We were looking for a great river cruise experience but it was a total disappointment. We had many ocean experience and because we saw the good reviews on Viking river cruise so decided to try the river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. What a big mistake!

First, the cruise ship had absolutely no facilities except one lounge and one dining room which are extremely small and the décor was very ordinary. The food was lousy. The menu was extremely small. There are only 3 options every night, a vegetarian, meat or fish entrée. I had fishes 4 times. The names of the fishes were different every time but it was the same fish. Two of them were sea bass, halibut. The other two had some exotic names. I know exactly what sea bass and halibut taste and look like but what was served was definitely what they claimed to be. How can they serve the same fish but told us different names!

We experience lot keepers strike after the first few days. Because of that, the cruise ships along the river were all back up and our cruise had to park in some remote terminal. We ended up spending 4 hours each day on the buses. The bus drivers didn't even know the way around to the remote terminal and had to stop along the way and ask for directions along the way. We were only given an hour or less free time at the cities we visited. Read more