Disappointing and poor value

Item: Viking Vali
Rating: 3.1
Author: Passenger77777

Viking Vali Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Passenger77777

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 8

Helpful Votes: 181

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

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14 Night Grand European Tour Westbound (Budapest To Amsterdam)

Sail date: August 11, 2022

Ship: Viking Vali

Cabin number: 313

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Disappointing cruise because 50% of cruise we were traveling by bus for hours back and forth.Very poor value. Nothing relaxing. Balcony rooms tiny. Half of the time we were parallel docked next to other Viking ship with no views, privacy. Why to pay extra to have balcony if you can’t enjoy it? There is nothing to do on board. Food was average. No communication from Viking company regarding constant changes. Staff is excellent but I felt that they were used as “escape goats”for Viking company.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Simple

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Very average

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Nothing to do on board because there is nothing. Just eat,sleep. It was 50% NOT relaxing cruise because of busing to towns versus leisurely cruising and limited time on your own in the towns.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

2 nights they had guest entertainers and the rest was same piano player every single night.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It was clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Very small balcony cabin with queen bed. 50% of our cruise we were docked next to another Viking ship without any view and privacy.