Having done numerous sea cruises from budget to luxury lines we thought it was time to try a river cruise.
The Emerald Luna Amsterdam to Basel suited us fine .
The ship is small but beautiful, we had a cabin on deck one low level which was nice comfortable but very noisy with constant flushing of the vacuum toilets through the night.
The fellow travellers were mostly American and great ...
TUI Maya Germany river Main.
This is the third TUI river cruise I have done, the last two in 2022 both on TUI Isla and German rivers again.
I would not recommend the river Main, certainly not in summer. There are many, many bridges and all very low to the water so we could spend almost no time cruising whilst on the upper deck.
This said, the towns we visited were very nice and ...
Our cruise didn’t start well with all our luggage being lost on route. Three hours at the airport trying to resolve with no luck we exited out to Arrivals to be told by Tui we had missed our transfer. Not prepared to put us in a taxi for the 30min trip to the boat nor call back the shuttle bus to collect us, instead wait 2 further hours for an Edinburgh flight to arrive and we can fit on their ...
Went on the cruise with friends. We had previously sailed with AMA on the Danube and Viking in Portugal. Food, cabins, staff and ships are all comparable with previous experiences. Overall was a fun trip and we enjoyed ourselves. Found that there are less active options ( we are in our late 50s) than our previous experiences. There are excursions but they seem to be rushed and less time allowed to ...
First time emerald cruisers an overall great experience. Have been on Viking for the Portugal through the Douro Valley. Food, cabin, staff and overall boat accommodations on par with Viking. Emerald could do better in the cultural experience we found the evening entertainment lacking just a bit. Although our activities director was fantastic but too many game nights. A German cooking class, or ...
We chose this cruise for relaxation and panorama. We got plenty panorama but not much rest. The biggest problem was the departure times of the visits, 8am or 8.30am. We were 90% elderly people and like to lie in in the mornings, especially when on holiday. We could see no harm in the departure times being a little later, maybe 9.30am. Most tours were over well before the ship set sail again. We ...
Very good itiniary, staff were on the ball except for one gentleman who was not with it and lacked interest in any customers. Ship was quality with all the mod cons.
On a negative side we did not stick to the itiniary and docked in some obscure places. Explanation given was Viking have more ships than us? When advertising cruises make sure you have booked moorings for the dates you are ...
Our first river cruise. It was very good! Now. It was the Viking TOR - a small ship - not what ocean cruisers are used to. Everything is smaller and limited. The staterooms are smaller, the public spaces are smaller, and the dining room is smaller. Gotta deal with that if you were just last on the Oasis. River cruising is smaller and more intimate. 190 folks on our cruise. The ship and the ...