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twototravel

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    Jekyll Island, Georgia
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    Gate One, Grand Circle Travel, Viking
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    Asia

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  1. @KMBCruzer Compare apples to apples. River Cruising companies include Viking, Gate 1, AMA, Scenic, Avalon, Tauck, Uniworld, Emerald, and several others. Royal Caribbean only does ocean cruises. There's a river cruise to fit every budget. Pick a river and itinerary then start comparing companies and their prices.
  2. Pearl Sea Cruises is associated with American Cruise Lines. During covid our Canada cruise the Pearl Sea was cancelled and we were able to transfer the credit to ACL.
  3. Has anyone cruised on one of the American Riverboats in the AAR cabins? Looks like there are 6, three on each side of the ship, on the first deck. The description says they are 275 sq ft compared to the 2nd deck where cabins are 300 sq ft. The cabin size increases as you go higher, but so does the price.
  4. @EP824 Check out Overseas Adventure Travel. They have a trip to Egypt that includes a 5 day cruise on the Nile on a private yacht. Trip is one of their bestsellers.
  5. @CounselorEllie A very popular route is Basel to Amsterdam on the Rhine. It is usually a 7-day cruise. We went in early May last year and had no problems with the water levels. There are many small cruiselines that do this route, so suggest checking out others besides Viking, unless you are positive that is who you want to go with. Water levels could be a problem any time of the year, either too low or too high, unless you pick a cruise on a river that only has locks with only high bridges. Look at the posts that keep track of the different river levels to look for trends.
  6. @ontheweb On my last three Gate 1 European river cruises, the ship would set out colored tokens - a different color for how many local guides there were going to be. It is your choice each and every time to pick whatever color you want. Usually, the groups had around 25 people each. Sometimes we would all (the entire ship) get in 3 buses and then be broken up into groups once we were at our destination for the day.
  7. Thank you everyone for your replies. I guess when I looked it was downtime for rivercruises. Enjoy the Empress...it's a great ship.
  8. @Wildcat85 Since it's been several months since your post I assume you either got your answer or went ahead and booked. We just completed our Vikand online medical screening for our upcoming Antarctica expedition on the Roald Amundsen. The receipt you get only says Guest Medical Review and the charge amount. The evaluation is very vanilla. The doctor basically asks you the same questions that were on the medical form. Ours also threw in a couple of tips - bring seasick medicine, be careful when walking, bring warm clothes, and sunscreen. Didn't feel I got my 165 euros worth.
  9. Our ship monarch Queen is docked in Wurtzburg unable to continue to Frankfurt. We are tied up next to an Avalon boat. We will be bussed to Frankfurt today for our tour then bussed back. The trip to the Frankfurt airport the following day will not be fun.
  10. We are in the Monarch Queen. Still cruising but making adjustments in ports. Left Nuremburg last night and now heading to Bamberg. We will disembark for touring and ship will continue and pick us up in Hassfurt. Next stop will then be Schweinfurt, which was a last minute addition. Not sure what will happen next. Wurtzburg then Frankfurt would be our final to ports.
  11. Danube at Regensburg will be affected by melting snow. Our cruise ship is leaving tonight instead of tomorrow night. We were told levels are expected to rise and cause issues with all the Xmas market cruise ships. We are sailing to Kilheim and will dock there and be bussed back to Regensburg for our tours. We will then proceed for the rest of the cruise without issue (only locks from then on).
  12. So how does the snow affect river cruising? We leave on Monday arriving in Vienna on Tuesday for the start of our Xmas market cruise on the Monarch Queen. We are scheduled to be onboard 5-17 Dec, so I hope they get her repaired. Anyone with updated info?
  13. For our March 2025 trip Transylvania extension, our paperwork says we are in the Radisson Blu in Bucharest and the Kronwell in Brasov.
  14. @Steerpike58 Thank you for your detailed review. Hubby and I are on the Rinda taking this same trip in Feb 2025. Viking would not be our first choice in Europe (we love Gate 1) but the itinerary of this trip is exactly what we were looking for. We will be going Vienna to Bucharest to include the post trip to Transylvania. Although the optional excursions for our trip are not available for booking yet, these are the ones we are considering - Schonbrunn Palace, Budapest Thermal Bath, Hungarian Folklore Dinner, Wines of So. Hungary, Town of Ilok and wine tasting, Belgrade Bohemian Quarter, Highlights of Sofia and No. Bulgaria, Wines of So. Romania, and Sights and Flavors of Bucharest. Any comments about these? We booked cabin 209 which is a veranda stateroom. Just a comment about dining room seating. I think the two person tables are disappearing from most all river cruiselines. While we do enjoy meeting our travelmates over a meal since we don't do the happy hours, our preference (if available) would be to go for the two seat tables. We took one of Vantage's last cruises and the sides of the dining room by the windows were all two person tables, which was wonderful.
  15. Gate 1 usually has Black Friday discounts that can be used on their river cruises.
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