VIKING VE - WONDERFUL VACATION

Viking Ve Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

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Reviews: 3
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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Viking Ve

Grand European Tour - Amsterdam to Budapest

Sail date: August 26, 2016

Ship: Viking Ve

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 317

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We really liked the smaller number of passengers and the more personal attention as compared to our ocean cruises.  Great itinerary - loved the small German towns.

Food was good, but not the variety of entrees we had on ocean cruises, but after seeing the kitchen, I understand this.

Would have liked more evening lectures about the countries we visited - the ones we had were good, but with all the history there I think this was a missed opportunity.

Also really appreciated not being "kicked off the ship" at the end.  The crew was most accommodating - we even came back for lunch after checking out, and were allowed to leave our bags on until later in the day.

Included shore trips were good, as were the guides (with 2 exceptions)

Evening light cruise in Budapest was a FAVORITE!  As was the  castle cruise 

on the mid-Rhine.

Yes I would definitely recommend this cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
liked the open dining and meeting new friends

Onboard Activities

would have liked more educational lectures or presentations about the history and people of the countries we visited.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Very good- enjoyed glass blower and the 2 music nights

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
top notch! Sam was fun and very helpful too - as was Marco. Claudia was a very fine cabin steward.

Ship Quality

loved the 3rd floor balcony room our ship looked newer and cleaner than many others that we saw enroute

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was small, but adequate. loved the balcony! Claudia was excellent! Comfortable bed, did not like the squishy pillows.

Ports of call

Budapest, Hungary

5 out of 5

Vienna, Austria

5 out of 5
see the Shurnberg Castle

Melk, Austria

5 out of 5

Passau, Germany

5 out of 5
our favorite small city

Regensburg, Germany

5 out of 5

Nuremberg, Germany

5 out of 5

Wertheim, Germany

5 out of 5

Cruise Rhine River

5 out of 5
hope for fine weather beautiful cruise!

Koblenz, Germany

5 out of 5

Cologne, Germany

5 out of 5

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5
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WeCruiseToo    8 years ago

Thanks for the great review, we love river cruising as well! Where do you think your next river cruise will take you?

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