River Cruise

TheSkipper · August 17, 2005

Just returned from our European River Cruise from Amsterdam to Vienna. This was our 45 cruise, but our first river cruise and I have to say we were very, very impressed!

We will be doing another one before too long. I guess I was expecting it to "less than" our normal cruises, but it far exceeded any expectations we had.

I will be posting a complete review in a few days, but in the meantime if you have been on the fence about this type of cruising, do it!

UniWorld did a fantastic job. We loved the River Duchess. :grin:

JoeyandDavid · August 17, 2005

Hey skipper That sounds like that may be just what we are looking for. Please provide your review and include links to the cruiseline if you could!

gogetter · August 17, 2005

Hello,

Sounds great Skipper............thanks............. :grin:

Shari2 · August 17, 2005

Welcome back, Skipper and Roe!

Glad you had a great cruise!!!! I'll be waiting for the review!

cruisinmama · August 17, 2005

Hey Skipper

I can't wait to read the review..sounds like you had a wonderful time..

Welcome back. :smiley:

schatje · August 17, 2005

Welcome back Skipper,

We have had the Viking River Cruises brochures sent to us so we were looking at them for our retirement cruise in 4 years. Is UniWorld affiliated with Viking or comparable too? We will be watching for your review, glad you had a great time.

TheSkipper · August 18, 2005

Mary and Andre,

I would say UniWorld is a cut above Viking. In Vienna, we watched a Viking Ship ram an empty oil tanker, and sink the tanker. The bow of the Viking ship was a mess as we headed out to the airport for our return flight home.

We saw many, many River Cruise Boats during our trip and the only other ones I would consider are Amadaus or perhaps Vantage.

One thing we wanted were real beds, not bunks that convert to sofas during the day!. UniWorld's beds are great and the linens were far better that 99% of the cruise lines we have ever sailed on! On a par with Silver Seas. The towels were as thick as the egyption cotton ones Roe bought recently for $35 each here in Las Vegas.

So, my recommendation would be to collect some brochures from other river cruise lines before you decide. I spend two years doing research and you have even longer than that to do yours. :wink: