I loved my Viking cruise. 2022…Basel to Lucerne. Do it!,

I was considering Viking for a Nile cruise, but the ship is very homogenous with their European fleet. After watching your SS Sphinx journey, it just has so much more personality. If I could get on SS Sudan (Death on the Nile), I'd die a happy man. On a separate note, your videography is stunning, I love how there is movement in every shot. It makes it so much more compelling than people who just talk in to a camera constantly. The best cruise channel on KZfaq by a mile. How you haven't got more subscribers is a complete mystery.

Loved your accent--perfect for narrating a European cruise. Our first river cruise is coming up and your professional video gave us a perfect preview of everything we can expect. The flow of your video and all amenities was perfect. We're very excited!

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It happens frequently as the river is so busy. Especially at night in the dock going through a lock. I opened the curtain at 2am to see a load of people looking down at me fromanother ship!

@@anitastanley8986 : The other thing that is not mentioned in longship reviews is that ships can be docked side by side with up to four ships. What that means is that people from the other ships will need to use your ship as a stepping stone to get from their ship to the dock.

This is a good point and why feel that balconies can be an unneccesary expense on river ships. However it very much depends which river you are on as to how often this happens and to what extent. We also don’t spend much time in our room, preferring to be out and about on the ship, so it doesn’t really ever bother us - you just have to remember to always close your curtains at night, just in case you wake up docked next to someone. Thanks for watching 👍

Great tip 👍 Thanks for watching 😊

Thank you Rebecca, very kind of you to say 😊

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We hope you get to do it one day 🤞 Thanks for watching.

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So glad you enjoyed your time on board and maybe had some of your preconceptions changed 👍

@@visitwithus On river cruise certainly 😂

Ocean cruises are delightful. You just have to know which cruise line to cruise. NCL Haven Suites only have about 200 guest max and lots of private areas away from the crowds. Private restaurant an your own butler and steward. River cruises are too restrictive. Not much Entertainment on river cruise and it is like a never ending tour bus. And you eat with the same people everyday at the same time. Much more choice on ocean cruise.

Most ocean cruises are only 6 or 7 nights and usually only have one or two days at sea. The rest are port days where you get off the ship

Just home from a Viking ocean 15 night med cruise - 930 people capacity boat but never felt even a little crowded even on the one day at sea. On that day went to the spa / steam room area mid morning and only four other people there! So much refined, elegant space on board.

🤞for you 😂 Thanks for watching 👍

Thank you for watching Lisa! We hope you make the right choice for your first ever river cruise. We've also got The AmaKristina in Provence, France and Uniworld SS Bon Voyage in Bordeaux on our channel if you want to see other French river options in a bit more detail! Please let us know if you have any questions at all! Rich :D

We are planning a river cruise on the Seine in April of 2024. This video is helpful to prepare.

Thank you so much 😊

Wake up every day to somewhere new. You can’t beat it. 👍😀

@@visitwithusunless of course the river gets low…that’s what scares me about a river cruise. No refunds if it turns into a bus tour. Are there any rivers that are immune from low water disruptions? Or any seasons that are better (or worse) than others?

Thank you ☺️ Hope you have a great cruise.

Which cruise? Us too!

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Thank you, we agree 👍

That sounds like a memorable trip 😁 Thanks for watching 😊

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It's only August now😀

Think you might have meant September 2022 😂 This is always a risk with river cruising but good to hear it was managed so well. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊

We did the Amsterdam to Budapest in Sept 2023 and loved every minute. Have booked another Viking river cruise. Won’t have a balcony next time as didn’t spend any time on it at all! Going for a French window that opens on 2nd floor next time. Great video, true representation. Very helpful.

I hated being woken up going through the locks. Not for me being crowded in the lounge room in the evening. I would not recommend it as a holiday.

@@anitastanley8986which cruise line were you on?

Wow! What an absolutely LOVELY comment! We try our absolute best with every single video and it's so affirming when we get comments like yours. Thank you SO MUCH! ❤️

Thanks for watching 😊

That’s always the dilemma - to visit more places for less time or less places for more time 🤔 Nice problem to have though 😊 Thanks for watching 👍

There are so many great itineraries on the European rivers with Viking. I haven't done Tulips and Windmills, but I have done Holland and Belgium (which has some ports in common with Tulips and Windmills but runs all year round). I'd also recommend Paris to the Swiss Alps (especially with the extension to Zermatt and Geneva, which I recommend doing at the end of the cruise) and Elegant Elbe.

@@DavidWood2 Thanks for the suggestion.

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Thanks Fraser 👍

you are being truly ridiculous by calling these boring barges "stunning" Where are you from, Peoria?

@@anastassiosperakis2869 Have you been on one? How do you justify that they’re ‘boring’? 🙂

@@anastassiosperakis2869 This comment is a good example of unnecessary nastiness for which the the internet is infamous. We all have different likes and opinions. How did you think insulting content creators who spent hours making this for us to enjoy gratis would be helpful?

Thank you 😊

Thanks for watching and commenting Christine 👍 We would love to do the Mekong, it sounds amazing 🤩

You will love it! We did the same cruise in November of 2022!

Thank you for watching and your kind comments Tom 😊 We hope your enjoy Viking, the Danube and Budapest as much as we did 👍

Thanks for the clarification David. We were never up late enough to see the cookies removed and when I got up early (5:30am most mornings) the pastries were already in situ. Hence my assumption there was always something available. 🙂

Taking cookie to reserve for later is wise decision. Should you decide do ocean cruise you may want to use this same practice for a night time snack for after late night show you will find buffet line is shut down except for pizza, which I find this to be 2 heavy to sleep on .

you should not eat those god damned cookies anyway, at all, if you have A CLUE about healthy eating. Much better to eat a nice red APPLE, WITH its skin.

Get a life!

@@weekendwet1 I have a perfectly good one, thank you. I was only making a suggestion that others have welcomed (both in person and online). Perhaps it says more about you than me that you chose to publish your judgment of me, rather than dismiss my comments without posting a response if you found them unhelpful. Best wishes.

Thanks for watching and commenting 😊 Sounds like you had an amazing couple of weeks 😍

Probably the rivers had high water level!?

@@arnodobler1096 If I remember correctly, there are some lower bridges between Regensburg and Mainz. However, water levels would have been to blame if the sun deck was out of use on the Danube between Budapest and Regensburg, the Rhine between Mainz and the Netherlands, or the various Dutch waterways used to reach Amsterdam.

Thanks for watching Kyle. So glad you enjoyed your Rhine cruise, we’ve yet to sail in the Rhine. Happy cruising 💙

Viking is definitely the biggest and most prolific on the rivers of Europe but whether it’s the right one for you could depend on many things - expectations, priorities, budget etc. if you have any specific questions then please send us a message and we’ll try to answer them for you. But you’re absolutely right about river cruising and why we like it so much. Maybe more active and intense than an ocean cruise but you get to see some really wonderful places 👍

Thanks for watching and commenting Carol, we couldn’t agree more (but we didn’t get to stay in an executive suite, they did look lovely though 😁) 👍

What about the price? I expected river cruises to be a better deal but holy cow! The ones I priced were 5 times as much as an ocean cruise. I suppose it's because the ships are smaller and carry less passengers but Holy Cow, $10,000 for a 7 day cruise seems kind of crazy.

@@lennybuttz2162 We never put specific prices on our videos because they are so subject to change and deals and the power of your travel agent to negotiate. There’s so many variables. 🙂

@@lennybuttz2162 think that is why we had such high expectations. A Veranda Suite, including trip insurance, cost us $12K a piece. We have had far better experiences for a third of that on Princess Cruise lines. Will not do Viking again.

Indeed, each to their own. But hopefully this video helps people to make an informed choice 👍 Thanks for watching 😊

So true. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍

Thank you ☺️ Maybe not, but do watch this space, we will be releasing our voyage vlog in the next week or two which will give you a more in-depth idea of the activities and excursions we experienced 👍

Indeed. He has a perfect narrator's voice.

Thank you for watching and sharing your experience. Yes, the river cruises are quite a different experience to the ocean cruises. Such a pity about the lack weather, it can make all the difference when your cruise is all about the destinations - as is generally the case in river cruising, more so than ocean cruising anyway. We like river cruising but it’s not for everyone.

We just finished a 14 night Viking River cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam just over a week ago. Overall we enjoyed the cruise and all the ports - the dining and housekeeping staff were excellent and the food was very good (we did not get fresh fruit provided in our cabin as shown in the video!) I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of time we spent in some ports (maybe due to the length of the voyage and timing of the locks?). We did manage to see a number of Christmas markets which we loved. However, we did not find that the ships docked conveniently in towns and often we had to be bused in (last year we travelled with a different company and literally stepped off the ship into the centre of everything, which was great for visiting the markets several times.). We didn’t find Viking lived up to their slogan of “less time getting there and more time being there”! We had a French balcony cabin which was soooo tiny compared to the same category we had on a different line last year. For a 2-week voyage, in the colder weather, there was next to no storage! I was with my daughter, and one bed was literally smack against the sliding glass doors and the other against the bathroom wall with maybe approx 1 ft. between the beds. There was no table and chairs (as we had last year) - only a stool for the small counter/desk area. The bathroom was also much tinier, especially the shower! We did like the heated floors! We picked this cruise for the itinerary and we knew what to expect weather-wise! All being said, the cruise was good, with the exceptions noted. I figured due to time of year, there was no point in getting a balcony cabin, but I would recommend that category just for the bit of extra cabin space and drawers!

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Thanks for watching and for your kind comments Shirley 😊 Here’s to future river cruising 🥂😁

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We too have sailed the Rhone and like you say, the river itself isn’t the prettiest, but we did think the places we stopped at were very pretty and worth visiting. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I went on that cruise and loved pretty much everything. In fact, one of my favorite events was going through the locks. There are not many wild, pristine rivers in the world that also have cruise ships.

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Thanks for watching and your kind comments Kathy. We loved our Douro cruise (not on Viking) and have yet to sail on the Rhine 👍

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Thank you for watching Louise. We sailed from Lyon to Avignon last summer (not on Viking), it’s such a beautiful part of France 💙 Hope you have an amazing time and enjoy Viking as much as we did.

Haha! At least the rooms aren't as low as where NCFC finished this season! You need a full aqualung for that!😂

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Thank you for watching Margaret. We hope you 'dip your toes' into the world of river cruising. It's SUCH an enjoyable way to see the world. Good luck and please let us know if you do - we'd love to hear! :D

Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments Lori. Hope you have as much fun as we did. :)

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Thank you, so glad you found it helpful 👍 Thanks for watching and hope you have a great cruise.

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Thank you Mona, so glad you enjoyed it 😊 And damn that toilet roll holder, which we swore at at least once a day 😂

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Thank you ☺️ We will be cruising the Rhine later this summer for the first time.

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It can be worth trying some of the regional dishes, as they tend to be not too extreme. If you really don't get on with a dish, you can order again. The themed meal (which is usually dinner, but can be lunch on some itineraries) has two options: buffet style, where you take what you want, or a tasting platter brought to your table (if you don't want to join the queue). The card you saw at 21:49 shows the two tasting platter options for "Taste of Austria" (Danube Waltz and Romantic Danube). The Rhine itineraries typically have "Taste of Germany" which is fairly similar only there's more sausage. I'd be surprised if you don't find something you enjoy from amongst the spread, but if you think you will struggle with it, have a word with the Maitre d' earlier in the day to see if anything can be sorted out for you.

Thanks for watching and your kind comment Debbie. Like David said in his reply the themed evening always has a buffet alongside the regional menu which we’re sure you would find something to suit you. We loved that there were always regional wines and meals and were often pleasantly surprised how much we enjoyed them (especially the desserts ❤️)

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Thank you for watching and for your kind comment. Hope you have a great cruise 😊

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Thanks for watching and your kind comment Behram 😊 Happy cruising 🚢💙

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