Paris River Cruises Reviews

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 ...

First Viking literature said they use a pre-cruise hotel a five minute walk to the Eiffel Tower. Our hotel was on the very edge of Paris in a residential area. They sent us information about a tour they would give us of 12 of the top sites of Paris stopping to see four of them. They offered us a leader lead tour by subway to one site not in the top 20. The first day on the boat they said ...

I just have to say it - we had an amazing time on the Rinda. All the staff worked hard to please the passengers. The food was excellent, the rooms were fine. Service over all was a 4 or 5. However, as wonderful as the experience on the ship was, it was overshadowed by the terrible customer service provided by Viking's customer service. You already know (if you've read other reviews) that ...

This was our second Viking River Cruise and we were excited at the beginning because our first cruise had been such a delight. We took the Portraits of Southern France cruise in late September/early October 2015. We were warmly welcomed when we boarded the Viking Buri in Chalon sur Saone. Within hours, the ship’s management informed us that passengers boarding from another Viking cruise had ...

We booked this cruise, airlines, and travel about a year in advance! The airline connections were a complete cattle run. Tucson to Denver switch planes Denver to Frankfurt switch planes Frankfurt to Paris switch planes so tired after this! Thought we were going to get killed the way the driver took us to our dump of a hotel. Pullman Paris Eiffel Tower; between the broken fixtures in ...

Five previous wonderful trips with Vantage. This was very disappointing. First, after a very long wait at the airport to be taken to the ship, we had a terrible two hour bus trip to Vernon. Told that "stuff happens" and the ship was too wide to get through a lock to Paris. A narrow lock was open, but the wider one was broken. Viking and AMA ships were in Paris, the Venture was not. I agree that ...

We had a wonderful time on our trip to London and Paris. Our glass is always half full. However there is something you need to know about the Viking Cruise ship Rinda. Viking advertised (and continues to advertise) "Paris to Normandy". We received an e-mail advising us of a dock change 3 days before sailing. The explanation for the change in the docking location was that a permit from ...

Three key situations that contributed to an endless list of problems. 1. Avalon knew before we left Paris that the cruise would be interrupted by weather and did not communicate that to us. 2. The actual experience on the boat did not match advertised quality. 3.The accommodations provided once the cruise was interrupted were substandard which were otherwise promised in ...

There were many disappointments on this highly touted river cruise to Normandy and back. First we did not dock in Paris as advertised and promised, but rather an hour from downtown and did not tell us until we boarded. This was the prime reason for the booking and no alternative dates were offered. Second, Internet service was the poorest of any cruise in the past 10 years. Third, there were ...