Viking Emerald Review

UNDISCOVERED CHINA

Review for Asia River Cruise on Viking Emerald
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barbaramoore
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2017

I had taken the Viking River cruise through Russia and thoroughly enjoyed it and thought that it would be a great way to see the highlights of China. The village of Lijiang was simply charming. I can understand why they call this place the reason for the trip being called Undiscovered China. The panda reserve was also another favorite stop. Getting to see little baby pandas out for the first time since they were born was fascinating. I also enjoyed climbing The Great Wall in Beijing. The ship and all of the crew were great and made sure that we were well taken care of. I do wish our time on board ship had been a little longer, but we we did have was excellent. Our tour guide Kobi was the best. Not only did he tell us about the history of different places, but he also talked about his own personal experiences, not only with the locations, but about himself. The only thing that I was disappointed in on this trip was one of the extra excursions that was not included in the regular excursions. It was the Peking Duck Dinner. When you advertise for this, you expect that you will get a Peking Duck Dinner. There was some Peking Duck, but there was not a lot of it. We were told that we could get more, but somewhere during the course of the dinner, the wait staff disappeared and we could not get anyone to bring us some more of it. They had a lot of other dishes besides the duck, but we had paid for a Peking Duck Dinner, not a dinner that included the Peking Duck. I would recommend that you use a different restaurant if you are going to continue to offer this as an additional excursion.

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Cabin E-VERANDA

The cabin was very nice and roomy. The housekeeping lady that was assigned to our room made sure that everything was always neat and clean.

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