"There were many questions about Vikings' policy of dismissing passengers during our river cruise, but the director was unable to answer our questions, citing rules and regulations of Viking and CDC.Viking tour guides, excursions in the many cities we stopped at on the Rhine and Moselle River either fully met or exceeded our expectations...."Read More
This cruise was terrible. The day we were to travel we received an email from Viking informing us that due to the fact that our cruise was late in the season some of the advertised Christmas Market excursions would not be available. In their email Viking did not provide the customer the choice of changing the date of their cruise of canceling the entire trip. They either knew this or should ...
Listed as a Christmas Market cruise docking at places I have visited before, I expected the emphasis to be on the Christmas markets. I expected on board education sessions, at least one, on the long history of the markets and how each one is unique with the same underpinnings. Educational moment on the foods served at the markets would have been appreciated. Biggest disappointment was paying ...
We chose this cruise specifically for the christmas markets but what we received was a lot of bus time and enrichment tours with tons of time walking and seeing things we were not really interested in. first time in paris, christmas market non existent, did get about 10 minutes for a picture of the effie tower . hotel in paris ok but nothing t write home about, trip to trier, walking in the ...
This cruise was a bucket list vacation. We have many friends who have raved about the Christmas Markets in Europe. The only problem is our cruise/tour is that it began on Sunday November 26 and the first open Christmas Market was Thursday, November 30th. We missed the markets in Prague, Nuremberg, Bamberg and Wurzberg - that is 50% of what was promoted for our cruise. There were other mishaps ...
This cruise has a great itinerary, going from Paris by bus to Trier, Germany where you sail on the Mosel into the Rhein at Mainz and on to Basel, Switzerland, with another bus ride to Zurich. There is so much history on this route, starting with Roman ruins in Trier, one of the oldest cities in Germany. You also visit Worms and Mainz, the locations where Martin Luther initiated the Protestant ...
The only places we haven't been to in Switzerland were Geneva and Zermatt, so this trip, with it's Alps extension, seemed like a good idea, and we had previously done Bucharest to Budapest, then flew to Paris to take this cruise. Let me begin by saying that the ship's staff was excellent, as they usually are. But every Viking cruise has come with issues, both Ocean and River. And the ship's ...
I wanted to share my impressions of our first River Cruise with Viking while it was still fresh in my brain.
We chose the Swiss Alps to Paris in September because the 12 day excursion seemed just the right length to decide whether this mode of travel would be right for us. Turns out, it was perfect and left us yearning for more.
From the moment we stepped off of the plane in Zurich, ...
A river cruise with history filled days and social festivities at night really appealed to us. The Rhine cruise really had so many things on our bucket list. The tours were fun and informative and the nightlife on the ship was really great. Although this was our first river cruise Viking will be our go to cruise line because everything they did was top notch. The staff amazing, the kitchen ...
We felt that this cruise would be a great balance of scheduled events and leisure time and we were right. We were able to see four different countries and experience the local culture in each.
The food on board was excellent. Every day, the menu included cuisine from the region we were in and there were even coming demonstrations. We never had a bad meal on the ship and they were very ...
We love Viking River cruises. This was our third cruise and can’t wait to sign up for our next one. Our cruise director Andrew was fantastic. He was so kind when I was dealing with being motion sick offering to get me some ginger to help relieve my symptoms.
Andrew was a delight on board as well. He was always smiling and made us laugh often. The chef prepared fantastic meals. We ate too much. ...