If you are considering a river cruise with Viking, you should be aware of certain things the cruise line does not tell you.
1. There is no compensation if the ship breaks down: We were unfortunate to take a 7-day Danube River cruise on the Viking Odin from Budapest to Nuremberg. We sailed on June 16, 2012 Two days later the ship's propulsion system broke down slowing the ship so much that ...
We took a fourteen day river cruise on the Viking Idun. This is a new ship with several problems. For one our shower drain did not work properly and flooded our cabin once and our bathroom the second time. There is a leak in the lounge that causes the entrance way on both sides to be constantly saturated. It smells, and has been like this since almost the initial sailing. Several days there ...
My lady friend having had a cruise on a European river before Viking Odin sounded like a terrific chance to have holiday in a floating river hotel. No such luck, probably the worst holiday I and many of the other passengers to whom we bcame friends felt the same way.
The staff were terrific except for the cruise director who would have been better off on a club 18-30 trip. A very condescending ...