Delightfully educational Danube Cruise

Item: Viking Lif
Rating: 4.2
Author: perthoz1946

Viking Lif Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

perthoz1946

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Passage To Eastern Europe Eastbound (Budapest To Bucharest)

Sail date: October 09, 2023

Ship: Viking Lif

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I prefer larger ocean cruises because of gambling, shows, and variety of food choices. The cruise was educational and great included excursions. A great itinerary for a river cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Little scary because of low level of Danube

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Very pleasant — lots of exciting new dishes representing countries visited

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Lectures were very interesting but a little late beginning 9pm after a Long day of excursions

Entertainment

Too late to enjoy

Children's Programs

No children under 18! 👍

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Friendly and efficient without being intrusive

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Layout and design (and no kids) allowed it to be more easily maintained than the bigger ships

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Small but adequate room 223.

Ship tip

Great ship with wonderful staff. It was our first river cruise and we had a wonderfully educational journey.

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Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary Did not visit port

Low level of Danube.

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Kalocsa, Hungary

4 out of 5

Scary getting on board but excursion was great

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Vukovar (Osijek), Croatia

4 out of 5

Belgrade, Serbia

5 out of 5

Liked the big city

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Cruise The Iron Gates

4 out of 5

Fortress was scenic and beautiful — big challenging

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Vidin, Bulgaria

4 out of 5

Excursion was demanding so did not participate—

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Ruse (Russe, Rousse), Bulgaria Did not visit port

Low level of Danube

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Bucharest, Romania

5 out of 5

Excursion was interesting — too much free time

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End Of Vacation

4 out of 5

excursion was at end of bus ride and we were tired but a beautiful city — because of early flight it was a bit rushed.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Better than embarkation

2 Comments

javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate you sharing your river cruise experience

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your river cruise experience. Glad you had an awesome time.

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