Amsterdam Cruise Reviews

My friends and I, a group of forty-something guys, decided to give a Viking river cruise a try. We all wanted to visit the Christmas markets in Europe and though this would be a relaxing, carefree way to do so. Boy were we wrong. I'll start with the positive. The ship was clean, bright, and well-appointed. Space was used efficiently, and our French balcony stateroom was small but comfortable. ...

My husband and I chose this cruise as we throughly enjoyed our Christmas Cruise on the Rhine last year, it was so fantastic that when a sale came up on the River cruises I booked another one expecting the same level of service as before. This was not the case, first we received an email that our ship had been changed, not a problem. Then the day that we are to board we received another email ...

We have travelled with Viking 3 times. Twice pre-covid and now just recently this past August, post-covid. The company is night/day and not for the better. Our first trip was the Cities of Lights tour wherein high river levels caused severe deviations and constant bussing from Wurzburg. It was not pleasant but in the end the ships staff and PD as well as Captain tried to make up for the ...

I chose this cruise for the ports, especially Iceland. I could go on and on about the wonderful ports. My sister raved about Royal Caribbean so we thought we would try it. The coffee bar needs improvement, the servers were slow and they would punch your card twice if you asked for a medium coffee. The coffee was not not the best. The pastries were stale everyday, how is that possible? Only once ...

We had taken 3 Viking River Cruises in the past and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the experience. After our July 2023 cruise we will never travel with Viking again. My main issue is that I believe that Viking knew at least a week before the start of the cruise that it was highly likely that we would have to swap ships and they deliberately avoided telling us. I contacted Viking 3 times ...

We had taken 3 Viking River Cruises in the past and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the experience. After our July cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest ( Grand European Tour) we will never travel with Viking again. The main issue is that I believe that Viking knew at least a week before the start of the cruise that it was highly likely that we would have to swap ships and they deliberately ...

We chose this cruise as liked the idea of travelling leisurely along the Rhine, an are we have driven in past years. We had to postpone from the previous year for medical reasons. We flew to Amsterdam from our local airport, and realised that the berth was close to the enormous rail terminus. On arrival we were shown to a dark dungeon of a tiny cabin, with window at ceiling level, and simply no ...

In the past we sailed before with princess cruises, msc, carnival cruises, norwegian cruiseline and oceania to different locations. In general we prefer to see new destinations all over the world while we are still young. Therefore the destination, the port of calls and overall price are the main factors for us choosing the cruise line we use. Because the benefits as a loyal guest are usually like ...

I picked this cruise on the recommendations of friends and the wonderful ads they run, it was the worst experience ever. After a delayed flight in arriving at the airport when I called Viking for my pick up, I was told to get a cab I had paid for the transfers, but they weren’t willing to come get me. Things went from bad to worse. The only rooms available. were on the first floor, but I was told ...

Food was fair at best, Beer was served warm when I complained they brought ice. The night of the buffet was a free for all I gave up waiting after 40 minutes, went up later and it looked picked clean. Excursions were booked full by 6:15 am the day they opened I believe they keep them for higher end customers. Ship rafted at many ports this gave our balcony that we paid 2,000 for a view of ...