jacksonnh Posted December 5, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 5, 2012 on the Gironde River - starting and ending in Bordeaux http://www.vikingrivercruises.com/rivercruises/europe-france-bordeaux-2014/itinerary.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otstr Posted December 5, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Sounds interesting. I got that email notice, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmom Posted December 5, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 5, 2012 In June of 2013, we will be cruising with Road Scholar on the Gironde in France, but with additional time in the Dordonge area. This will be on a new "luxury barge"--the Cyrano d'Bergerac. Will let you all know about the river portion. The boat belongs to Croisie Europe--set to sail next year. Vantage tried a similar trip with land tour in the Camargue(sp?), but only lasted one year. We will start with a few days at the Paris Air Show--DH bucket list. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinmike Posted December 8, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 8, 2012 We received this email as well. Apparently VRC will be using a new ship - the Forseti - and we were wondering if this particular ship might be comparable to other ships in the Viking stable. We are new to river cruising and are considering a Verandah A or B and have the usual concerns about noise, foot traffic and sight lines. Any help or guidance would be most helpful. Thanks - and this really sounds like a great itinerary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 8, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 8, 2012 ... I hate that Viking website as it automatically redirects me to the German website... :mad: The German website doesn´t show anything past 2013 yet. I hope Viking will offer those cruises in Germany too. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bet & Peg Posted December 8, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 8, 2012 jacksonnh ~ THANK YOU for posting about this trip!! I didn't get an e-mail and its SO interesting!!! We thought the Rhone River cruise was fabulous but this looks even better!!! Here we go planning!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil98 Posted December 9, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Have Viking removed the page? I get a 'removed page" link ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franski Posted December 9, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Have Viking removed the page? I get a 'removed page" link ? Try again... the link worked for me just now. Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bet & Peg Posted December 9, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Link worked fine for me both yesterday and today, a few minutes ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozjohnno Posted December 9, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 9, 2012 The link sends me to the Australian site with no page available. Perhaps it's only for Nth American Customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil98 Posted December 10, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ditto - must be Australians :( The page you have requested could not be found. Please check the URL that you entered and try again. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozjohnno Posted December 11, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Given that Viking have a strong presence on this board I'm surprised they haven't commented on why some of us can't view this new cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bee Posted December 11, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Given that Viking have a strong presence on this board I'm surprised they haven't commented on why some of us can't view this new cruise. Probably because of where you live. I was told yesterday by Viking that they keep North American and European cruisers on separate ships. Mostly the same routes. The European version may not be out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 11, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Jan, That´s the way it is for cruises on the Rhine, Main, Danube rivers. English speaking passengers and German cruisers are on different ships. The longships are not used for German passengers. Instead they use chartered ships from Lueftner. But I doubt that they will put two ships on the Gironde/Dordogne rivers. In China they mix the passengers up too. Unfortunaltey the Viking website is automatically redirecting any requests to the "local" Viking website. So I don´t have any access to the US website (obviously the same for Australians). steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted December 11, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Sounds interesting, thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bee Posted December 11, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Jan, That´s the way it is for cruises on the Rhine, Main, Danube rivers. English speaking passengers and German cruisers are on different ships. The longships are not used for German passengers. Instead they use chartered ships from Lueftner. But I doubt that they will put two ships on the Gironde/Dordogne rivers. In China they mix the passengers up too. Unfortunaltey the Viking website is automatically redirecting any requests to the "local" Viking website. So I don´t have any access to the US website (obviously the same for Australians). steamboats Thanks for this info. We are brand new to river cruising and this happened to come up when I was booking our first. I actually was disappointed to learn that we would be only with other North Americans as we enjoy European company so these other routes are something to keep in mind. I was warned when I mentioned this that smoking can be much more prevalent on the trips for European travelers. Is this true? With regards the website redirection, it's easy to fix. If you're using Firefox, go to Tools > Options > Advanced > General and check the box that says something like Warn me if a website tries to redirect. Then you will get a warning box and can ignore the redirection. If you're using IE (I don't), you can google "disable automatic redirection IE" and I suppose they'll have a way to do that too. Mac, beats me; the same strategy is worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonnh Posted December 11, 2012 Author #17 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Hi Jarie, We've been on 6 river cruises and although the majority of passengers were from N. America, we always had other countries represented as well. On our last cruise through S. France there were 12 different countries represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 11, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 11, 2012 With regards the website redirection, it's easy to fix. If you're using Firefox, go to Tools > Options > Advanced > General and check the box that says something like Warn me if a website tries to redirect. Then you will get a warning box and can ignore the redirection. If you're using IE (I don't) Tried it, worked with other websites but not with the Viking website :o! steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bee Posted December 11, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Tried it, worked with other websites but not with the Viking website :o! steamboats Sorry it didn't work. I went back and looked at the page source - they've got a script that IDs your country by IP so I guess you're stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 12, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Jan, Thanks anyway, it was worth a try!! I do have the same problem with the NCL website. But I found a way to get on (I only need a direct link to a page which is not the main entry page). But that doesn´t work with Viking either. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinmike Posted December 13, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 13, 2012 We're hoping for a great time in Bordeaux during the harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmom Posted December 13, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 13, 2012 As mentioned in a previous post, we are doing this itinerary with Road Scholar in June of 2013. Will post and let everyone know all about it. Will be interesting to see how these boats turn in the Gironde to return to Bordeaux. Til then happy sailing. As an aside Viking is also sailing in Myanmar in 2014--that trip looks fascinatining--contimplating doing a back to back with Avalon on the Mekong then meeting Viking in Bangkok for the Irriwaddy. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loum140 Posted December 19, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 19, 2012 As an aside Viking is also sailing in Myanmar in 2014--that trip looks fascinatining--contimplating doing a back to back with Avalon on the Mekong then meeting Viking in Bangkok for the Irriwaddy. Pat We're looking at this one too......Marsha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor@cruisecritic Posted December 20, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Pat, please let us know how it goes! I was at the UK-oriented ACE River Expo in Amsterdam about a month ago and a speaker mentioned that that Bordeaux would be, after Italy's Po, the next "hot" river. So I'm intrigued (by both, by the way). Carolyn Carolyn Spencer Brown Editor in Chief Cruise Critic In June of 2013, we will be cruising with Road Scholar on the Gironde in France, but with additional time in the Dordonge area. This will be on a new "luxury barge"--the Cyrano d'Bergerac. Will let you all know about the river portion. The boat belongs to Croisie Europe--set to sail next year. Vantage tried a similar trip with land tour in the Camargue(sp?), but only lasted one year. We will start with a few days at the Paris Air Show--DH bucket list. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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