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Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Hermod

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LouDoc
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We're (79 and 74 year olds) and have previously traveled on 6 ocean cruises, 3 of which were Viking Ocean cruises and found them perfect. We have also traveled on 4 river cruises on other carriers and found them excellent. This was our first Viking river cruise. We've been to several European countries but never France and thought a cruise of the south of France and extension to Paris would allow ...
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Sail Date: September 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Stateroom


This cruise started with 3 days in Paris, train to Luxemburg, cruise to Basel, land tour of Lucerne and Zurich.

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on AmaPrima

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kshear53
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The cruise was lovely overall and we will most likely do a second cruise with Ama.  I do want to point out a few things that the majority of the passengers on our cruise found very annoying! We never got a good description of what the excursions would include.  It was very difficult to decide which outing to take with such limited information.  For example:  1. On Sept. 14, we were docked in ...
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Dear guest, Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for any instance where you felt misled. We take pride in our work and want to take care of all of our guests while they are with us. Your...

Sail Date: September 2023

Cabin Type: Stateroom with French balcony and outside balcony


Vineyards of France

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Emerald Liberte

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Piaffe
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Took cruise to see the iconic sights of France- Province regions. Great seeing France. Lovely wineries and scenes. Great history. Overall a lot of money for having to serve myself twice a day with buffet. Standing in a lineup to get food everyday and jostling for seating each meal. Food seemed rationed. Continental Breakfast for early birds was small muffins and croissant and a couple of ...
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Sail Date: September 2023


Disappointment

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on AmaLyra

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MuMu223
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I had always wanted to visit Normandy . This cruise afforded me the opportunity. Staff was friendly and helpful. Food was a DISAPPOINTMENT. 3 Dinners out of 7 were good. The rest NO. Presentation was lacking. Meals were inconsistent. Part of the enjoyment of traveling is dining. This was not the case on this trip. The Chef's Table dinner experience was very good and the special evening ...
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Response from SocialMediaA, Coordinator, Social Media

Dear guest, We sincerely apologize for the disappointing experience you had with us. We appreciate you taking the time to document your concerns, as it gives us a chance to address any areas...

Sail Date: August 2023


Days were great, nights were boring

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Idi

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CruiseBright
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

All the day trips were fun and amazing. Learned a lot, enjoyed the sights and got my money's worth. The room was very cramped, but manageable. Although the adds go on about a lot of crafts and cooking classes there was only one of each...a glass blower that was more of a sales event and one poorly done cooking demonstration. The crew was fantastic, but in the evenings, other than chatting and ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: French Balcony


Plain river cruise along the Rhone

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Buri

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TinaPzbz
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We had traveled with Viking in the fall on a cruise on the Rhine that was fantastic (Basel to Amsterdam in October 2023). Excellent excursions, excellent staff, quiet room, fun guests. We were hoping to have another excellent experience. Unfortunately, the cruise was a disappointment. They seemed understaffed in the dining room. The food felt like college cafeteria food after a day. Strange ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Superior


Average River Cruise Experience

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Mani

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chicagotoots1
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Heavy advertising prompted our booking a cruise .. we had done another short river cruise on the Yanzee River which we enjoyed and thought this would be a step up. The tour guides were extremely knowledgeable and each one was as good as the next. We stayed with the included tours as the optional ones were either booked or had too high level of difficulty for one of our group to walk/climb ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Superior


7 Night Paris to Normandy

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Avalon Tapestry II

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crabs
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Positive nice ship, very clean staff great food that we eat was very good Negative cruise director not very helpful as indicated above, food was very good, however, variety was limited, so we kept eating the same food nightly tours good, however, company should consider doing tours that are more friendly for people with limited mobility, they had one of these ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with French Balcony


Viking Should be Consistent

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Idun

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lpb
10+ Cruises • Age 20s

This was my 5th Viking Cruise, second time doing the Rhine. Our very first Rhine Cruise was July 2015. Wow! Viking has changed! Many of the optional excursions were included in 2015. This time not much offered. Too many shuttles being used to get to towns and back to boat. The service has gone down. We weren’t even recognized for our 5th cruise! They did have a cocktail party for returning guests, ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: French Balcony Superior


I wanted to like it.....

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Viking Idun

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cincysailor
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

The first half of this cruise was terrible. We had Viking arrange our travel and will never do that again. We paid the extra $100 for air plus ($200 total) which was a total waste of money. No one ever contacted us about our travel and they booked the worst flights we have ever had going overseas. It took 18 hrs and we missed the entire of the first day of the cruise. The first stop was ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Veranda Superior


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