Unpleasant aboard ship

Viking Aegir Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Viking Aegir

14 Night Grand European Tour Eastbound (Amsterdam To Budapest)

Sail date: May 18, 2022

Ship: Viking Aegir

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This is really about the Viking ODIN. The AEGIR was in an accident one week before our cruise (search Viking Aegir Accident). Viking substituted the ODIN for the AEGIR. We don't think Viking management properly checked out the vessel. Major issues included: toilets stopped working, both my wife and I were trapped in our bathroom due to a faulty door (engineers worked on it four times), the ship lost power near Nuremburg and was adrift (losing toilets and water pressure at the same time, this time). The local police sequestered the vessel until it was deemed cruise-worthy again, various electrical problems in our suite, water leaking from our bathroom to our sleeping area floor saturated the carpet so it was squishy most of the time. Guest Services personnel got a bit frustrated with passengers due to the large number of complaints. Other issues. It was a shame because our prior Viking cruise was wonderful. We feel they made a poor decision to continue this cruise after the AEGIR accident.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
See additional comments. The AEGIR was replaced by the ODIN.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Faulty bathroom door, faulty lights, leaking shower, faulty intercom system

Ship tip

Research the vessel you plan to sail on.

Ports of call

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Cologne, Germany

4 out of 5

Koblenz, Germany

4 out of 5

Miltenberg, Germany

5 out of 5

Wurzburg, Germany

4 out of 5

Bamberg, Germany

5 out of 5

Nuremberg, Germany

3 out of 5

Regensburg, Germany

5 out of 5

Passau, Germany

4 out of 5

Melk, Austria

5 out of 5

Krems, Austria

4 out of 5

Vienna, Austria

5 out of 5

Budapest, Hungary

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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6 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review

GabeNSteph    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. One forgets that riverboat cruising has major situations as well.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich    2 years ago

Wow…that is quite the experience! Looks like you enjoyed your ports tho!