Viking Basel Cruise Reviews

We never left from Basel or saw it. No communication to passengers on change, which resulted in chaos. Skipped ports with no explanation. Due to a tanker running aground, we were forced again to be bussed to a new ship, missing the scenic area & lovely promised ports. Bus ride was pure misery . That travel ,under difficult conditions took a day. The communication or lack of was the most ...

My husband and I chose to go on our first river cruise in Germany in December because we wanted to visit the Christmas markets. We were extremely disappointed and will never cruise with Viking again. The cabin was small but adequate and was kept clean. We were disappointed with the food except for the German fare. It was very disappointing to have only one restaurant with very specific dining ...

My husband and I were excited to sail on Sigrun by Viking River Cruises. We booked our Voyage in 2017 to sail in Fall 2019. We paid for a French Balcony room but were disappointed extremely when we were given a room on the bottom. I.m a vegetarian and asked the Ship Chef if there will be any vegetarian option on the ship. He assured me that each meal has a vegetarian dish. So there was no ...

I’ll start by saying that my husband and I did not enjoy our cruise with Viking, this review is really meant to inform and enlighten the traveler before they decide to book a river cruise particularly with Viking. We choose Viking because friends had been on their ocean cruise and found it very enjoyable. We typically cruise Celebrity, which provides a level of luxury we enjoy. We booked ...

On May 31, this year my wife and I took the Viking Rhine Cruise from Basel Switzerland to Amsterdam Netherlands. Three days before that we enjoyed a Bordeaux Wine country cruise with a competitor. There were a number of things we took away from the Viking Cruise. Viking has a fantastic Marketing organization. They sucker in poor unsuspecting people and uneducated first-time cruisers with ...

travel agent,Cabin was small, rhine river looked blue It was very brown,excursions blah We would not go again.The river was very polluted,along the river banks on shore was not very much pretty scenery like we expected,the book you get the ads you watch are totally false.nothing like we thought.very expensive for what it is.the meals were good ist night 6 at a table we all ordered our meal they ...

So far, not so good. Been stuck in Basil two nights so far. They say the water is too high and we can't leave here. Today got bussed to the Black Forest...long drive. Tomorrow being bussed again....2 hours each way. We didn't sign up for a bus tour. We signed up for a cruise. I know there is nothing they can do about the water level...but, I'm not sure what is really going on. I think ...

We were on the 2nd Gefjon cruise from Basel to Paris; due to heavy rains river level of Rhine was high. We left Basil earlier than planned to clear a bridge, then were bussed back to Basel to keep our itinerary. We then sailed overnight to Strasbourg across from Kehl. We were then bussed to Strasbourg for a planned tour. This was the last move we made on Gefjon. While we don't blame Viking ...

The ship did not ever reach its first destination so we were bussed to various sites each day and back to the ship at night. After five nights on the ship we were bussed to a hotel in Frankfurt for two nights and then on to Paris for the final two nights. The bus trips were up to twelve-hour days—mostly on the bus except for restroom stops, lunch and brief tours. *This was a make-up trip for ...

We were on the second trip of the Viking Gefjon, and also had room 205. Our trip was totally different than Ralphster. Due to high water, the ship was stuck at Kehl/Strasbourg for 5 nights. Each day, we would gather at 7 pm to hear what was going to happen the next day. Some days it was close to what the itinerary promised. Most of the time it wasn't. Each day there was a 20 minute walk to get ...