AMAZING Christmas on the Danube

Avalon Visionary Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Avalon Visionary

11 Night The Blue Danube Discovery With Budapest & Prague (Budapest To Prague)

Sail date: December 01, 2023

Ship: Avalon Visionary

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 215

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Overall amazing experience. Particularly enjoyed Budapest. We were blessed to have snow for the Christmas experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Extremely easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

River cruise so no onboard entertainment

Children's Programs

No Children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary

5 out of 5
City tour was a highlight. Christmas market was nice.

Vienna, Austria

5 out of 5
Concert was wonderful. Highly recommended

Durnstein, Austria

5 out of 5

Passau, Germany

5 out of 5

Regensburg, Germany

5 out of 5

Roth (Nuremberg), Germany

5 out of 5

Nuremberg, Germany

1 out of 5
Not the cruise lines fallut but the excursion to the Christmas market was horrible. Very crowded wall to wall people could barely move and shopping was impossible.

Prague, Czech Republic

5 out of 5
Castle tour was interesting. Just walking around the city was enjoyable.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very organized and efficient.
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7 Comments

javawoody     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your river cruise experience

NavasotaCruiser     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your river cruise details with us. Looking forward to being able to compare notes when we finish our first one. Danube is leading contender for our first.

karlgrgurich     11 months ago

Sounds amazing!!

PIRATAWENCH     11 months ago

The river cruises in Europe are fantastic We did ours on Viking - no children - different class of cruisers We were blessed to sail into Budapest at night - what a spectacular view - I still look at the photos and smile Wish I could attach a photo to this post

cruising2004     11 months ago

Great itinerary! Glad you had a wonderful river cruise. Thank you for your review.

Niavlys     11 months ago

Wow, on my bucket list...

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us