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Viking Sigrun Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

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

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Viking Sigrun

7 Night Rhine Getaway Northbound (Basel To Amsterdam)

Sail date: September 27, 2023

Ship: Viking Sigrun

Cabin number: TBA

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I’ve been on many cruises, and four River cruises. I think they’re starting to be overpriced

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Expected better service.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Not much to do on ship except eating & drinking. Needs more local entertainment

Entertainment

1 out of 5
We were in Germany and France and expected some local entertainment. Only one night did they bring on entertainment and the entertainment played music from the 70s and 80s. We expected local regional entertainment.

Children's Programs

no children on board

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room steward was outstanding. Waiters in the dining room had too many tables to take care of. Service was below what we expected. Bartenders in the bar area were very good.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very clean rooms and ship

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our cabin was on the mid-level. Without a balcony. Cabin was small, but to be expected on a river cruise.

Ship tip

We pre-paid gratuities for the crew on the ship. However, the cruise Director suggested that we give additional tips for outstanding service. Also, we were constantly tipping bus, drivers and local guides. All this should be included in the price of the cruise

Ports of call

Basel, Switzerland Did not visit port

we did not have time to go into the town of Basel

Breisach Am Rhine, Germany

4 out of 5

Strasbourg, France

5 out of 5

Speyer (Heidelberg), Germany

5 out of 5

Cruise Middle Rhine River

5 out of 5

Koblenz, Germany

5 out of 5

Rudesheim, Germany

5 out of 5

Cologne, Germany

5 out of 5

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

1 out of 5
This was a total waste of a day. We spent all day there, and the tours were just to see a few windmills. They should’ve taken us to Amsterdam and let us spent the day in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3 out of 5
we were transported directly from the ship to the airport never had time to see Amsterdam. Very poor planning on the part of the cruise line. Never had time to see Amsterdam as as soon as we got there, we had to disembark.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy to get off the ship and be transported to the airport. The guide that met us at the airport was very helpful getting us through the check in process
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