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Ship tacky, service nice, after service terrible

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Catherine

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Gordita22
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

This was our first river cruise. Cruise ship super tacky. Decor very off putting . We were disappointed with the rigid schedule . The tours we tried were not very good. Dinner menu great but only one choice of when to dine. We would have prefered more flexibility, like a more casual dining option. The so called included ‘ Premium wine ‘ was very poor. I mean it is a French river cruise but the ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Suite with Full Open-Air Balcony


Week 3 of Ultimate France Oct 2023 (Please read all 3 parts!)

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Catherine

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swn4
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Uniworld packages 3 voyages together as "Ultimate France", this covers week 3. There is no bistro on-board this ship & there were 147 passengers onboard - this might be why dining room service suffered during week 3. Housekeeping:- cabin was clean and well maintained. Food: By week 3, it was very obvious that dishes at dinner were repeating weekly (eg; foie gras brioche, baked Alaska, ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Stateroom with French Balcony


Week 2 of Ultimate France Oct 2023 (please read all 3 parts!)

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Joie de Vivre

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swn4
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Uniworld packages 3 voyages together as "Ultimate France", this covers week 2. Ship #2: Joie de Vivre It too had a bistro that you could book for dinner instead of the main dining room. Housekeeping:- cabin was clean and well maintained. There were about 120 passengers on board. About 40 continued on to Ship #3. Food: In week 2, I started to notice that many dishes were ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Stateroom with French Balcony


Week 1 of Ultimate France Oct 2023 (please read all 3 parts!)

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Bon Voyage

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swn4
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Uniworld packages 3 voyages together as "Ultimate France", this covers week 1. Bon Voyage has a bistro that you could book for dinner instead of eating in the main dining room. Housekeeping:- cabin was clean and well maintained. There were 97 passengers aboard the ship and even though BV was a small ship, it never felt over crowded. About 30 passengers continued onto the next ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Stateroom with French Balcony


So disappointing

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Joie de Vivre

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Jennyj60
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose Uniworld as it is ranked at a very high standard in Luxury . All the best cruise’s lines River or Sea are expensive and we have done many invoking Silversea and Seaborne. The boat is decorated in a French themed design and we felt it made it very dark . The cabin French Balcony was so small we were shocked when we walked in . We also can compare this to an Amareina cruise we did two ...
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Sail Date: June 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with French Balcony


Save yourself the disappointment and don't cruise Uniworld - Awful service!

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Maria Theresa

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MrDonald
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

Luxury price tag but not luxury service. The staff were rude, especially the cruise manager. She was patronizing and disrespectful. The servers did not understand what gluten-free was even though it was in all my notes that I have celiac. They did nothing special for our honeymoon. We made reservations for al fresco dining only to find out there hasn't been al fresco dining since 2019. Embarkation ...
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Sail Date: August 2022


Not Value for money

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Beatrice

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katmachine
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

Quite simply, for the money, river cruising is not worth it - for US. For others it may be, but when you calculate what you are paying daily (approx $1k EUR for our upgraded (VERY SMALL) room), we feel it's definitely not worth it. I would highly recommend researching everything in detail before doing a cruise. Without writing an essay, examples of disappointment include: - Food was mostly ...
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Sail Date: December 2019


Uniworld Queen Isabel disappoints

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Queen Isabel

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love2read
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I have sailed with Uniworld twice before and with Viking a few times. I chose this sailing because of the beauty of Portugal and the friendliness of its people. Although the scenery was lovely, people do need to understand that the regulations on the Douro only allow for sailing during daylight hours. This means very limited time in port and a lot of time on the ship. Also, except for Porto, ...
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Sail Date: November 2019

Cabin Type: Outside Stateroom with Window


The Good - The Bad - The Ugly

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on S.S. Bon Voyage

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nvcruise
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The Outstanding: This was a themed cruise and our hosts and fellow passengers were interesting, conversational and knew how to have a good time in spite of the vessel. The Good: Hotel Director Ivana was outstanding in resolving any issues and providing assistance. Servers all worked very hard and remained pleasant even though they were overwhelmed. The Captain was very personable and ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Stateroom with Window


Disappointing

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on River Queen

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galem50
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise because of the destinations and prior reviews. The crew was great, the room adequate, the ship is unique and pretty. However the tours were badly organized with two exceptions, Heidelberg and Cologne. The Luxembourg tour with the American cemetery was awful. Only four hours allowed and forty five minutes each direction.We did not get to the cemetery as one road had ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Standard Stateroom


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