Budapest to Europe - River Cruise Romantic Reviews
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Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on ms Treasures
Dianeand Jim
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2023
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Embla
afterviking
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s
This is the end of the Embla saga - on arrival at the Embla in Budapest on 11 September 2019 we were confronted by a vessel with an odd large boxed item next to the bridge. Wondering why it was there and how it would survive low bridges unless it could be lowered and raised like the captain’s bridge, we went to our cabin where we found the 06 September 2019 letter – not good timing on Viking's ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2019
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Embla
Beagler!
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
This is was our first river cruise. We are seasoned ocean cruise travelers. This cruise started with a delay in boarding the ship of one day due to maintenance problems on the previous cruise. We only had one day that we went to a port and got off the ship and toured the venue. That was on day 12 when we visited Cologne Germany. All the other days we spent more time on buses than at the scheduled ...
Read MoreResponse from VikingS, Community Team
Thank you for reaching out, Beagler. We recognize that you were among the guests of Viking Embla who experienced delays and hardware issues during your travel with us. While mechanical issues...
Sail Date: July 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Embla
CLydston
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
We paid for our cruise with all the expectations of neophyte river cruisers and are crushed that our river cruise of a lifetime ended up being a horrible bus ride through Eastern Europe.
Due to mechanical malfunctions on the Viking Embla our tour was unable to hold to schedule resulting in canceled excursions, creative docking at unknown sites (we even had to break through a factory fence at ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2019
Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Viking Embla
tufftwo71
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Viking River Cruise on “Embla:” Bucharest to Budapest w/ 3-nt Prague Add-On
Overall:
Terrible experience with Viking aboard their boat Embla due to major maintenance issues known to them before our cruise started. Half speed at best; little to no air-conditioning with room temperatures ranging from the high 70s into the 90s. The dining room felt even hotter with everyone assembled. This ...
Read MoreResponse from VikingS, Community Team
Hello, tufftwo71. We recognize that you were among the guests of Viking Embla who experienced delays and hardware issues during your travel with us. While mechanical issues do sometimes...
Sail Date: July 2019
Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Viking Embla
ffg7711
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s
This was our first river cruise and understood Viking was a top provider. BUT, we were very disappointed. The crew/staff were excellent, but after that things fell down. Getting a balcony is a waste of money as many times we were moored next to another Viking ship's balcony which was just 2 feet away. No view or privacy! Breakfast was fine but other meals were poor. It became the joke many ...
Read MoreResponse from VikingS, Community Team
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences aboard Viking Embla with the cruising community, ffg7711. It is pleasing to learn that you found our crew and staff to be excellent,...
Sail Date: May 2018
Cabin Type: Veranda Superior
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on ms Treasures
Kawahine
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
To be honest, my bad, I did not do my research. I was told this was a 5 star experience and book based on my thoughts of what 5 star meant. Therefore, This is a difficult review to write. The staff was excellent, helpful, friendly, experienced, a pleasure to be around. If I was 80, it would have been a good trip. But I'm 60, also known as the new 40. Tauck does not cater to 40 year olds. Tauck ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2016
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on AmaDolce
Jethro S
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s
We boarded this vessel along with several other couples we know. We didn't pick the dates-- HUGE MISTAKE!!! We set sail in October and encountered rain, dreary gray skies and weather cold enough to make a few of the passengers ill. Pumps on the locks weren't working properly in some cases (not necessarily the ship's fault), but it did shorten excursions that day and even canceled at least one ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2015
Cabin Type: Stateroom with French Balcony
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Odin
jims friend
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We were due to sail aboard the Viking Odin on a New Years Cruise between Budapest and Nuremburg, we actually only sailed from Passau to Nuremburg.
The problems started a day before we were due to leave, when we received a phone call at home stating that due to high water on the Danube we would have to spend the first night in hotel in Budapest.
We actually spent 3 nights in hotels, 2 nights of ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2012
Cabin Type: Veranda Superior
Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Idun
Atlanta World Cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Overall Opinion:
Considering all the points below, we will stay away from Viking and use other means to see Europe. For the prices they charge for their cruises, you can travel in first class on Canard's or other luxury cruise lines for the same or lower costs.
Value ($)
The cost of our 15 day river cruise was just under $17k. This is equal or more per day to the top tier luxury cruise ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2012
Cabin Type: Veranda Suite
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