Good all around river cruise experience

We wanted to try Avalon after experiencing other river cruise operators.

Overall, it was a relaxing cruise experience. Beautiful scenary and well organized.

Great ship board cuisine. The variety and quality of food at all three meals were consistently outstanding. Overall service was very good, but after dinner coffee service was a bit inconsistent.

Very smooth sailing, even though little day time cruising. Day tours were just adequate.

Should improve embarkation experience - lenthy wait for room availability.

Definitely need to improve communication on disembarkation transportation. We booked air travel directly through Globus, which resulted in an extended and inconventient air travel to the city starting the cruise and there was a lack of clarity and inconsistent written communication on disembarkation transportation to departure airport. Globus travel agent support prior to trip was below expectations for the costs for this 'luxury' cruise. We would have booked our own travel and transportation. This should not have been an issue and dampened our enthusiasm to return cruise with Avalon or to recommend them given the highly competitive landscape.

Excellent rooms, well serviced daily. Very comfortable and well appointed.