Comments on: A Viking Rhine River Cruise Review: Basel To Amsterdam

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:17:26 +0000

Thank you for such a thorough review! My girlfriend and I are going to take this same cruise next summer, July, 2025. You have provided much info on this cruise, and lots of excellent pictures! I have taken cruises through the Caribbean before, but I have never done a riverboat cruise. I can’t wait to see what it’s like and it will be great to return to Europe- I was last here 24 years ago!

By: Norm Faltinson

Norm Faltinson — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:42:35 +0000

So sounds like a cruise in mid April would work, just wondering about the weather in mid April. When is high water season. Are there other river cruises? I ‘ll keep researching other sites and blogs. Thanks this was a great read… Norm

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By: patti

patti — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 01:32:44 +0000

Thank you for providing detailed descriptions and insight. Very helpful in planning the itinerary for our B-A cruise this fall.

By: Byron Miranda

Byron Miranda — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:55:19 +0000

Great information and review! We (14 of us) are going on the same cruise in April/May. We just finalized our plans and excursions over the weekend. It should be amazing!

By: Judy V

Judy V — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 19:16:41 +0000

We are going on this exact Viking cruise in June and we really love your insights into this trip. It has been very helpful and we appreciate your honest evaluation! We can’t wait!

By: Theresa Stephenson

Theresa Stephenson — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:09:49 +0000

Hi, enjoyed your review. We are booked with 7 other couples for a Viking Rhine Getaway in April, Basel to Amsterdam. Very excited and love reading the reviews and seeing the photos. It will be all of our first river cruise. Some of us are starting a week earlier for time in Italy & Switzerland, part of us are also staying longer in Amsterdam afterward. Out excursions we’re just posted & we signed up for most of the included ones. But we are trying to figure a way to get to Heidelberg instead of Speyer & Rudesheim. We don’t want to do the ship’s excursion to Heidelberg.

By: Gina Wescott

Gina Wescott — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:46:27 +0000

In reply to Dorothy Albin.

Just returned from the Romantic Danube Cruise – Budapest to Regensberg 8/28/22 with the Prague extension and a non-Viking extension in Amsterdam for my 60th birthday.

It was an AMAZING experience!!!

Our ship, ATLA, also experienced low water levels so could not dock at Regensburg and we had to take a bus to get to Regensburg. Thankfully we were able to get there because that was my favorite city of the entire tour!!!

Viking is amazing and I loved every minute of it and cannot wait to go back for another cruise! They go all out – I felt supported and pampered with little to no stress! Everything is done for you – from the excursions to the food to the entertainment to having your room cleaned every time you turn around! All of the Danube cities are picturesque, clean and stunningly beautiful! And I found the pace great!

The only thing I saw as a drawback, and agree with the Caffeinated, there was not enough time given in several cities for shopping and exploring. I paid for the extension to go to Salzburg to see the Sound of Music sites. Our guide was terrible! The guides on these excursions are so important and will make or break an excursion. We were rushed through and I even had to ask to go see the steps and fountain in the movie where the kids are running through the palace grounds!!

I second the recommendation to Viking to allow a lot more time in some cities such as Vienna Regensburg, Passau, Salzburg etc. I also recommend a specifically focused Sound of Music tour for all of us old people who loved that movie!

Despite some rushing and low water levels I would go back in a heartbeat!!!

By: Kathy Grein

Kathy Grein — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:24:58 +0000

We have not addressed Viking directly as yet. My feeling is that they will most likely give the glowing reviews and how next year will be fine. I would much rather read information from guests and their experiences.

By: Colleen Myrick

Colleen Myrick — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 21:49:24 +0000

In reply to Kathy Grein. We are right on target to go July 2023. I hooe you got answers from Viking. We are very concerned about the water levels too! Thank you!