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Viking Gullveig Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Viking Gullveig

7 Night Romantic Danube - Westbound (Budapest To Regensburg)

Sail date: December 16, 2023

Ship: Viking Gullveig

Cabin number: 315

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

I have been on many cruises; but this is the only one that did not offer Arabica coffee. Moreover, I felt personally insulted to pay $350 extra to get a wine list that featured only under $10/bottle wines--how stupid do they think their guests are?

Embarkation

2 out of 5
I am booked my air through Viking--that turned out to be a big mistake. Six months after I booked my cruise they sent us our airline connections: 17 hours from departure to arrival

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
How cheap does a cruise line have to be to serve only robusta coffee? Like many, I start my day with coffee; arabica is so ubiquitous, I had forgotten how bad robusta is. Moreover, the only "cream" they had was 1% milk. I always have wine with dinner at home; so to avoid disappointment I paid for the $350/cabin alcohol upgrade. Even that couldn't overcome Viking's miserliness; I had never seen such an extensive list of mediocrities--they were essentially all under $10 a bottle at liquor stores.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff did their best to offset Vikings stinginess; the maître d' even went ashore to buy some half-and-half for our coffee.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The cabin was attractive, comfortable and clean; but quite small.

Ship tip

I would not sail on Viking again, nor recommend it to anyone.

Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary

5 out of 5

Vienna, Austria

5 out of 5

Regensburg, Germany

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We had a 2 1/2 hour bus ride to the airport.
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9 Comments

Ladyjunecliff     6 months ago

Very interesting. Thank you for your review.

javawoody     11 months ago

Appreciate your comments

NavasotaCruiser     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Did you enjoy any of the time off the boat?

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Ruby13     11 months ago

Thank you for sharing. Glad you had a good time.

bubbles60     11 months ago

River cruises are very different from Ocean cruises.

Niavlys     11 months ago

Ouf, tks for sharing

cruising2004     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

karlgrgurich     11 months ago