Viking River Cruises Reviews

We had taken 3 Viking River Cruises in the past and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the experience. After our July cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest ( Grand European Tour) we will never travel with Viking again. The main issue is that I believe that Viking knew at least a week before the start of the cruise that it was highly likely that we would have to swap ships and they deliberately ...

We chose this cruise as liked the idea of travelling leisurely along the Rhine, an are we have driven in past years. We had to postpone from the previous year for medical reasons. We flew to Amsterdam from our local airport, and realised that the berth was close to the enormous rail terminus. On arrival we were shown to a dark dungeon of a tiny cabin, with window at ceiling level, and simply no ...

I picked this cruise on the recommendations of friends and the wonderful ads they run, it was the worst experience ever. After a delayed flight in arriving at the airport when I called Viking for my pick up, I was told to get a cab I had paid for the transfers, but they weren’t willing to come get me. Things went from bad to worse. The only rooms available. were on the first floor, but I was told ...

We chose to do the Prague pre-cruise extension. While the weather wasn't the best (chilly, some rain) we felt this was the best part of the trip. We met 7 awesome people that we ended up socializing, eating meals with and in our same tour group the whole trip.! I truly believe we were meant to do this just to meet these friends which we know will be life long. The architecture , history and ...

Food was fair at best, Beer was served warm when I complained they brought ice. The night of the buffet was a free for all I gave up waiting after 40 minutes, went up later and it looked picked clean. Excursions were booked full by 6:15 am the day they opened I believe they keep them for higher end customers. Ship rafted at many ports this gave our balcony that we paid 2,000 for a view of ...

Just returned from a great Danube Waltz cruise - BUD-Passau on the Ingvi. We had the included air. Did not use Air+ and had excellent flights (ATL-FRA-BUD and MUC-ATL). Layover in FRA less than 2 hours was plenty to go through immigration and get to next flight. Several Viking greeters met us and about 10 minutes later were on bus with 8 others to boat. Cruise Director Suzy hopped on bus, ...

We were invited to join some friends whose cruise had been cancelled during Covid, so we booked our trip and arrived 3 days prior to do some sight-seeing of our own. Little did we know that would be the best part of our trip. Viking changed the itinerary based on French Strikes that were planned weeks before departure and would not let us reschedule without forfeiting 65% of our money. This ...

Selected Viking as advertised that they took care of you. Viking air stranded us in Istanbul Turkey and emergency services were NO help. Food was always cold bland tough. No available snacks between meals. Only one common area which was lounge. Only entertainment was a piano and singer who was very good but that was only option. No library as seen in advertisements. Not suitable if you use walker ...

Not sure why this itinerary shows 7 night Danube. Ours was a 14 day New Itinerary called "Capitals of Eastern Europe". I apologize for posting this review almost a year after the cruise. I spent a great deal of time writing a 20-page report with feedback and recommendations to Viking Cruises, thinking that they would want to know how poorly their business performed and thereby make changes. I ...

Part of the charm of a Viking river cruise is the interaction with other passengers. Ship size and configuration creates a more intimate environment. In such an environment, Viking has a responsibility for the safety of its passengers when a communicable disease occurs on board. Viking failed in their responsibility to safeguard their passengers when Viking did not inform us that a passenger was ...