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Viking Var Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Viking Var

7 Night Romantic Danube - Eastbound (Regensburg To Budapest)

Sail date: June 17, 2022

Ship: Viking Var

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 111

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall, a wonderful experience that we would love to do again!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Connections were flawless.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Outstanding. Great variety. Great service. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Long ship did not have these options but we enjoyed everything that we had.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Robert was skillful and entertaining.

Children's Programs

No children on board.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Milorad was an excellent and attentive waiter. Our housekeeper was incredible (cabin 111). Klaus was helpful and pleasant in communicating expectations and activities.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very well maintained. Constantly being cleaned and attended to.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was small as expected but served us well. Very clean. Very functional.

Ship tip

Don't eat in the dining room, eat in the aqualounge area. Enjoy the top deck as much as possible.

Ports of call

Regensburg, Germany

5 out of 5
Highlight of trip. Convenient access.

Passau, Germany

4 out of 5
Excellent. Enjoyed local music. Unfortunately beerfest was cancelled but we found other entertainment that was very fun.

Krems, Austria

4 out of 5
Abbey was interesting.

Vienna, Austria

4 out of 5
While a must see, access was more difficult. Because it was a large city, it was more difficult to access the local culture. Mozart concert was fun. Palace tour was a bit too rushed.

Budapest, Hungary

5 out of 5
The optional 4 hour tour with Anita was incredible. She did a superb job of showing the sights and gave many insights to her culture. The city was very accessible from the ship.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
We had to get to the airport very early and were helped by Viking employees on site; however, when we found our flight unexpectedly cancelled, we were pretty much on our own. when we found our flight was unexpectedly cancelled, we didn't have any help from Viking to help rectify the situation. At that point we were on our own.
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5 Comments

GabeNSteph    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

WhippetMum    2 years ago

Thanks for the dining tip.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review