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Avalon Vista Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Avalon Vista

11 Night Romantic Rhine With Lake Como Lucerne & Mount Pilatus (Lake Como To Amsterdam)

Sail date: May 21, 2024

Ship: Avalon Vista

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 213

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

The people sailing on the boat were wonderful. Avalon did a good job of pulling people together in Lake Como so we built relationships. The boat experience was below expectations. We expected it to be not as good as our past river cruise experience (Scenic) as it was lower cost, but it was significantly below. Avalon really needs to do some work.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
They were confused and overwhelmed. They asked us to wait in the bar and then forgot we were there.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was overall good. Wine was mixed. Happy hour drinks were watered down.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not much offered.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Not much offered. Only one night had outside entertainment join.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Cruise Director was great. Room Attendants do not introduce themselves, but rooms are cleaned. It is done more like hotel cleaning.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Nice layout of room. We liked bed facing the window.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

LAKE COMO, ITALY

4 out of 5
Lake Como was great. The hotel was terrible, but well located.
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Lucerne, Switzerland

5 out of 5

Basel, Switzerland

3 out of 5

Breisach Am Rhine, Germany

4 out of 5

Strasbourg, France

5 out of 5

Mainz, Germany

5 out of 5

Rudesheim, Germany

5 out of 5

Koblenz, Germany

2 out of 5

Cologne, Germany

4 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
All went fine.
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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cruising2004     6 months ago

Sorry this was not the best cruise.
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javawoody     6 months ago

Appreciate the review
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AuntPinkie     6 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.
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HeavySeas     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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