some other cruise captains refused to go on past Vienna. Ours did go on, although it was ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


A Few Misconceptions

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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Jersey Eileen
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

The Danube cruise is going to be pretty much the same, whichever line you choose. We chose Avalon, and generally, the ship’s appointments and food were quite fine. But perhaps you have a few misconceptions as you make your decision on which river to choose, and this can help you. In our case, we chose the Danube because we had already been to some of the Rhine stops on past land tours. But we were ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with Window


Disappointing

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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Tinney
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

This was our 40th wedding anniversary. We were looking forward to the beautiful scenery as we looked out of our large balcony windows that we paid an extra £1'000 for. The bed was positioned to face the river,something not many other ships had. What a waste of money,we sailed mainly at night and in port we were tied up to other ships so our view was of someone's bedroom so we had to keep our ...
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Sail Date: June 2016

Cabin Type: Panorama Suite with French Balcony


The Panorama Suite was very nice, unfortunately, the rest missed the mark.

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Visionary

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acwmom
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

After two cruises on Uniworld, we decided to try Avalon. We liked their "panorama suite" design. Sadly, that was the only thing outstanding about our Avalon experience. Our "journey" started with "check-in" at the Hotel Intercontinental in Vienna. By this time, we had already been in Europe for 3 nights, on our own. There was a large window to check bags in, from 8am to 3:30pm, but this entire ...
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Sail Date: April 2016


Disappointing River Cruise

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Visionary

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showlover
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

In August of 2014 my husband and I booked an Avalon River Cruise from Prague to Paris to take place August, 2015. Unfortunately, our first night in Prague we learned that there was a barge loaded with steel in the middle of the river and our river boat would not be able to reach us in Nuremburg which was the original point of embarkation for the cruise. Since we had arrived a day early, the ...
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Sail Date: August 2015

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Very nice staterooms and bathroom.

Review for a France Cruise on Avalon Poetry II

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judi666
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The Avalon Poetry 2 is a very pretty smaller ship. The staterooms are very nice and the bathroom is the nicest of any cruise vessel I have been on. Everything is immaculately clean. The angling of the bed to look out the window is wonderful. The window opening to make the stateroom into a balcony is also very nice. The downside, is not being able to keep window or curtains open while docked ...
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Sail Date: May 2015

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Avalon River Cruise First Time

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Panorama

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napoleanlady
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Having been only on the larger cruise lines this was my first time on a smaller River Cruise trip. I wanted the smaller more intimate ship and was looking forward to sailing into smaller ports which the larger ships cannot necessarily visit. While I have no other River Cruise line to compare to, Avalon left me with the overall impression that it provides a comfortable journey (beds were good and ...
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Sail Date: April 2015


OK but not great

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

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jag33437
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My husband and I have cruised on upscale larger ships and also took a Viking river cruise in China. We looked forward to a new travel experience in Europe. We started in Prague and stayed at the Intercontinental offered by Avalon. On the first day, and Avalon rep gathered us in a meeting room, provided a glass of champagne and then reviewed to trip. We were quite disappointed that there was no ...
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Sail Date: August 2014


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