Viking Eistla Review

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Viking River Cruise June 2016

Review for Europe River Cruise on Viking Eistla
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beemer2
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jun 2016
Cabin: French Balcony
Deck shuffleboard and chef's herb garden
Amsterdam river cruise port
Viking Mani in for repairs at Duesseldorf after being struck by a barge at 4:00am. No one was injured.
Lesson on Dutch Windmills
"It never rains in Calif...." well it rains in Holland! Umbrellas supplied by Viking.
A family and their 13 kids lived in one room in this windmill.
Fun time!
Greetings from the Captain and his senior team
Ricky the superb resident pianist/singer. He and the other staff are normally on the Viking Mani but had been transferred to the Eistla while the Mani was undergoing repairs.
A dull day at Cologne.
Here at Cologne I think they ran out of money!
If visiting Cologne Cathedral this man will make sure your shoulders are covered
Good grip and side-rails for those needing support
One of the friendly Filipino chefs. He knew everyone's name
This cruise had four superb coaches. Very comfortable even when the outside temperature was 90F
The rack in Markham castle dungeon. Nobody offered to try it out, not even my wife :)
Marksburg Castle, Germany
You meet great people on the Rhine!
Did I say the Rhine was high? The crew were kept busy building and dismantling the gangway
Breakfast
Breakfast - Made to order :)
Our French Window cabin
Our cabin
Very nice shower room with two wide folding shower doors. Power shower.
Heidelberg Castle
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Captain and chef welcoming us back to the ship
Happy diners
Steak anyone?
A Birthday celebration
Transport Museum at Speyer. You can walk along this 747 wing!
Black Forest Cuckoo factory. This one costs 10,000 Euro! Small ones from
Black Forest Cuckoo factory
At your convenience, in Basel :)
Lake Lucerne
House of Fun Lucerne
Lucerne
Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne. Ultra modern with nice rooms. Lake view only from fifth floor
Three expensive hotels in Lucerne. We had our only off-ship evening meal at the Hotel des Alps (middle and right).
Hotel Schweizerhof, Queen Victoria and a host of US movie stars have stayed here
Lake Lucerne and the Alps
Seen from the shuttle bus on the way to Zurich airport.

As our first river cruise we chose the company that impressed us most. This was from reviews here on Cruise Review to their marketing videos and phone conversations with reservation staff. To support our rating, today I have just booked with Viking for another river cruise in 2017.

It was a pleasure to sail on a 2015 build ship that looked as if it had just been launched and outfitted. Clean as a new pin, bright and airy with plenty space for it 190 passengers.

As can be seen here from other reviews Viking staff are excellent in manner and appearance.

Cabin Review

French Balcony

Cabin D

High class hotel standard. Superb maid service.

French Window more than adequate. Don't see a need for veranda upgrade.

Beautiful shower room

Comfortable beds

42" TV with movies and live view of front of ship

Full central heating

Bose Sound System

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