Viking Modi Cruise Reviews - Reviews

It was a trip of a lifetime and highly recommend the Viking Modi. The cruise director Elena was marvelous and did a great job keeping us entertained.

Grand European River Cruise...from Budapest to Amsterdam...17 days...a perfect balance of river cruising, church and castle enrichment, fabulous food and drink tasting, and overall seeing the heart of Europe. Danube, Main, connecting canal, and the Rhine Rivers...all in one cruise. Highly Recommended!

I loved the ports of call and the tours but I would have loved to have had a slow walkers group as I am disabled; I was surprised that the Main deck was not accessible by the only small elevator. Food was good and the service was great.

This was our first river cruise, great way to tour Europe.We found the service not to be on par with ocean cruises probably due to much smaller staff.

The best part of this cruise was the ship's staff and, in particular, the Program Director. He, Joey, could have been a successful stand-up comedian, but was also a very effective organizer and overall coordinator of activities -- even when unexpected problems (weather, ground transportation) threatened.

The food and drinks were very good despite lacking the variety (or quantity) of an ocean cruise. The staterooms (ours was a balcony stateroom on the upper deck) were rather cozy, but very clean; the room stewards very attentive.

One concern was what appeared to be a somewhat lax approach to security when the ship was docked at very accessible dock locations.

Bottom line - beautiful historic cities visited, magnificent scenery and sites along the Rhine River, and a terrific, friendly, ship's staff made this a memorable, enjoyable experience. 

The crew on the Modi was very good. The program director was excellent and even made the trip more enjoyable. The food was very good and the stateroom was very good. We had a balcony but we were so busy we only sat outside a few times. Good local entertainment on board and the meals were above average. They included beer and wine at lunch and dinner. The dining staff was very friendly.Traveling the Danube was just beautiful. And the you saw one Castle after another going through Germany.

A) they are intentionally avoid emphasizing that: 1, Coke, juice, and sparkling water other than during lunch and diner are not free. 2, you pay gratuity in advance is 20 USD per day, if paid onboard be 20 Euro per day. You pay more. B) airport transfers are terrible Their only concern is the cost of bus, I stood and waited one hour for bus upon arrival and they took us from the ship to the airport 5 hours and 45 minutes prior to our flight departure. C) the agent onboard are not willing to assist, unenthusiastic and not considerate. 1, I asked agent Ms Eva about charges on cabin statement. She told me those charges are onboard the ship we were transferred from. she not able to see them She is not willing to call their other ship to find out 2, My departure flight was delayed 1.5 hours. I asked Ms Eva to put us on a later bus. She declined it due to no seat available. I asked her whether she can arrange a taxi instead. She said we must pay. she told me the flight delay is not her problem. that is cold and arrogant 3, while we walked to the bus, it was raining heavily, Ms Eva got herself a Viking umbrella and all of us got soaking wet. She can give us umbrellas and picked them up by the bus. She is not considerate D) Always a long wait for food, not enough staffs. Servers are less cordial than ocean cruise.