Scenic River Luxury Cruises Reviews

Itinerary got cancelled twice due to COVID and they downgraded the shore excursions in the meantime. A french wine cruise that went to ZERO decent wineries. Good food on board but mediocre wines at best. Small menues... 2 or 3 entrees many times. Boat got in an accident and we got to spend 4 days in a crappy port where we were due to spend 4 hours. Not their fault. Some shore excursions ...

Our cruise on the Rhone River started quite nicely as were greeted onboard by the Captain and head of hospitality. The first couple of days all was good. Service was great, food was very good and all of the logistics for tours etc went smoothly. Then it happened! To keep it short, 4 days into a 10 day trip through the South of France on the Rhone River we had a collision with a cargo barge. It ...

This river cruise was completely spoilt by choice of cabin. Whilst service, food and excursions all matched expectations, our very expensive cabin was dreadful. Royal Panoramic Suites are the second most expensive on the ship and Suite 334 has several issues. (See below under Cabin Review). We are not inexperienced travellers and had expected some engine noise at the back of the ship but we ...

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 ...

My wife and I have had many cruises over the years, but never a river cruise. We have used a number of cruise lines, but the last 3 cruises have been with Oceania, which we dearly love and we have another booked for the 4th June this year in our favourite suite. Having extensivly covered the Med, we thought that a river cruise may give us another wide variety of places to see, but in a slightly ...

We chose this cruise on recommendations from our travel consultant and friends. We are a retired couple and to us this was a trip of our lifetime. The first week was brilliant, food accommodation, service was just what we had dreamed of. We had been a bit concerned about the height of the river from reports in Australia but presumed that there were no concerns as the cruise left Amsterdam on ...

We chose this cruise to coincide with our 50th wedding anniversary and I requested at the time of booking that flowers and champagne be provided on our anniversary date. I also confirmed this with the cruise director on embarkation. It did not start well as Air France lost our luggage and we spent an hour filling in forms at the airport. Fortunately the taxi transfer waited our arrival but then ...

Our first and last river cruise with Scenic. I totally agree with the poor review on this website. Our cruise was supposed to be a gastronomique and wine cruise in France. Well the classical French dishes were nowhere to be seen let alone resemble classical French dishes. Bouillibaise, French Onion soup, mussels, crepes suzettes, coq au vin etc where did they get the recipes from? The cabin was ...

We were promised exceptional service and food, but believe me, what we got was not even average! The menu was never explained, so many people never knew you could order special items for breakfast. Food was cold, and looked pre-cooked. There was not enough help, so we had to get our own pre-paid for drinks, and we were told to get our own ice water at dinner! One night they never served an ...