Budapest to Europe - River Cruise River Reviews

The three of us - my husband, I and our son - took a Danube River cruise on Viking Baldur from Budapest to Passau the week before Christmas. It was cold and raining or pouring most of the days. However, despite the miserable weather, our overall experience with Viking was fairly good and I would give it 4 stars if not an extremely unpleasant event that took place the last night and a return ...

None of the experience with the ship, shore excursions or food can make up for having the 14 day cruise planned from Budapest to Amsterdam terminated after 7 days and then being left in an unplanned city with no assistance The Danube had been rising over the first few days and then at dinner on day 5 we were told the cruise would end 36 hours later in Passau, we were all to vacate the ship by 8 am ...

We booked the top level cat 7 because we wanted it to be special even though it was expensive, almost twice as much as the lower levels. The water was low on the river and caused the cruise to turn into a BUS trip. Tauck did a terrible job of handling this. For the first six days they bussed us from place to place, packing and unpacking several times. While on the "BUS excursion" the food was ...

Sailed on a 15 day cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam with Scenic Ruby on August 28th, 2023. Flights and everything booked through scenic. On the boat the food, drinks, staff were fantastic but delayed and cancelled flights at both ends cause lots of stress. Because it was a Sunday no calls to scenic were answered and we had to organize alternate flights ourselves with no help from scenic. Our ...

I had the opportunity to take a Rhine/Main/Danube Viking River Cruise in August 2023 on the Viking Magni (Originally scheduled for Baldur). As you continue to read through the review keep in mind Europe was experiencing some of the hottest temperatures for the summer of 2023. Early in the trip the sliding glass door to our balcony locked behind us. Fortunately, our neighbor was still in their ...

Heard so many good things about Viking cruises, decided to spend the money and take a 2 week grand European river cruise. When I arrived on board there was a strong mildew smell all over ship. The smell never dissipated, very strong in our room! We chose a balcony room. The room and all of the common areas were carpeted! Everyone knows carpet cannot be cleaned properly on a cruise ship. I have ...

Just returned from a great Danube Waltz cruise - BUD-Passau on the Ingvi. We had the included air. Did not use Air+ and had excellent flights (ATL-FRA-BUD and MUC-ATL). Layover in FRA less than 2 hours was plenty to go through immigration and get to next flight. Several Viking greeters met us and about 10 minutes later were on bus with 8 others to boat. Cruise Director Suzy hopped on bus, ...

Part of the charm of a Viking river cruise is the interaction with other passengers. Ship size and configuration creates a more intimate environment. In such an environment, Viking has a responsibility for the safety of its passengers when a communicable disease occurs on board. Viking failed in their responsibility to safeguard their passengers when Viking did not inform us that a passenger was ...

To celebrate my 75th birthday, as an early present from my husband, we decided to take a Viking River Cruise. We picked Viking because of their excellent reputation and ratings. We were impressed with the advertisements we saw on TV showing the ships docked in town; implying it would be easy to visit each stop. So in April 2022, we booked a 7-day Danube Waltz aboard the Viking Ingvi from ...

Wow, where to begin. We went on the Viking ship Skirnir. November 28- December 6, 2022. From when we first booked this cruise and until our departure, flights were changed several times (and we had to scurry to arrange upgraded seats each time on our own because “Viking doesn’t handle it”). Our ship was also changed at the last minute. When we got to the airport, we were told our flights were ...