Cruise Aborted by Ship Crash into Bridge

Viking Freya Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 69

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Viking Freya

Romantic Danube - Budapest to Nuremberg

Sail date: September 10, 2016

Ship: Viking Freya

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 333

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Viking tried to make the best of a bad/tragic situation. Result was more a bus tour than a cruise and not at all what we expected. I trust that Viking will do right by the passengers in terms of compensation, but that remains to be determined.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Small, tight.

Ship tip

Insist on identification and correction of the root cause(s) of the Freya bridge crash (wheelhouse retraction malfunction or human error).

Ports of call

Nuremberg, Germany

1 out of 5

Main/Danube Canal Transit

1 out of 5

Regensburg, Germany

3 out of 5

Passau, Germany

3 out of 5

Krems, Austria

3 out of 5

Vienna, Austria

1 out of 5

Budapest, Hungary

1 out of 5
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5 Comments

noname111    8 years ago

So sorry this did not work out well for you.  Sounds like a half-hearted attempt by Viking at damage control. Good luck with obtaining compensation.

cruznjan    8 years ago

Johngold    8 years ago

Saw this on the news as well. Does the insurance you took out cover this?

 

glomarrone    8 years ago

So sorry to hear about your river cruise problems. 

Mcousineau    8 years ago

We were on Viking Freya just before you (Aug 27-Sept 3) and our trip was terminated due to a broken lock in the canal on Day 1.  Don't hold your breath for any compensation from Viking.  They offer vouchers for future travel only.  We left the ship on Aug 30 because no direction was forthcoming from Viking Corporate.  Instead they decided to just bus passengers from town to town and hope for the best. We are suing Viking for a proportionate share of the cruise fare.  Don't be intimidated by the terms and conditions.