River Cruises - All Cruise Reviews

This cruise surpassed all my expectations! I can't say enough about how warm and friendly the AmaVerde staff were or how beautiful the boat was. The food was amazing too. While this kind of trip may be a "once-in-a-lifetime" type thing for many (including me), the investment is well worth it!

We had a wonderful experience on our Christmas on the Rhine cruise! If you're interested in seeing the Christmas markets in Europe, this is the best cruise for it.

Amazing experience. If you appreciate Egyptology and want to experience the ancient wonders of Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and the Nile first hand, this trip is for you. If you are looking for a leisurely, relaxing cruise or have little interest in Ancient Egypt, look elsewhere.

My wife & I have been on several cruises, however, this cruise was exceptional. Everything was first class, from the ship to the service provided. We hope to return for our next adventure with Ama Waterways.

We will definitely book a Viking Cruise in the future

There is no time like December to visit Germany for rich traditions. The markets are all unique and the people are friendly. This cruise was a combo of five days on ship, two in Prague. The ship days brought us stops at nice places and the Main and Main/Danube Canal are smooth sailing. The captain was very present and friendly. All staff did what they could to give us a great experience. It's a chilly time of year, so remember warm head and hand coverings.

Avalon delivers a consistent elegant experience with top notch service and food. Cruise directors need to be a bit more "gentle" to customers rather than try to control our experiences. Our previous cruise director a few years ago on our "Romantic Reine" trip was exactly the right person for the job. Accommodating and empathetic to our needs while being able to turn on a dime when ever there was a glitch in the itinerary.

We cannot say enough about our cruise director and the entire staff of the AmaVerde. By the end of our week we felt like we were leaving good friends.

Viking did an outstanding job to make this such a memorable trip. We did have an issue with some running water sounds and were moved to a different state room after our 2nd night. The food was outstanding from breakfast to dinner, along with the coffee and snack bar available all the time. The service was wonderful, attentive, and very proficient. Our room steward, Vesselin was great and Risty (in the main dining room) our server extraordinaire, who asked us our names the very first day and remembered for 2 weeks was superb. The ports along the Danube and Rhine, especially this time of year, with the Christmas Markets, food, gluwhein, souvenirs and decorations galore, made this trip even better. We also experienced some snow along the way, which only added to the ambiance of this lifetime memorable cruise.

It was a great trip! Beautiful views, food, service, and sights!! We will definitely schedule another river cruise with Avalon!!

I was so very disappointed that a excursion to what I have planned my whole trip around was canceled.we were to go to the Neushwanstien castle.Not sure why it was canceled but it was. Very disappointing!

Very nice fall cruise. Always love going to France.

Usually love the big ships, but really love this Viking cruise and will do it again. Very relaxing.

We were debating between the Lyon-Provence and Bordeaux Viking River Cruises. While there is probably more to do/sights to see in Provence we ended up choosing Bordeaux to see a new area of France (since I'd already been to Provence) and for our love of wine. Viking goes above and beyond in terms of service!

Overall nice trip. Very physically demanding if you are older. Wonderful things to see and would do it again.

was a wonderful trip for the cost. we met some great people. the bar was fantastic. i was expecting more of the food. that was disappointing.

We had no water level issues and all excursions occurred. The cruise director was excellent and entertaining.

Avalon is first rate it was sad our boat was not up the standard Avalon represents.

This was our first river cruise but I don't think it will be our last. Everything was super easy and relaxing, felt more like custom/boutique travel than what you get with a large ocean cruise.

I expect that had we been able to sail the original itinerary, this cruise would’ve been great. But American Queen’s complete inability to adequately, honestly communicate in a timely fashion was a complete failure on their part. They can’t control the river, but they should be able to provide clear communications, whether embarkation, disembarkation or enroute. As a large cruise line, this is, after all, what they do.