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Viking Magni Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Viking Magni

14 Night Grand European Tour Westbound (Budapest To Amsterdam)

Sail date: April 10, 2022

Ship: Viking Magni

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 234

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Fabulous trip despite getting sick and missing 4 days. Would like to have more information on each day. Things like when docking, when leaving port. Hard to plan without that info. Made plans for Easter church in Nuremberg but we weren't in port yet. Would have been nice to know that. Food and staffing were impeccable.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent. Very efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Most of the food was superb. Except they can't make toast. Used both the Restaurant (main dining room) and Aquavit Lounge.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Didn't really participate in these. They had talks about the places we were going and they did bring onboard a glass blower. That was wonderful.

Entertainment

Had a piano player in the Lounge. Didn't really stop to listen.

Children's Programs

No children allowed on cruise

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Impeccable. Staff went above and beyond to make the trip enjoyable and comfortable.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Staff was constantly cleaning the entire ship. Perfect for Covid prevention. Layout of the ship was stream-lined and easy to navigate.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Although the cabin was small, it was very comfortable and efficient. Could have used some more drawers/shelves. Room was spruced up twice a day.

Ship tip

Spend more time outside of your cabin. Use the common spaces more.

Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary

5 out of 5
We did a private taxi tour of the city set up by the Viking Concierge. It was wonderful.

Vienna, Austria

4 out of 5
Since we are physically challenged, we had to take the easier tour. We only saw a very small portion on the city surrounding St. Stephen's Cathedral. I would have liked to have seen more. Maybe a longer tour with more stops.

Melk, Austria Did not visit port

Was quarantined to the room - got sick.

Passau, Germany Did not visit port

Was quarantined to the room - got sick. Looked lovely from our cabin.

Regensburg, Germany Did not visit port

Was quarantined to the room - got sick.

Bamberg, Germany Did not visit port

Rest day after released from quarantine.

Wurzburg, Germany

4 out of 5
Provided excursion was to the Wurzburg Residenz. Again, I would have liked to have seen more of the city. The palace was beautiful and the gardens excellent.

Wertheim, Germany

5 out of 5
LOVED this port! Charming hamlet. Loved the whole feel of the place. Looked like a Disneyland set but it was actually very old.

Cruise Rhine River

5 out of 5
We only did the last hour. Sites were delightful. Loved seeing all the types of castles/palaces/fortresses.

Koblenz, Germany

5 out of 5
We did not do the provided excursion since it was considered too strenuous. So we went into Koblenz on our own. Lovely area around the dock area. We took the cable car across the river and went to the fortress.

Cologne, Germany

4 out of 5
Cathedral of the Magi was magnificent. Again, would have liked to have seen more of the city.

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

5 out of 5
Lovely area. My mother and I baled from the walk because it was too far. My husband continued and loved going in the windmill.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5
We stayed 2 extra nights here on our own, NOT through Viking. Loved the whole feel of this city. Crazy drivers, especially the bikers. The canals are wonderful

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Went well and quite easily. I just wish we had a better idea what would happen before the morning of disembarkation. We really didn't know what was going on. Different from other cruises I have been on.
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2 Comments

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago