Paris Cruise Reviews

The low level of the Rhine could not be helped, but what was truly disappointing was Viking’s handling of the issue after the cruise. Several weeks following the cruise, a Viking representative called us and offered us a voucher for 50% of the cost of the cruise to be used within one year on a Viking River Cruise. First of all, many cruisers still work full-time, and would not necessarily ...

We chose this cruise primarily for the itinerary, especially Normandy and Paris. We frequently cruise on Celebrity, Princess and Carnival but wanted to try a river cruise. It will be our last river cruise. For one thing, our room was incredibly small, with no room to pass between the bed and the dresser area. And we are not large people. We discovered that French Veranda means no veranda. ...

I have been on many ocean cruises and I enjoyed the Amawaterways Christmas Market cruise so I expected about the same from the Viking Buri Rhone river cruise. I give the Buri's staff 5 STARS as well as all Viking tour guides, escorts etc. I paid for the transport from the airport to the hotel [I stayed a few days in Paris before the cruise] and it was money well spent! It was very easy to find the ...

We had previously taken the cruise on the Rhine, so we were excited to take the Seine River Cruise. If you have no problems, you can have a great time on a Viking River Cruise. Unfortunately, they decided to route us from New York City, via Dublin, to Paris. Our Delta flight was delayed five hours because of lack of staff, so we missed two connecting flights. We called the weekend staff at Viking ...

We had done many European river cruises with other lines, never Scenic, and thought going to Normandy would be a great experience. I am sorry to say this line was the worst we have ever travelled with. The food was just awful! Boring, very small portions and badly cooked, almost always not served hot. The meats in the evening meals was SO overcooked as to make it almost impossible to swallow. The ...

Ports and shore excursions were the reason we chose this river cruise after attending a presentation by a Scenic. They advertise themselves as a luxury cruise line with a price tag to go with it. Breakfast buffet we understand but every day for lunch as well made it feel like a cafeteria line up for poor quality food. Our butler which came with the cruise whether you want it or not was very ...

Unfortunately we booked the trip not knowing tha we were 16 ofuk couples the rest bein German, not a problem,but we felt quite isolated,all of the ships announcements were in German,followed by occasionaly with a short comment in English .The food was terrible nearly always warm or cold and very difficult to guess what it was,as most of the time it wasn’t described or labelled,The crew were rude ...

The expeditions on this cruise were amazing. The scenery, the wildlife and the excursions onshore in the remote arctic were the stuff of dreams and I would do it all again. But I would do it on a different ship and with a different cruise line. This was expensive (very expensive) and was billed as '5 star luxury' but it was really at the class of the Queen Victoria (Cunard) - ie a good ...

Why did we choose Viking? Because we're not thrilled with big ship cruiseline sand thought we'd try this alternative to see different cities while taking in the sights along the river. If only we'd had such an opportunity! Apparently it's not unusual to have river cruises become tour bus excursions as they're dependent upon water levels, that are subject to risibly and falling at any given ...

Our Paris to Normandy Cruise was scheduled while Seine was flooded. The first 3 days in Paris pre trip, we stayed at Ampere' Hotel which had broken AC and tiny rooms. The Viking representative, Pamela?, knew little of what our cruise was going to do in lieu of boarding the boat. She was more interested in making sure we each greated her before we began to talk to her. Everyone understood why we ...