Viking Var Review

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Sailor65
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2015

First the good. Viking has the best organized excursions I have ever been on. The employees were all excellent. The boat was beautiful. A river boat is the very best way to see central Europe.

Next the OK. The food was OK. The advertising pictures show couples sitting at tables for 2 or 4 people. If you want a very light meal you can eat in the bar at a table for 2. But if you want a substantial meal you must go to the dining room and sit a table for 6 or 8 people. Meeting new people at breakfast and making polite conversation when you haven't even had a cup of coffee can be painful. There was no room service. The food was well prepared. They served regional specialties: peasant food. The chef did an excellent job with the materials he had. Don't look for a lot of upscale seafood or expensive cuts of meat on these cruises. The wine was OK. We should have upgraded. We were a little tired of regional German/Austrian wines by the end of the trip. It would have been nice to have an Italian or French option, but we were traveling through Germany/Austria.

Last, the bad. Viking Var Cabin 201 was VERY NOISY. We could hear plumbing noises that sounded like gurgling, flushing, splashing through the wall near the bathroom.

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Cabin Verenda Stateroom

We were in Viking Var cabin 201. The décor was lovely. The cabin was very SMALL. It would have been fine except for the plumbing noise. You could often hear running water. It sounded like there was some kind of plumbing holding tank on the other side of the uninsulated bathroom wall. Flush, flush, gurgle, gurgle, splash, splash. I slept with earplugs. Do not book that cabin!

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