Scenic Pearl Review
Staff on Scenic is fabulous. Made the most of a challenging trip.
Review for Europe River Cruise on Scenic Pearl
arahlf
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
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Sail Date: Aug 2018
We chose Scenic because of it’s good reviews and that it was all inclusive. Communication from ScenicUSA left much to be desired. We cruised with mostly Canadians and Brits. They were all offered an extension in Prague after disembarking the ship. We were never offered this option. Thus, we had arranged 3 days in Munich on our own at the end of the cruise. In the end, this was fine as we loved Minuch.
The Danube was at at all time low and our original boat, the Amber, never made it to Budapest. The Pearl was fine and the staff did an awesome job of dealing with low water levels and making the best of plans that had to change. We didn’t get to spend any downtime in Reggensburg and never made it to Nuremburg.
Breakfast and lunch was boring and not that good. One guy making omlettes for 160 passengers just doesn’t cut it. Dinner was mediocre and a couple of times my entrees were not good. Dining is definitely the weak link on the Pearl.
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Small, but fine. I don’t regret not being upgraded to a more expensive cabin. We were hardly ever in the cabin and were often in locks or tied next to another boat. So a balconey would have cost a lot more and never been used.
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