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Delightfully educational Danube Cruise

Viking Lif Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Viking Lif

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: 11 months 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.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary Did not visit port

Low level of Danube.
Thumbs Up

Kalocsa, Hungary

4 out of 5
Scary getting on board but excursion was great
Thumbs Up

Vukovar (Osijek), Croatia

4 out of 5

Belgrade, Serbia

5 out of 5
Liked the big city
Thumbs Up

Cruise The Iron Gates

4 out of 5
Fortress was scenic and beautiful — big challenging
Thumbs Up

Vidin, Bulgaria

4 out of 5
Excursion was demanding so did not participate—
Thumbs Up

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

Low level of Danube
Thumbs Up

Bucharest, Romania

5 out of 5
Excursion was interesting — too much free time
Thumbs Up

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.
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Better than embarkation
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