River Cruises - All Cruise Reviews

The tour guides were excellent, especially Michael for the Munich and Salzburg pre-cruise excursions. Sadness in Budapest at the fatal collision (not involving our ship). I know Viking is more distressed than we are and we encourage Viking to pursue opportunities to make the river safer in Budapest.

Overall, a very educational experience with good food, outstanding staff, comfortable as could be on a river boat. All tours (with one exception) were guided by the most wonderful, knowledgeable entertaining individuals that could be wished for !! They all deserve congratulations.

I would go on this cruise again in a heartbeat. The best food, service , great included and optional excursions, wonderful cruise director and manager. Can't say enough about how pleased I was to be on this cruise.

Except for both my wife and I getting sick with bronchitis and tracheitis shortly after the cruise started and weather being colder than expected it was an excellent trip. The views from our stateroom, sundeck, bar and dining room most outstanding. The BMW Factory tour was highlight and Prague is my new favorite city in Europe.

It was a good experience on the whole! The Viking River cruise experience.

A very lovely experience. Viking took care of all our needs and was very well organized.

This was our 7th Viking Cruise, and we think this had the best customer service ever. The whole staff was very attentive, extremely friendly, and remember our needs and preferences. My husband can not eat bread or anything made out of flour, and they made sure he always can chose the right food for each meal. Absolutely the best service!!!

Love Ama Waterways. Staff are kind and friendly and competent. Excursion options include excellent tour guides and first class buses. Least happy with final Marriott Hotel in Zurich. Location was good, but not all of us in the same building made connecting difficult.

We loved everything about this trip. The guides - Tarek and Walid were wonderful as were the ports. For those worried about security, we had an armed guard with us whenever we left the ship.

Highly recommend! Well orchestrated. Informative. I like the local cuisine offered on the menu each day.

Loved. Loved. Loved this cruise. It was our 2nd cruise and we bought another certificate to cruise with Viking again. It was amazing how they took our large group of 10 and treated us like we were the only ones on the ship. It was so personal and loved all the Croatians on the ship.

Viking still does it right. The cruise from Passau to Budapest (plus the pre-cruise stay in Prague - highly recommended) was on a well-appointed clean ship, with attentive and pleasant staff. The river itself is picturesque (coming into Budapest at night is amazing), and many of the stops have interesting old architecture and interesting history (from the Habsburg Empire era, WWII, communists, and now democracy). All in all, both relaxing and informative.

We took this cruise specifically for the Lewis and Clark expedition. It met that requirement. We were fortunate that we had great weather the entire time. I enjoyed river cruising, got a different perspective from that of driving or training. Glad we did the cruise, would not do another.

I loved the ports of call and the tours but I would have loved to have had a slow walkers group as I am disabled; I was surprised that the Main deck was not accessible by the only small elevator. Food was good and the service was great.

This was our first river cruise and it far exceeded all of our expectations. There was not a single thing that was not perfectly executed. All of the crew were amazing and seemed to be genuinely nice people. Captain Patrick, our cruise manager Agnes, the Hotel manager Adile, the executive chef Agustinus, our maitre D Danilo, the purser Viktor, the first housekeeper Mariana and most importantly Ari our bartender and Tamas our musician whom with we ended each evening, were all over-the-top wonderful. We appreciated all the extra caring touches and especially loved that some of the crew (Tiago, Adile, Viktor, Agnes, Patrick) enjoyed dancing and socializing with us!

This is our third cruise on AmaWaterways, and the first on the AmaCello. We were once again very pleased with out time aboard the ship. The staff is, as always, awesome. The ship is clean and beautiful. The cabins are not huge, but it never felt crowded. The food and drink were exceptional. Give it a try, you won't regret it!

Excellent cruise and a wonderful learning experience. I intend to travel again with Viking in the future.

Highly recommended to do the Jeruselem pre-tour. This allowed your to meet and bond with many guests, and we remined as a group during the cruise. Overall, the 43 days in Cairo and the cruse was spectacular. We never felt unsafe (we did have armed escorts and police cruisers with us). This was a highly educational, spiritual and enlightening trip. I highly recomend putting this on your bucket list. Viking does a fabulous job.

This cruise is more of a cultural immersion and can be very educational vs a luxury European river cruise. Everything is still five star but reflects this part of the world. The culture is rich and the people are friendly and happy. There are parts that are emotional and disturbing, such as the killing fields in Cambodia and the Vietnam War related parts, but it is an amazing opportunity to learn about this part of history and bond with the people that share their stories of these tragedies. If you want high-end luxury, stick to the European river tours provided by AMA. If you want an exciting adventure and an opportunity to meet some amazing people that have endured and are growing and thriving, then this is the cruise for you.

Everything about AMA Kristina was Special. It is true, all is included, except gratuities to Tour Guides and Staff (at the end of the trip). They provide, advise, and have everything you can imagine. The ship is a Happy Place floating to take you to additional Happy Places. Can hardly wait to take another AMA Cruise! Their service is excellent, I wish I had purchased the Pre and Post Cruise options, AMA knows how to have fun!