I’m half way through my river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. I wanted to post this review as it has been a sensationally crazy trip. Full of adventures, new experiences, food, culture, and a shit load of castles and churches. On the first day my shorts disappeared, however the due diligence of Nazare Mihai and an exhausted search for my shorts on the boat and with all the passengers they could ...
We chose this trip since we had visited Prague several times and lived in Berlin for three years (1988-1991). We were also intrigued by the itinerary's stops at lesser known places like Dresden, Miessen, and Wittenberg. Although we knew that Berlin and Dresden had grown and modernized, the changes were dramatic. The views from the Reichtag's cupola are spectacular and worth the wait to get ...
Friends of mine chose this cruise. They had also never cruised on Scenic. This was my third river cruise, the other two were with a competitor.
Overall, an okay cruise, and that's all. Some great staff though mostly in the lounge. I don't understand at all what the butler does or how he differs from a cabin steward, or room service. I called him twice and he referred me elsewhere both ...
The time that we spent inPrague was great. The Viking staff and hotel was excellent. On the river we were disappointed that the top deck was not available for over half the trip because of low bridges. If this was known, perhaps another cruise would have been chosen. The highlight of the river cruise was the castle’s that we saw the last day. Some of the side excursions could have been more ...
After three long years we finally got to do the Cities of Lights Viking river cruise from Prague to Paris. From the Prague airport where we were met by a Viking rep with a clipboard and checking us in, had Viking staff take our luggage and we waited w/ other Viking passengers to board our bus to get to the Hilton Prague, Viking anticipated our needs, including cold bottled water that we needed ...
The end-stones of this cruise, Prague & Paris, contain very interesting histories and sites. But the cities visited in between those two were also gems in their ways. We saw countless Castles, Cathedrals, and Palaces, hence the title, in essentially all the stops. We arrived two days prior to the Viking tours and stayed two days afterwards. We planned those days to see the sites we did not see ...
We had sailed Emerald before and rated it highly, so when we decided on the Danube they were our #1 choice. It’s an attractive well maintained ship with plenty of crew. The weather wasn’t so great so the top deck got little use, but that’s April in Europe. The pre cruise stay in Prague was really good, a very nice and helpful tour director and a comfortable hotel (Majestic Plaza). Well organised ...
We had already done 2 Viking River cruises and enjoyed them so much, we decided to do another one. This one may have been our favorite. The first two cruises, we did with another couple, but this time it was just the two of us, and because it was just the 2 of us, we made a better effort to meet other people. We met the nicest people on this cruise and always had other people to eat meals with or ...
We chose this cruise because we previously enjoyed the Christmas Markets in Austria in 2016. The cruise started in Prague which had the nicest of the markets and was beautiful from the different periods of architecture that made this city from two hundred and beyond to date. The markets in the smaller German towns were nice and the Meissen porcelain factory was extremely interesting. Our ...
We have wanted to see the Christmas markets for many years and this cruise was through old East Germany on the Elbe which we thought would be interesting. We started in Prague which had a wonderful market in the main city square. After 2 nights in the Hilton (walkable to the city square) we boarded the Astrild which is a smaller river ship-98 pax- compared to the other Viking river ships. There ...